AUB launches 2023 Raja Tannous Lecture Series: Reducing food waste, improving food security

AUB launches 2023 Raja Tannous Lecture Series: Reducing food waste, improving food security

NNA - Industry professionals and public sector representatives joined the American University of Beirut’s Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS) in celebrating World Consumer Rights Day by launching the 2nd Raja Tannous Lecture Series on March 15, 2023.

The forum aims to bridge the gap between academia and industry to foster creativity and create a holistic approach towards a food-secure future. The forums also aim to shed light on how academia-industry partnerships can expand the relevance of research, foster the commercialization of research and development outcomes, and increase labor mobility between academic institutions and the private and public sectors. Collaboration between industry, and academic and research institutions, is critical for efficient national innovation schemes. In Lebanon, such alliances face pronounced barriers calling for a distinguished approach to promote such collaborations.

The theme for the forum held this March was reducing food waste and improving food security. It explored the challenges of ensuring access to sufficient and nutritious food while reducing food waste worldwide, especially in Lebanon, amid current financial and social crises. Reducing food waste would require the concentrated effort of the academic, public, and private sectors.

The event, attended by over 85 participants from Lebanon and abroad, featured Dr. Mohamad Abu