GIYOSE Boitshepo Bibi
Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), South Africa
- Boitshepo Bibi Giyose is a Senior Nutrition Officer for Policy and Programmes in the Nutrition and Food Systems Division at FAO, but currently on secondment to the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) as special advisor to the CEO since January 2018.
- Her work focuses on integrating and mainstreaming nutrition into agriculture and related development agendas, and to promote a multisector approach for addressing all forms of malnutrition.
- She holds a MS in International Nutrition from Cornell University, NY. and a BS in Nutrition and Dietetics from Appalachian State University, USA.
- Ms. Giyose was awarded a “Distinguished Alumna Award” in recognition of exceptional professional achievement by Appalachian State University in 2007. She was also named Senior Policy Scholar in 2011 by the Global Child Nutrition Foundation – USA – for her work on Home Grown School Feeding. She has served on numerous international scientific technical and policy advisory committees.
Recent publications:
- Garcia-Casal MN, et al. Staple crops biofortified with increased vitamins and minerals: considerations for a public health strategy. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 2017; 1390(1):3-13.
- Hunter D, et al. (2017) Schools as a system to improve nutrition: A new statement for school-based food and nutrition interventions. UNSCN Discussion Paper 64 p.
- Drake L, et al. 2017. “School Feeding Programs in Middle Childhood and Adolescence.” In Disease Control Priorities (third edition): Volume 8, Child and Adolescent Health and Development, edited by D. A. P. Bundy, N. de Silva, S. Horton, D. T. Jamison, and G. C. Patton. Washington, DC: World Bank.