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Developing Solutions for Developing Countries
DSDC Preliminary Proposals Deadline: February 15th, 2009.
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Chair: Andrea Krause University of Minnesota Email: iftsadevelopingsolutions@gmail.com |
Background:
The Student Association is committed to engaging student members from around the world and utilizing their scientific skills to serve a bigger cause. The Developing Solutions for Developing Countries (DSDC) competition promotes the application of food science and technology and the development of new products and processes that are targeted at improving the quality of life for people in developing countries.Purpose:
- To encourage the involvement of international student members in IFT and IFTSA.
- To promote the use of food science and innovative thinking as tools to improve the development, safety, and distribution of food in developing countries.
- To provide a link between government, international organizations, students and the IFT Student Association regarding food problems in the developing world
- To promote awareness, here in the US and worldwide, about the global context of issues related to food availability, nutrition and health.
- To provide IFTSA with a platform that will enable its participants to reach out and establish connections with industry and academic institutions on an international level.
2009 Competition Theme:
Using Food Science and Technology to Solve Health-Based Issues
How can Food Science and Technology be leveraged to deliver safe, sustainable, affordable and innovative solutions to problems that developing countries face today? Suggest novel ways to use food science-based technologies, or modify existing products to address critical regional health-based issues in developing countries.
Potential solutions could include new food product development, food safety methods, food preservation technologies, transfer of existing food processing methods to developing countries, nutrient fortification, novel packaging used to preserve and contain food through distribution or any other aspect of food science and technology applied to solving health-based issues in developing countries.