On Wednesday April 3 2019, from 12:30 to 17:00 the ENRICH project organizes an expert meeting in The Hague. The project analysed and validated the use of a newly developed mobile phone app to test whether or not it can be used as a tool/metrics that can provide reliable information on fruit and vegetable intake and food choice motives from urban consumers in Nairobi, Kenya. In the meeting the research team will share and discuss their study results.

The meeting is by invitation only. For more information, please contact .

Preliminary programme

The project team will share and discuss its study results with the participants. Followed by a discussion on how these results can help organizations in their work and how these results can be used in combating the issues faced in urban food security.

12.30 – Welcome lunch
13.00 – Start of the expert meeting and brief introduction of participants
13.30 – Presentation of the ENRICH project
14.00 – Presentation and discussion of the results in more detail (Part I)
14.45 – Coffee/Tea break
15.00 – Presentation and discussion of the results in more detail (Part II)
17.00 – Closing the workshop (snacks and drinks)

About ENRICH

The aim of the ENRICH project was to develop and validate a tool/metrics that can provide reliable information on fruit and vegetable intake and food choice motives from urban consumers in Nairobi, Kenya. Within ENRICH, a mobile phone application was developed that measured fruit and vegetable intake and food choice motives. In addition, food intake and food choice motives surveys were conducted and a skin measurement to validate the results of the mobile phone app.

The ENRICH team consists of:

• Wageningen Economic Research, Wageningen University and Research
• Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University and Research
• Strathmore University, Kenya
• World Agroforestry Centre, Kenya
• World Vegetable Centre, Kenya
• International New Town Institute

The ENRICH project is supported by Competitive Research Grants to Develop Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA Grants). This project is funded with UK aid from the UK government.