Sep
06
2016

MIID Advisory Board member, Dr. Khin Mar Cho is recognized as this year’s Outstanding Leader in Community Development by the Association of Agricultural Technology in Southeast Asia (AATSEA).

Dr. Khin Mar Cho, currently a visiting Fulbright Scholar at Central Luzon State University in the Philippines, receives the award for her contributions to community development through direct food marketing and her assessment on community behavioral changes in food and nutrition education. Dr.  Cho has over 20 years of experience in working on global food systems and sustainable agriculture. She is an International Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Specialist at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, USA.

Within MIID’s portfolio of projects, Dr Khin Mar Cho is currently contributing to the LIFT funded Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Project in Chin State and to the Food and Nutrition Security Review MIID is undertaking for the World Food Programme.

For more details, please visit here: http://fulbright.org.ph/american-visiting-fulbrighter-wins-aatsea-outstanding-leader-award/#.V84pkcnP5qX