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Dec 04, 2014
Photo caption/credit: R.S.N. Janjua, ASA/WISHH In-Country Representative for Pakistan, and Dr. Mindy S. Kurzer answer questions during the “Soy in Improving Human Health” seminar at the University of Karachi. Photo credit: ASA/WISHH
Dr. Mindy Kurzer, professor of food science and nutrition at the University of Minnesota, and director, Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute, spent a week in Pakistan speaking on the many health benefits of soy. Over 550 students, academia, nutritionists, food processors and government officials attended six seminars held in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi, where Dr. Kurzer spoke. Other speakers presented on the U.S. soy industry and how to incorporate value-added soy ingredients in food products. David Williams, FAS counselor, attended the seminar in Rawalpindi.
Outside of the seminars, Janjua and Kurzer met with food processing companies, university students, professors and government officials. Funding for Dr. Kurzer’s trip was provided by the USDA’s Emerging Markets Program (EMP).
