Regional Data Centres

Active links to the websites of Regional Data Centres and national food composition programme centres will be added as they become available.

View a report from the IUNS/UNU/FAO INFOODS Task Force which took place at the 9th International Food Data Conference (14 - 16 September 2011) in Norwich, United Kingdom

View a report from the IUNS/UNU/FAO INFOODS Task Force which took place at the 6th International Food Data Conference (14 September 2005) in Pretoria, South Africa

View a combined report from the IUNS/UNU/FAO INFOODS Task Force for the International Food Data Conference (30 June 2003) and the INFOODS Regional Data Centre Coordinators’ Meeting (3 July 2003), Washington, DC, USA

AFROFOODS

Coordinator: Professor Isaac O. Akinyele (Coordinator-elect starting in 2011)
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Scientific Adviser: Professor Hettie Schönfeldt
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View 2002-03 activity report

View 2009-10 activity report

View AFROFOODS meeting report 2011

Sub-regions:

ECSAFOODS
Coordinator: Ms Zohra Lukmanji
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Botswana, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

WAFOODS
Coordinator: Dr George Amponsah Annor (Anglophone)
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Dr Akory A.G. Iknane (Francophone)
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Mali, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Benin, Gambia

CAFOODS
Coordinator: Mr Pascal Christiant Kouebou
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Angola, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Chad, Mozambique, Seychelles

NAFOODS

Coordinator: Dr Ridha Mokni
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Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania

ASEANFOODS

Coordinator: Dr Prapasri Puwastien, Assoc. Prof.
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Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

CARICOMFOODS

Coordinator: Dr Fitzroy Henry
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Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, Suriname (Bermuda)

CARKFOODS

Coordinator: Dr Mussa Aidjanov
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Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

EUROFOODS

Coordinator: Dr Paul Finglas
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Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, (Israel), Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

CEECFOODS
Coordinator: Dr Fanny Ribarova
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Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia

View 1997-2003 activity report

LATINFOODS

President: Dr Adriana Blanco Metzler
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Vice President: Dr Leticia G. de Núñez
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Sub-regions:

MESOCARIBEFOODS
Coordinator: Ana Victoria Román
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Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Cuba, Mexico, Dominican Republic

SAMFOODS
Coordinator: Saturnino de Pablo
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Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

NEASIAFOODS (formerly MASIAFOODS)

Coordinator: Professor Yang Yuexin
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China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao

Report of the second NEASIAFOODS meeting, December 2002

Report of the third NEASIAFOODS meeting, April 2004

Report of the Symposium at the XI Asian Congress of Nutrition "Better Food for Human Health - Food and Nutrient Database in Asia

Brochure of the Symposium at the XI Asian Congress of Nutrition "Better Food for Human Health" - Food and Nutrient Database in Asia"

MEFOODS & GULFOODS

Coordinator: Dr Abdulrahman O. Musaiger
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Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and the Arab Gulf Countries

NORAMFOODS

Coordinator: Ms Joanne Holden
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Canada, Mexico, United States of America

View a report from the second NORAMFOODS meeting, held in September 1996

OCEANIAFOODS

Co-coordinator: Professors Bill Aalbersberg
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American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, , Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Secretariat of the Pacific Community Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Western Samoa

View 7th OCEANIAFOODS Conference Proceedings, April 2005
View 6th OCEANIAFOODS Conference Proceedings, February 2002
View 2002-3 activity report
View press release July 2004

SAARCFOODS

Coordinator: Dr Thingnganing Longvah
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Special Adviser: Professor Jehangir Khan Khalil
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Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka