Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez
Academic title(s):
Associate Professor;
Margaret A. Gilliam Scholar, Margaret A. Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security
Department:
Centre for Indigenous Peoples’ Nutrition and Environment
Global Food Security, Margaret A. Gilliam Institute for
Human Nutrition, School of
Research areas:
Environment, ecology and sustainability
Soil, water and their sustainable management
Sustainable crop and livestock production systems
Safe, nutritious and secure food supply
Human nutrition and One Health
Fields:
Environment
Food science
Food security
Indigenous
Nutrition
Regulatory frameworks
Water
Specialization:
- Global food security
- Causes and consequences of food insecurity for health and nutritional status
- Validation and application of food security measurement tools
- Impact evaluation of interventions and programs to fight food insecurity and undernutrition