Lessons from the Symposium
For the researchers
- Opportunity for NTW grantees to make themselves known, to exchange views, and to speak at an international scientific meeting
- Opportunity for the researchers, students and teachers who attended the Symposium to discover new openings
- Clarification and better acceptance of the concept of “applied nutrition”
- Better understanding by all participants of the challenges and expectations of researchers in the South, and of possible ways of meeting such expectations
- Relevance and quality of the papers, both in the scientific sessions and at the Round Table – all speakers being NTW grantees from developing countries
For Nutrition Third World
- Evidence that NTW's selection of research grants is adequate
- Lessons for its policy in the future