Can dietary recommendations for fruit & vegetable intake be met within sustainable food systems?

14:00-14:30 – Opening session

• Christel Teyssèdre, APRIFEL (FR)
• Joël Doré, INRAE (FR)
• Boitshepo Giyose, FAO (ZA)
• Joël Raymond – Vice-Président de la Métropole délégué à l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et la Ruralité (FR)

14:30-15:40 – Keynote lectures
(co-chaired by Boitshepo Giyose & Joël Doré)

• From Evidence to Action: Building the Bridge Between EGEA 2023 and EGEA 2026 – Boitshepo Giyose, FAO (ZA) and Joël Doré, INRAE (FR)

• Overview of food systems, evolution over recent years, and role of fruits and vegetables – Patrick Caron, Cirad (FR)

• Current dietary recommandations: Global overview – Francesco Branca, University of Genova (CH)

16:10-18:20 – Session 1: The impacts of meeting fruit & vegetable recommendations 
(Co-chaired by Malek Batal & Ramya Ambikapathi)      

• Relationship Between Plant-based Diets, Fruits & vegetables, and Health – Christine Feillet-Coudray, INRAE (FR)

• Cultivating response-ability at the margins: smallholder farmers as agents of climate mitigation and ecosystem repair – Stephen Sherwood, EkoRural/Granja Urkuwayku (EC) ; University of Wageningen (NL)

• How does promotion of fruit and vegetable intake in rural and urban consumers link to agroecology, agrobiodiversity conservation and resilience? – Céline Termote, Alliance Biodiversity & CIAT (KE)

• Equity, cultures & food justice – Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, CGIAR (MY)

• Risk-benefit analysis and evidence for change – Sara Monteiro Pires, DTU National Food Institute (DK)

17:45-18:15 : Oral communications (10 min : 7min pres. + 3min Q/A)

• OC1. Dietary patterns based on the intake of plant or animal ultra-processed and non-ultra-processed food: associations with cardiovascular diseases risk from two different approaches in the NutriNet-Santé cohort – Benjamin Allès (EREN, France)

• OC2. Can global dietary recommendations be met within sustainable food systems? – Charlotte Chemarin (CGIAR, France) 

• OC3. Fruit, vegetable and nut content of meals and its association with combined nutritional value and environmental impact score – Leona Lindberg (Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom) 

09:05-10h35 Session 2: Behaviors & levers for change
(co-chaired by Sophie Nicklaus & Roberto Ugas)

• Technology and digital tools to guide consumers toward better food choices: pros and cons of social media– Frans Folkvord, Tilburg University (NL)

• Social and cultural influences on food choices – Maria Almudena Claassen, Max Planck Institute for Human Development (GE)

• Using psychological insights to change behaviour: The BIG potential of making small changes – Gareth Hollands, University College London (UK)

• Overview of public policies for healthier and more sustainable diets: what lessons can be learned?– Céline Bonnet, INRAE (FR)

• Fruit and vegetable consumption in Peru: Policy and real-world practices – Katherine Curi-Quinto, Instituto de Investigación Nutricional (Peru)

11:05-11:35 : Oral communications (10 min : 7min pres. + 3min Q/A)

• OC1. Association of acculturation with diet quality, food consumption and weight status among migrant students from French Overseas regions after relocation to mainland France – Mélanie Antoine (Université de Montpellier, France) 

• OC2. Fruit in the Desert: Assessing Student Access and Consumption, and Barriers and Opportunities for Improvement in the University Environment – Temilade W Arulogun (University of Ibadan, Nigeria) 

• OC3. Promotion of opportunity vegetables in urban Ethiopia: Cost-effectiveness of face-to-face cooking demonstrations versus digital media messages to increase intake of pumpkin and okra – Ilana Cliffer (World Vegetable Center, Thailand) 

11:45 – 12h15 Poster Award session       

Short oral communication (SOP1) session (5 min : 3min pres. + 2 min Q/A) 

13:45-16h00- Session 3: Collaborative projects aiming to support consumers in adopting healthier and more sustainable diets with increased fruit & vegetable intake (co-chaired by Jean-Pierre Cravedi & Sophie Drogué)

• PASSERELLE PLUS (2024-2025) – Exploring new approaches to address food insecurity in France: evaluation of a Cash-Plus programme combining unrestricted cash transfers, social work support, and a sustainable diet workshop – Marlène Pérignon, INRAE (FR)

• MARIGO (2021-2024) Promotion of Agroecological Transition in Tropical Areas: The Challenges of Market Gardening in Côte d’Ivoire – Rahim Ouedraogo, Cirad (SN) & Thibaud Martin, Cirad (FR)

• Co-FRESH (2020-2024; Europe) : Co-creating sustainable and competitive fruit and vegetable value chains in Europe – Inés Echeverría Goñi, National Center for Food Technology and Safety (SP)

• MoreMedDiet (2023-2026; 7 mediterranean countries)– More on the adoption of a healthy Mediterranean diet – María de Guía Córdoba Ramos, University Institute for Research in Agricultural Resources (SP)

• FutureFoods – Véronique Lhoutellier, INRAE (FR)

15:20-15:40 : Oral communications (10 min : 7min pres. + 3min Q/A)

• OC1. GINO! Let’s play not to waste food! A multistakeholder initiative to reduce food waste and foster plant-based diets in school canteens – Alice Minichini (Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, Italy) 

• OC2. School-Based Intervention for more sustainable and healthy diets: a primary school case study – Leire Osuna-Galisteo (Basque Culinary Center, Spain) 

16:30 – Session 4: Challenges and future perspectives for meeting fruit & vegetable recommendations in sustainable food systems
(co-chaired by Mphumuzi Sukati & Christian Reynolds) 

• Assess to transform: improving measurement of nutritional, economic, and environmental dimensions
  Wendy Gonzalez, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition(CH)

• Encouraging committed food choices without sacrificing pleasure: a cultural and sensory challenge from childhood onwards Sandrine Monnery-Patris , CSGA (FR)

• Designing inclusive pathways to fruit and vegetable consumption for families under constraints, Vicky Drapeau, Université Laval (CA)    

• Improving communication and engagement: educational strategies for behavior change Sylvie Avallone, Institut Agro Montpellier (FR)

• Health professionals as key intermediaries, Chi-Chi Ekhator (UK)

18:15-18:45 : Oral communications (10 min : 7min pres. + 3min Q/A)

• OC1. MATILDA – a global assessment tool for mapping demographic patterns and priorities across nutrition and sustainability – Oliver Taherzadeh (Leiden University, The Netherlands)  

• OC2. The dietary footprints and transition priorities of over 12,000 cities – Hongyi Cai (Leiden University, The Netherlands) 

• OC3. Pursuing dietary transitions requires reshaping global food production and trade networks – Shruti Jain (Leiden University, The Netherlands) 

09:00 Session 5: From expectations to action: consumer perspectives on tomorrow’s food system
(co-chaired by Rémi Kahane & Sylvie Avallone)

• Fabrice Declerck – Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, Chief Science Officer at EAT , France

• Ana Islas Ramos – Nutrition Officer in the Nutrition Education and Consumer Awareness team of the Food and Nutrition Division at FAO, Italy

• Aleksandra Nicolle, Syndicat National de la Restauration Collective, SNRC (FR)

• Marie Massart–  Councillor for Food Policy, Urban Agriculture and Environmental Mediation – Montpellier Metropole, France

• Pierre Yves Rommelaere – La Nouvelle Cantine, France

• Thouraya Tabbassi– Consumer Defense Organization, Tunisia

10h30-11h00 : Oral communications (10 min : 7min pres. + 3min Q/A)

• OC1. Retail access and Fruit and Vegetable acquisition choices: Implications for food Waste among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants – Vijaya Chebolu-Subramanian (Drexel University, USA) 

• OC2. Mind the Agriculture-Health-Gap: Aligning European Food Supply with National Dietary Guidelines and Planetary Health Diet – Anna-Lena Klapp (ProVeg International, Germany)  

11:10-11:40 : Short oral communication (SOP) session (5 min : 3min pres. + 2min Q/A)

• SOP2.1 Gender differences in eating habits and lifestyles of young students: results from MaestraNatura program – Annalisa Silenzi (Italian National Institute of Health, Italy) 

• SOP2.2. Measuring consumers’ acceptability of dietary change scenarios: experimental evidence from France – Sabrina Teyssier (INRAE, France) 

• SOP2.3. Optimization of dietary patterns for reducing non-communicable disease burden using dose–response-based DALY minimization – Alexandr Parlesak (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) 

• SOP2.4. Does migration from French overseas regions to mainland France affect diet quality, weight status and food insecurity? The case of students from overseas regions – Mélanie Antoine (Université de Montpellier, France) 

11:40-12:00 – Conclusions of EGEA 2026