The
Editor-in-Chief,
African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
P.O.BOX 29086, Nairobi, Kenya.
Madam,
THERE
IS STILL HOPE FOR AFRICAN YOUTH
I
sincerely wish to express my gratitude for the good work you and
your team are doing in nurturing AJFAND. The journal is a good
resource material for African nutrition. What fascinates me most
about the journal is the student section. The idea of “catch
them young” is actually what has been lacking in African
development that is why the continent has remained a developing
continent till date. You have given hope to the African youth.
AJFAND
has continued to expose young talented scientists, something that
should be emulated by every other sector on the continent. Reading
through the journal, I observed three interesting different levels
of participants. The Editor in Chief and her board members , who
are most experienced in nutritional affairs, organizing the second
level are mostly lecturers and researchers that are already in
the race of taking over the baton. And most importantly the students
who will sustain the good work of the first two levels.
Certainly,
the candle will never go out no matter the wind’s strength
because by the time the students will get to the editorial board
level, they must have gained more experience in the journal than
the present editorial board. I am proud to be associated with
this progress which I pledge to sustain.
Secondly,
this is the avenue where young talented citizens showcase their
talents early enough for proper development. This should be a
pace setter for most countries of the continent, where lack of
funds hinders the publication of good scientific work on nutritional
science. I thank some donor organizations that have helped in
the publication of AJFAND so far and urge them to continue to
the level when AJFAND can be positioned to be publishing other
interesting work from external sources .
I
would equally enjoin the African leaders to make their own contribution
in terms of funding because AJFAND is not only for nutritionists
but for everyone. Maintaining good health is fundamentally from
nutrition and that is the only time we can talk of meaningful
development of the continent.
Aniche
Okechukwu
Dept. of Chemical Engineering,
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Email: graceley25@yahoo.com