URV-World Forum Chair for Nutrition Research on Tree Nuts and Dried Fruit

The URV-World Forum Chair for Nutrition Research on Tree Nuts and Dried Fruit (WFNR) Chair was created in 2017 between the Nut and Dried Fruit International Private Foundation (INC) and Universitat Rovira i Virgili. The World Forum Chair for Nutrition Research on Tree Nuts and Dried Fruit has as its mission the promotion of knowledge transfer and innovation of nuts and dried fruit through research in relation to health, nutrition and promotion of its trade and consumption.

The chair has multiple objectives related to research and the dissemination of knowledge at an international level in relation to the health benefits of dried and dried fruit:

1. Dissemination of knowledge about the effects of the consumption of dried fruit (and dehydrated fruit) on health and nutrition.
2. Advise professionals and institutions in the dried fruit sector on health and nutrition issues.
3. Advise professionals and institutions in the dried fruit sector in the evaluation of international research projects on dried fruit and health.
4. Collaborate in the various publications of the dried fruit sector on health and nutrition.
5. Participate in conferences, courses, seminars and conferences on health, nutrition and dried fruit at the international level.