(See Spring '06 Schedule)
- August 30
The Global Food System and Its Interactions with Human Health and
Nutrition
- Per Pinstrup-Andersen, H.E. Babcock Professor of Food,
Nutrition and Public Policy
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
- September 6
Sustainable Rice Production Strategies
- John Duxbury, Professor
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University
(view video)
- September 13
Achieving Biodiversity Conservation through Food Security and Rural
Livelihoods in Zambia: The COMACO Model
- Alex Travis, Assistant
Professor
Program in Physiology, College of Veternary Medicine, Cornell
University
(view presentation - Note: 5MB pdf - requires Acrobat Reader 7 for some photos)
- September 20
Appalachian Silvopastures: Managing Hills For Gold
- Charles
Feldhake, Soil Scientist
Appalachian Farming Systems Research Center (USDA-ARS)
Beaver, West Virginia
- September 27
Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development through Stakeholder
Involvement in Sinai, Egypt
- Mohamed Shaker Hebara, Department Director
Nature Conservation Sector, Ministry of Environment, Egypt
(and Humphrey Fellow at Cornell University)
- October 4
African Perpectives on Food Security in Africa
-Panelists: Vongai Kandiwa, James Kinyangi, Edward Mabaya and Angela
Mwaniki
-Moderator: Dawit Solomon
(view video)
- October 11
The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food - Some Early Accomplishments
- Larry
Harrington, Visiting Scientist
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University
(view PowerPoint presentation)
- October 18
Nitrogen Management under Maize in Humid Regions: The Case for a
Dynamic Approach
- Harold van Es,
Professor
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University
- October 25
Gender and Organizational Change: Making Agriculture and Natural Resource Management R and D Accountable to Rural Women
- Jeannette
D. Gurung, Director
Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and NRM (WOCAN)
- November 1
Vermicompost Production and Use for Plant Disease Suppression
- Allison
Jack,
Graduate Student
Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University
(view PowerPoint presentation)
- November 8
Terra Preta to Bio-char: Strengthening the Links Between Model System
and Practical Application
- Brendan
O'Neill,
Graduate Student
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University
(view slide presentation - pdf file )
- November 15
Slash-and-burn Cultivation and Deforestation in Madagascar: Why We
Failed in Addressing This Issue
- Jaques
Pollini, Graduate Student
Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University
- November 22
Dealing with Upstream-Downstream
Conflict in Watersheds in New York, India and the Philippines
- Jessica
Salas, Fullbright Fellow and
Presdient, International Rainwater Catchment Systems Association
- November 29
Update on CIIFAD Activities in Afghanistan
- Peter
Hobbs, Adjunct
Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
- Alice Pell, Professor and Director of CIIFAD
- Kurt Waldman, Graduate Student, Department of Applied Economics and
Management
