(See also Spring '06, Fall '06 and Spring '07schedules)

- August 29*
Panel discussion on the Role of Food Systems in Global Health
Panelists:
- Ardyth Gillespie, Assoc. Professor
   Division of Nutritional Sciences Community Nutrition Program (CEH & CALS)
- Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, Cornell University
- Ken Schlather, Director, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County

- September 5*
Indigenous Food and Agricultural Systems in the Northeast: The Interplay of Agronomy, Nutrition, and Indigenous Knowledge
- Jane Mt Pleasant, Associate Professor, Dept. of Horticulture, and Director, American Indian Program
- view slide presentation (as pdf - 661 kb)

- September 12*
What Can Soil Nutrient Budgets Teach Us about Cropping System and Nutrition Interventions with Legumes?
- Steve Vanek, Graduate Student
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University
- view slide presentation

- September 19*
-Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potatoes and Child Nutrition in Rural Mozambique: Impacts and Challenges
- Mary Arimond, Scientist, Food Consumption and Nutrition
International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC
- view slide presentation

- September 26*
Panel Discussion on the HarvestPlus Initiative: A Multidisciplinary Perspective of Biofortification that Covers Agriculture, Food Science and Nutrition
- Panelists:
Jere Haas, Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences
---- view Haas slide presentation
Dennis Miller, Professor, Department of Food Science
---- view Miller slide presentation
Ross Welch, Plant Physiologist & Lead Scientist, USDA/ARS, U.S. Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory)
---- view Welch slide presentation

- October 4*
Nutritional Diversification in Agroecosystems of Southern Africa: What Role forLegumes?
-Sieglinde Snapp, Associate Professor
Plant and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University
- view slide presentation

- October 10
The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food: Challenges and Accomplishments
- Larry Harrington, Visiting Fellow
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University
- view slide presentation

- October 10 (afternoon seminar at 4PM in 404 PS)
Complexities of Smallholder Livestock Production Systems in Sub Saharan Africa: Science and Sustainable Development
-Aldo Stroebel , Head of Internationalization
The Free State University, South Africa
- view slide presentation

- October 17
Interdisciplinary Modeling of Soil Fertility Depletion and Persistent Poverty
- Chuck Nicholson, Senior Research Associate
Dept. of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
- view slide presentation

- October 24
Resource-Conserving Technologies: A New Paradigm Transforming Agriculture
- Jagdish K. Ladha
Frosty Hill Visiting Fellow at Cornell University
IRRI Representative for India, and
Coordinator, IRRI’s Rice-Wheat Program in Asia

- October 31
Roles of Public and Private Sector Plant Breeding in Improving Crop Productivity
- Vernon Gracen, Professor
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University
- view slide presentation

- November 7
Working at the Interface of Research and Development: The Community-Based Watershed Support Project in the Philippines
- Terry Tucker, Associate Director
Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development; and International Programs, CALS, Cornell University
- view slide presentation

- November 14
Knowledge and Change: Bio-Cultural Diversity in the Pamir Mountains of Afghanistan and Tajikistan
- Karim-Aly Kassam, Associate Professor
Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University

- November 21
Challenges to Agricultural Development in Palestine
- Mohammed Sawafta
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow at Cornell
Assistant Country Coordinator (Palestine), OXFAM
- view slide presentation

- November 28
McKnight Collaborative Crop Research Program: An Experimental Approach to Supporting International Agriculture Research
- Rebecca Nelson, Associate Professor
Plant Pathology, Plant Breeding and International Agriculture, Cornell University

- December 5
Rethinking Strategies for Developing and Sustaining Community-Owned Drinking Water Treatment Facilities in the Global South
- Monroe Weber-Shirk
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
- view slide presentation

* this seminar is also part of the FANG seminar series "Linking Food, Agriculture and Nutrition for Improved Human and Environmental Health," which is co-sponsored by the Program in International Nutrition (PIN), CIIFAD and Food, Agriculture and Nutrition Group (FANG)