 |
| 15.00 - 21.00 |
Registration |
Wednesday, 27 April 2005
Theme of the day:
Global challenges and responses of Agricultural Research for
Development (ARD)
| 07.30 - cont. |
Registration |
| 08.45 - 10.15 |
Plenary session 1: Changing global needs for ARD
- Welcome Addresses
- Principles and priorities for ARD
- ARD responding to changing global needs
- Responses to changing ARD needs
|
| 10.15 - 10.45 |
Coffee break |
| 10.45 - 12.15 |
Plenary session 2: Stakeholder perspectives on the ARD
agenda
- Farmer organization perspective
- NGO perspective
- Small and medium enterprise perspective
- Global player perspective
- Donor perspective
- Plenary discussion
|
| 12.15 - 13.45 |
Lunch break and poster session |
| 13.45 - 15.15 |
Plenary session 3: Introducing the Draft Conference Issues
Paper
- EFARD: looking back, looking ahead
- Presentation of EFARD Conference Draft Issues Paper
- Group discussions
|
| 15.15 - 15.45 |
Coffee break |
| 15.45 - 17.15 |
Plenary session 4: Mechanisms for coordinating ARD
responses
- Overview to ARD coordination mechanisms
- Presentations of EIARD, EFARD, ECART, ERA-ARD, EARD
InfoSys+, ICRA and NATURA
- Plenary Discussion
|
| 17.15 - 18.30 |
Poster session (poster attended by authors) and booth
exhibition |
| 18.30 - 20.00 |
Welcome reception and poster party |
Thursday, 28 April 2005
Theme of the day: Innovations through partnerships in Agricultural
Research for Development (ARD)
| 08.45 - 10.15 |
Plenary session 5:
ARD partnerships to foster poverty alleviation, food security
and sustainable development
- From commodity research to integrated research
- Rural community and civil society involvement in ARD
partnerships
- ARD in a globalized world economy
|
| 10.15 - 10.45 |
Coffee break |
| 10.45 - 12.15 |
Parallel sessions:
ARD approaches and experiences in practice (I)
- Linking agriculture and forestry to management of natural
resources
- Conservation and improvement of plant genetic resources
- Modelling approaches for simulation of land use and
management
- Rural innovation, traditional knowledge systems, capacity
building and extension
- Land reform and agricultural reorientation in countries in
transition
- Food quality, food safety, and trade regulations
|
| 12.15 - 13.45 |
Lunch break and poster session |
| 13.45 - 15.15 |
Workshop sessions:
Innovations through ARD partnerships
- North-South research partnerships: Guidelines, Challenges,
Success Stories and the Way Forward
- Research Partnerships in the CGIAR Challenge Programmes
- Bringing Stakeholders Together: Sustainable Natural
Resource Management and Poverty Reduction. Experieces from
Bolivia, Bangladesh and Mali
- Research at the Iinterface of Aagricultural Productivity,
Practices and Health Status of Rural Communities in Dev.
Countries
- Transdisciplinary Learning and Capacity Development for
Innovation in the Rural Environment
- Can Organic Agriculture Contribute to Income Generation
for Smallholders in the South?
- Agriculture and Environment - Mutual Dependencies and
Threats
- Partnerships for Bridging the Food Production Chain
- Access to International Agriculture, Science and
Technology Information
- Competing Claims on Natural Resources
- The Research and Information Needs of Development Actors
in the Field of "Water for Food"
|
| 15.15 - 15.45 |
Coffee break |
| 15.45 - 17.15 |
Parallel sessions:
ARD approaches and experiences in practice (II)
- Land and water management for sustainable agriculture and
forestry
- Sustainable livestock systems
- Rural development and agriculture for poverty alleviation
- Agricultural market integration, subsidies, and world
trade
- Food security and human nutrition
|
| 17.30 - 18.00 |
Transfer to Swiss National Museum |
| 18.00 - 20.00 |
Guided tour through the exhibition "Worlds of Knowledge" and transfer to Conference Dinner |
| 20.00 – 23.00 |
Conference Dinner Restaurant Uto Kulm, Uetliberg |
Friday , 29 April 2005
Theme of the day:
The future agenda of Agricultural Research for Development (ARD)
| 08.45 - 10.15 |
Plenary session 6:
Promoting ARD in Europe and the South
- ARD in the 7th Framework Programme of the European
Commission
- ARD agenda of Regional Fora
- Including ARD into the Poverty Reduction Strategy
|
| 10.15 - 10.45 |
Coffee break |
| 10.45 - 12.15 |
Plenary session 7:
The way forward
- Strengthening the ARD contribution of the new EU member
countries
- Report of group discussions about draft conference issues
paper
- Conference wrap-up with inputs by institutional
representatives and the plenary
|
| 12.15 - 13.45 |
Lunch break |
| 14.00 - 15.15 |
Parallel technical excursions
Departure for excursions: 14.00
- Research Institute for Organic Agriculture, Frick
- Swiss Federal Research Station for Agroecology and
Agriculture, Zurich
- Syngenta Crop Protection, Stein
|
| 19.00 |
Return to Zurich City |
Saturday , 30 April 2005
| 08.00 - 18.00 |
Parallel post - conference excursions
- The Grisons: Rural Development in an alpine region
- Central Switzerland: From agricultural production systems
to tourism
- Emmental: Stability and change in a rural area
|
| 18.00 |
Return to Zurich City |
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