Tropentag 2011:

Development on the margin

October 5 - 7, 2011, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Programme


Wednesday,
05.10.2011
Thursday,
06.10.2011
Friday,
07.10.2011


Wednesday, 05.10.2011

Time

Programme

09:00-13:00 Registration of participants
Plenary session
13:00 Welcome address: Prof. Dr. Christa E. Müller, Prorector University of Bonn
13:30 The double green revolution
Gordon Conway, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
14:00 Marginal soils
Rattan Lal, The Ohio State University, United States of America
14:30 Marginal people: "Surplus Youth" in the Global Taxonomy of Insidious Harm
Paul Richards, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands
15:00 Break
16:00 Hans H. Ruthenberg Award for Graduates
Andrea Fadani, Foundation fiat panis
17:00 Guided poster sessions I
Food policy and food security I
Ecosystem services and biodiversity I
Crop production systems I
Land use and management I
Markets and consumption
Soil fertility and nutrient cycling I
Animal production systems I
Climate change I
18:30
Apéro / Social gathering | ATSAF e.V. members assembly

Thursday, 06.10.2011

08:30 Guided poster sessions II
Food policy and food security II
Ecosystem services and biodiversity II
Crop production systems II
Land use and management II
Soil fertility and nutrient cycling II
Animal production systems II
Climate change II
10:00
Tea / coffee break

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Main thematic areas
 
Vulnerable people
Resource use & ecosystem services
Production systems on the margin
Systems under stress
Side events
Locations:
HS 1
HS 10
HS 9
HS 8
HS7
Stucksaal
Keynote speakers:
Anthony Patt, IIASA
"Vulnerable people"
Christian Borgemeister, ICIPE "Resource use and ecosystem services"
Ravinder Paul Singh Malik,
IWMI
"Water resources for the production systems on the margin"

Carla Roncoli, Univ. Georgia "System under stress"
 
 
10:30
12:00 Lunch break Possibilities for lunch will be mentioned in programme booklet
meeting: Friends of the CGIAR (Übungsraum der Philosophen)
13:30
15:00 Tea / coffee break
15:30
17:00 Guided poster sessions III
Livelihood strategies I
Forests and agroforestry I
Animal nutrition I
Crop abiotic stresses
Social systems I
Water and irrigation I
Product quality and processing
Crop biotic stresses I
19:00 Social event (conference dinner) - Nasse Mensa, Nassestr. 11, Bonn

Friday, 07.10.2011

08:30 Guided poster sessions IV
Livelihood strategies II
Forests and agroforestry II
Animal nutrition II
Crop biotic stresses II
Communication and adoption
Social systems II
Water and irrigation II
10:00
Tea / coffee break

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Thematic Scientific Sessions
10:30
12:00
Plenary
Africa: A continent on the margin or a lion ready to pounce?
Hans J. Preuss,
12:30 Poster award, closing and hand-over to Göttingen / Witzenhausen
End of Tropentag 2011 around 13:00
14:00 - 15:00 Guided tour through tropical greenhouse of the university with Prof. Dr. Weigend
(Meckenheimer Allee 171, Bonn)

 

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