2006 SANREM CRSP Annual Meeting Agenda
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Agenda

2006 SANREM CRSP Annual Meeting

University Holiday Inn
Blacksburg, Virginia
April 18-20, 2006


Tuesday, April 18, 2006

8 am Welcome and Overview of Meeting Goals
S. K. De Datta, Administrative PI SANREM CRSP,
    Associate Provost for International Affairs,
    Director of OIRED, Virginia Tech
Chris Kosnik, CTO
    SANREM CRSP, USAID/EGAT/NRM
8:30 Participant Introductions
Theo Dillaha, Program Director, SANREM CRSP
9:00 SANREM CRSP Overview
Theo Dillaha, Program Director, SANREM CRSP
10:00 USAID Mission Engagement and Associate Awards
Chris Kosnik, CTO SANREM CRSP
10:45 Consideration of Gender and Underrepresented Groups in SANREM Research
Keith Moore, Associate Program Director, SANREM CRSP
11:00 Planning for Outcomes: The SANREM TOP Framework and Impact Reporting
Keith Moore, Associate Program Director, SANREM CRSP
Long-Term Research Award Recipient Presentations
1 pm Decentralization Reforms and Property Rights: Potentials and Puzzles for Forest Sustainability and Livelihoods
Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University (Kenya, Uganda, Mexico, Bolivia)– Presentation by Esther Mwangi, IFPRI
1:30 Developing a Participatory Socio-Economic Model for Food Security, Improved Rural Livelihoods, Watershed Management, and Biodiversity Conservation in Southern Africa
Alex Travis, Cornell University (Zambia, Malawi)
2:00 Watershed-based Natural Resource Management in Small-Scale Agriculture: Sloped Areas of the Andean Region
Jeff Alwang, Virginia Tech (Ecuador, Bolivia)
2:30 Adapting to Change in the Andean Highlands: Practices and Strategies to Address Climate and Market Risks in Vulnerable Agro-Ecosystems
Corinne Valdivia, University of Missouri (Bolivia, Peru)
3:00 Agroforestry and Sustainable Vegetable Production in Southeast Asian Watersheds
Manuel Reyes, North Carolina A & T University (Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia)
4:00 USAID Biodiversity Conservation Earmark Requirements
Chris Kosnik, CTO SANREM CRSP
4:30 Cross-Cutting SANREM Research Themes
Theo Dillaha, Program Director, SANREM CRSP
5:00 Adjourn
7:00 Reception/Dinner at S. K. De Datta’s Home
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006

SANREM Bridging Award Activity Reports
8 am Globalization, agricultural growth and the environment: consolidation and continuity of SANREM research in Southeast Asia
Ian Coxhead, University of Wisconsin and Gerald Shivley, Purdue University (Philippines, Vietnam)
8:20 Women and Natural Resource Management in the Andes
Cornelia Flora, Iowa State University

Sustainable Land Use and Biodiversity Conservation in the Andes: Scaling-Up SANREM-Andes Research
Robert Rhoades and Virginia Nazarea, University of Georgia (Ecuador)
8:40 Analysis required for Payments for Watershed Environmental Services (PWES)
Douglas Southgate and Timothy Haab, Ohio State University (Ecuador)
9:00 Metadata Development for the SANREM Knowledge Base
Conrad Heatwole, Virginia Tech
SANREM Landscape Systems and Technology Transfer Reports
9:20 Field-Scale
Paul Mueller, North Carolina State University and Paul Hepperly, Rodale Institute
9:35 Farm-Scale
Oumarou Badini, Washington State University
9:40 Watershed-Scale
Saied Mostaghimi, Virginia Tech
10:15 Ecosystem-Scale
Andrew Manu, Iowa State University
10:30 Policy/Governance-Scale
Gerald Shively, Purdue University
10:45 Technology Transfer
Devona Bell, Winrock International
11:00 SANREM Knowledge Base Demonstration
Conrad Heatwole, Virginia Tech

Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent Session I
1 pm Planning Time for Individual Long-Term Research Activity Teams
3:30 Long-Term Research Activities: Cross-Cutting Themes Planning
5:30 Adjourn
Concurrent Session II
1:00 SANREM Technical Committee Meeting
Technical Committee Members
3:30 Landscape Systems Book Planning Committee
Leader: Keith Moore, Associate Program Director, SANREM CRSP
5:45 Adjourn
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Thursday, April 20, 2006

Administrative Presentations/
Discussions for New Long-Term Research Award Recipients
8:00 Administrative Session Goals
Theo Dillaha, Program Director SANREM CRSP
8:05 2007 SANREM Annual Meeting Site Location
Theo Dillaha, Program Director SANREM CRSP
8:15 SANREM Expense Invoicing
John Lipovsky, Program Coordination Assistant, SANREM CRSP
8:35 International Travel Planning and Requirements
Keith Moore, Associate Program Director SANREM CRSP
9:00 TraiNet
   USAID Visa Compliance Guide
   Visa Compliance for Exchange Visitors ADS 252
   TraiNet Web User's Guide
   TraiNet HAC Enrollment Procedures
John Lipovsky, Program Coordination Assistant, SANREM CRSP
9:30 Reporting Requirements
Keith Moore, Associate Program Director SANREM CRSP
9:45 SANREM Policy and Economic Impact Assessment
Mike Bertelsen, Coordinator for Policy and Economic Impact Assessment, SANREM CRSP
10:30 SANREM Communications and Publicity
Kirk Neal, Communications Specialist/Editor SANREM CRSP
10:45 Open Discussion
Theo Dillaha, Program Director SANREM CRSP
11:45 Concluding Remarks
S. K. De Datta, Administrative PI, SANREM CRSP Chris Kosnik, CTO SANREM CRSP
12:00 Adjourn
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