2007 Annual Meeting
Schedule of Events
Cochabamba
PROINPA

Agenda for SANREM CRSP Annual Meeting
June 24-27, 2007 – Cochabamba, Bolivia

Sunday, June 24

5:00

Individual Long-Term Research Activity meetings
SANREM EEP meeting

6:00

Welcome and Opening Remarks, S.K. De Datta, Associate Provost for International Affairs; Director, Office of International Research, Education, and Development; and Administrative PI for SANREM CRSP, Virginia Tech

7:30

Dinner, Casa Campestre

8:30

SANREM CRSP Annual Report and Meeting Overview, Theo Dillaha

Monday, June 25

8:00

Welcome, Overview of Day’s Activities, Theo Dillaha

8:30

Watershed-based Natural Resource Management in Small-scale Agriculture: Sloped Areas of the Andean Region (LTR- 3), Jeff Alwang, Virginia Tech. Sub-watershed "Jatun Mayu" River Tiraque, Ilich Figuroa. Management of Plants and Soils for Sustainable Production in the Andean Region, Paul Backman.

10:00

Break

10:30

Adapting to Change in the Andean Highlands: Practices and Strategies to Address Climate and Market Risks in Vulnerable Agroecosystems (LTR-4), Corinne Valdivia, University of Missouri at Columbia. Climate Summary: Integration of data across local and large scales to link within knowledge systems. Livelihoods, Capitals, Markets, and Networks. Changes in Community Perceptions, Management of Soil Quality and Soil Organic Matter, Peter Motavalli. Peru Program Focus. Biodiversity and IPM/IDM, Cecilia Turin.

Noon 

Break, lunch

1:30

Decentralization Reforms and Property Rights: Potentials and Puzzles for Forest Sustainability and Livelihoods (LTR-1), Krister Andersson, University of Colorado at Boulder; Jacqui Bauer, Indiana University; Esther Mwangi, International Food Policy Research Institute; Marty Luckert, CIFOR. Descentralización de Reformas y Derechos de Propiedad, Rosario León.

3:00

Break

3:30

Developing a Participatory Socio-Economic Model for Food Security, Improved Rural Livelihoods, Watershed Management, and Biodiversity Conservation in Southern Africa (LTR-2), Alex Travis, Cornell University. Food safety workshops, I and II, Carmen I. Moraru, Catalin Moraru, Elisabeth A. Bihn, Cornell University.

5:00

Open discussion

6:00

Adjourn

7:30

Banquet, Casa Campestre


Tuesday, June 26

7:00

Gender, SA, and NRM Breakfast, Maria Elisa Christie, Gender Coordinator for SANREM CRSP, Virginia Tech

8:00

Agroforestry and Sustainable Vegetable Production in Southeast Asian Watersheds (LTR-5), Manuel Reyes, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University. Vietnam, Indonesia and Philippines Gender Component, Maria Elena Javier.

9:30

Cross-Cutting Watershed Modeling and Assessment Activity report and discussion, Conrad Heatwole, Virginia Tech

10:00

Break

10:30

SANREM business meeting, SANREM CRSP ME team. A Tribute to Julia Pryde, Saied Mostaghimi. TraiNet Issues and Responsibility, Keith Moore. Telling the SANREM Story, Deanne Estrada.

11:15

USAID update, Chris Kosnik, SANREM CRSP CTO, USAID/EGAT/NRM

Noon

Annual Meeting Closing Remarks, S.K. De Datta

12:30

Lunch

1:30-4:00

Individual Long-Term Research Activity meetings and EEP questions

1:30 - LTR-1 and EEP
2:00 - LTR-2 and EEP
2:30 - LTR-3 and EEP
3:00 - LTR-4 and EEP
3:30 - LTR-5 and EEP

4:00

Technical Committee meeting, Chair Jerry Shively, Purdue University

5:30

Adjourn

7:30

Dinner. Gather at 7:15 for transportation to the restaurant in Cochabamba.

Wednesday, June 27

8:00

Field trip to Tiraque site. Gather at 7:45 for departure promptly at 8.
EEP meetings with select LTR PIs if needed, separate transportation to field sites provided

5:00

Adjourn

7:30

Dinner, Casa Campestre

 

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