52nd Annual Conference and 2016 Future Leaders Forum
June 5-7, 2016
Program and Presentations
Opening Keynote
Territorial solutions from the ground up: Development at the rural-urban interface - Ruben G. Echeverría, International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Lunch Keynote
Fueling Local Solutions Through Collaborative Innovation - Sara E. Farley, Global Knowledge Initiative
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Dinner Keynote
From Roots to Results: Enabling Sustainability through Local Ownership - Elizabeth Warfield, USAID
Lightning Talks
Security and Stability
Eric Wailes, University of Arkansas - Feeding 9 Billion by 2015: GM Rice Prospects and Challenges
Markets and Trade
Rob Nooter, IFDC - What’s so smart about ‘smart subsidies’?
Amy Thom, Lima Rural Development Foundation - Agri-Hubs for Transformative Rural Development
Caitlin Shaw, Project Concern International - Securing Livelihoods: Women Savings Group Members take on Local Value Chains
Acute Environment Stress
Steven Kovach, Winrock - Training of Trainers (Young Farmers in Senegal) in Drip Irrigation Systems Fertilization Techniques--A Tool for Food Security and Stability
Research and Science
Adam Cobb, Oklahoma State - Local nutrition security and agricultural development: From healthy soil to sustainable solutionsTraining the Next Generation, Training to Compete
Hillary Proctor, Making Cents International - Changing Youth’s Perception of Agriculture
Anne Cafer, University of Missouri - Wicked Problems: Training Interdisciplinary Scholars to Solve Modern Challenges
Gail Nonnecke, Iowa State University - Global Resource Systems – an interdisciplinary major preparing the next generation of global leaders
Daniel and Melanie Foster, Penn State - The Global Teach Ag! Initiative: Preparing Teachers to Teach where Students are in Need
Territorial solutions from the ground up: Development at the rural-urban interface - Ruben G. Echeverría, International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Lunch Keynote
Fueling Local Solutions Through Collaborative Innovation - Sara E. Farley, Global Knowledge Initiative
Additional Information on LINK
Dinner Keynote
From Roots to Results: Enabling Sustainability through Local Ownership - Elizabeth Warfield, USAID
Lightning Talks
Security and Stability
Eric Wailes, University of Arkansas - Feeding 9 Billion by 2015: GM Rice Prospects and Challenges
Markets and Trade
Rob Nooter, IFDC - What’s so smart about ‘smart subsidies’?
Amy Thom, Lima Rural Development Foundation - Agri-Hubs for Transformative Rural Development
Caitlin Shaw, Project Concern International - Securing Livelihoods: Women Savings Group Members take on Local Value Chains
Acute Environment Stress
Steven Kovach, Winrock - Training of Trainers (Young Farmers in Senegal) in Drip Irrigation Systems Fertilization Techniques--A Tool for Food Security and Stability
Research and Science
Adam Cobb, Oklahoma State - Local nutrition security and agricultural development: From healthy soil to sustainable solutionsTraining the Next Generation, Training to Compete
Hillary Proctor, Making Cents International - Changing Youth’s Perception of Agriculture
Anne Cafer, University of Missouri - Wicked Problems: Training Interdisciplinary Scholars to Solve Modern Challenges
Gail Nonnecke, Iowa State University - Global Resource Systems – an interdisciplinary major preparing the next generation of global leaders
Daniel and Melanie Foster, Penn State - The Global Teach Ag! Initiative: Preparing Teachers to Teach where Students are in Need
