2017 Conference Program 

Opening Keynote
Making the business case for why climate-smart agriculture must be the future - Dawn Rittenhouse, DuPont

Special Guest Speaker
African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) - Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg Ph.D. Director

Dinner Keynote
Innovation in Food Production and Sustainable Intensification - Marc Sadler, Global Lead, Climate-Smart Agriculture, Global Agriculture Practice, The World Bank

Tuesday Breakfast Speaker
Climate-smart Agriculture & the role of carbon markets - Debbie Reed, Executive Director, C-AGG

Lightning Talks

• Agricultural Extension's Role in Supporting CSA – Austen Moore, AgReach - University of Illinois
• CSA through SRI: Too Good to be True? – Kelly Witkowski, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture
• Buzzworthy: The Role of Entomophagy in Agricultural Development – Julie MacCartee, USAID Bureau for Food Security
• Soil Health: Don't call it "dirt" – Casey Harrison, Nuru International
• CSA Field-Level Practitioner Tools and Farm CAAT – Jonathan Randall, DAI

FLF Presentations

• Lin Liu, Developing water-nutrient-climate smart technologies using big-data analytics and remote sensing imagery in Malawi, Tanzania and the US

• Stephen Mukembo, Agroforestry to improve water and soil conservation and create employment opportunities
• Alyssa DeVincentis, Potential of cover crops as a climate smart land management and water conservation strategy
• Pedro Piqueras, Quantify the effects of ambient pollutants by performing revenue and yield loss assessments on crops in South Africa
• Colwayne Morris, Determination of true phosphorus digestibility (TPD) in feed ingredients used in poultry diets