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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
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  • About AIARD
    • About AIARD
    • Mission & Objectives
    • Officers and Committee Chairs
    • Constitution & Bylaws
    • Committees >
      • Education & Advocacy Committee
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      • Communications Committee
      • Finance Committee
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      • Future Leaders Forum Committee
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    • Reasons to Join AIARD
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    • Partner Publications
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    • Virtual AIARD Week 2021 >
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      • 2021 Sponsors
    • AIARD FLF Webinar Series
    • Previous Events >
      • Virtual AIARD Week 2020 >
        • 2020 Sponsors
        • 2020 Speakers and Moderators
      • AIARD Side Event at the World Food Prize
      • 2019 Annual Conference >
        • 2019 Photo Gallery
        • Conference agenda
  • Future Leaders
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