Annual Meeting 2012

When: October 20, 8:00 a.m. – October 21, 5 p.m. 2012
Where: Hyatt Regency Cincinnati Hotel, 151 West Fifth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

SANREM researchers and partners from around the world gathered in Cincinnati, Ohio to discuss trending topics related to conservation agriculture and natural resource management. From October 20-21, partners met to discuss progress and opportunities for cross-cutting research activities, communication and cooperation. In addition, SANREM sponsored a special session on conservation agriculture (CA) on October 22 with leading CA experts. The agenda for these two meeting appears below.

Agenda

Saturday, October 20th, 2012

Time Event
8:45 – 9:15 Welcome, Agenda Review – M. Bertelsen, A. Ares
9:15 – 9:30 USAID Update — H. Rea
9:30 – 10:30 Poster Session (Click to visit a Poster Session Gallery from last year’s session.)/Multi-farming Implement (MFI) Tool display
10:30 – 10:50 Perspectives on SANREM’s past and future–S.K. De Datta
10:50 – 11:40 Discussion: Farmer involvement in SANREM projects –J. Norton
11:40 – 12:00 Integration and synergies at farm through to global levelsS. Tarawali
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch break
1:00 – 1:15 SANREM Now: SWOT Analysis –A. Ares
1:15 – 1:45 SANREM impact –G. Norton
1:45 – 2:15 Gender in SANREM projects–M.E. Christie
2:15 – 3:15 Self-assessment of SANREM LTRA projects –LTRAs 6/7/8/9/ PIs
3:15 – 3:30 Break
3:30- 4:15 Self-assessment of SANREM LTRA projects (Cont.) LTRAs 10/11/12 PIs
4:15 – 5:15 Concurrent Disciplinary Discussions

  1. Agronomy/Soil Science-Discussion Leader M. Mulvaney
  2. Socio-Economics-Discussion Leader J. Alwang
5:15 Adjourn
6:00 Reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres and cash bar

Sunday, October 21st, 2012

Time Event
8:30 – 9:30 Self-assessment of SANREM CCRAs projects –CCRAs PIs
9:30 – 10:20 Discussion: Host-country role in SANREM projects – V. Ella
10:20 – 10:40 The CRSP Digest Project – C.Nordehn
10:40 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:30 Putting the SANREM CRSP website to work for you–A. Ohland
11:30 – 12:00 Help Me Help You: Communications and its role in SANREM research –A. Loeffler
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch break
1:00 – 1:50 Discussion: SANREM test of conservation agriculture principles/systems –V. Prasad
1:50 – 2:40 Discussion: Role of higher education in SANREM projects –K. Moore
2:40 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:00 TC Planning and discussion –J. Alwang
4:00 – 4:30 SANREM now, at year 4 and beyond –A. Ares
4:30 – 5:00 Closing remarks –H. Rea, M. Bertelsen
5:00 Adjourn

Monday, October 22nd, 2012 Special Session on CA at the ASA/CSSA/SSSA Meeting

Click here for the Special Session on Conservation Agriculture agenda.