Session: Symposium--Global Footprints: Adding Value to Agriculture in the Developing World (2009 Annual Meeting (November 1-5, 2009))

A06 International Agronomy

This session will explore the roles and relationships between different actors in the fight to achieve global food security.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009: 10:10 AM-2:05 PM

Convention Center, Room 301-302, Third Floor

Presiding:

Patrick Wall

10:10 AM

Introductory Remarks

10:15 AM

Feeding the World in 2050: The Role of Technology, Institutions and Policies.
Derek Byerlee, CGIAR Science Council

10:40 AM

Enhancing Food Security in Bangladesh - the Role of the USA and Other Developed Countries.
Zahurul Karim, Center for Agriresearch and Sustainable Environment & Entrepreneurship Development (CASEED)

11:05 AM

The Role of USAID in Enhancing Agricultural Growth in the Developing World.
Robert Bertram, U.S. Agency for Intl. Development; Xiomara Sinisterra, U.S. Agency for Intl. Development

11:30 AM

Food Security in the Developing World and the Biotechnology Conundrum.
Marianne Baenziger, CIMMYT

11:55 AM

The Land Grant Footprint: Building Knowledge Networks in Developing Countries.
Keith Moore, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech)

12:20 PM

Break

12:50 PM

1:15 PM

The American Society of Agronomy - Growing People, Enhancing Science, Building Institutions.
Marcus Alley, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ. (Virginia Tech)

1:40 PM

Panel Discussion

2:05 PM

Adjourn

152 Symposium--Global Footprints: Adding Value to Agriculture in the Developing World