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Date |
Discussants |
Topic (Team) |
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1/21 |
Robert Blake and Agripina Gonzalez |
Introduction, organization and planning |
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1/28 |
Prof. Bill Lesser |
Topic: Plant breeders rights in the developing world Coordinator: Siddharth Krishnaswamy |
|
2/4 |
Silvester Hwenha |
MPS project: Deforestation and rural energy supply in Zimbabwe |
|
2/11/ |
Prof. Lindy Williams |
Topic: Field research methodologies and techniques Coordinator: Bharat Pathak |
|
2/18 |
Habtemariam Kassa and Prof. Robert Blake |
Topic: The crop-livestock subsystem of livelihood dynamics in the Harar highlands of Ethiopia |
|
2/25 |
Prof. Margaret Kroma and Prof. Steve Kyle |
NGO's and international lending institutions: A historical perspective and changing paradigms Coordinator: Zachary Nelson |
|
3/4 |
All Students |
Topic: Follow up discussion about field research methodologies and techniques |
|
3/11 |
Speaker |
Topic |
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3/18 |
Spring Break |
No Class |
|
3/25 |
Speaker |
Topic |
|
4/1 |
Bharat Pathak |
MPS project presentation: Examination and analysis of household partnerships between farmers and agricultural institutions in Azerbaijan. |
|
4/8 |
James Ojeda |
MPS project presentation: Analysis of an irrigation project in Xochela, San Miguel Tucuru, Guatemala |
|
4/15 |
Zachary Nelson |
MPS project presentation: Examination of young Nepali men's knowledge of HIV/AIDS: Communication networks and effects upon risk taking behavior |
|
4/22 |
Siddharth Krishnaswamy
|
MPS project presentation: How do terrorism and militancy affect Kashmir's agriculture? |
|
4/29 |
Robert Blake, Agripina Gonzalez |
IARD review and critique |
