| Date | Discussants | Topic (Team) |
| 1/24 | Gatua Mbugwa
Gatua Mbugwa
|
Introduction, Organization, &
Planning
African Languages and Farming: A report from Against All Odds: African Languages and Literatures into the 21st Century, Asmara, Eritrea. January 11-17 2000 |
| 1/31 | Gatua Mbugwa | Define in writing the priority issues for invited discussants |
| 2/7 | Jim Haldeman
Greg Hitzhusen |
The Role of Religious Organizations
in Development
Team: Jodi Collins |
| 2/14 | Prof. Merill Ewert | Farmer-centered Research and Extension
Team: Mathew Zimmerman |
| 2/21 | John Debiec | Factors of Change in Mixed Farming Systems of Copan, Honduras |
| 2/28 | Diego Salcedo, Humphrey Fellow | Micro-Credit and Micro-Finance
Issues of Development: The Link Between Household Savings and the Environment
Team: Serap Gursel |
| 3/6 | Prof. Bill Lesser | Intellectual Property Rights
Team: Lisa Coffin |
| 3/13 | Prof. Susan McCouch | Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering:
Food Systems and Social Impacts
Team: Jodi Collins, Mathew Zimmerman |
| 3/20 | Spring Break | Spring Break |
| 3/27 | Prof. Robert Blake | The Livestock Linchpin of Tropical
Agriculture
Team: Janet Getchell |
| 4/3 | Hector Suazo
|
Smallholder Producer Associations
and Non-traditional Crops in Northern Honduras: An Assessment of the Import
Demand for Plantains in El Salvador and Hispanic Niche Markets in the US
The Sustainability of Cocoa and its Contribution to the Development of the Amazon |
| 4/10 | Jodi Collins | Non-target Effects of an Introduced
Wasp ( Persistus Digoneutis) in New York State, or;
The Andean Potato Weavil in the Wachu Rozada System in Northern Ecuador |
| 4/17 | Janet Getchell
Lisa Coffin |
Knowledge and Perceptions of Livestock
Parasites in Rural South Africa
Farmer/Facilitator Participatory Evaluation of a USAID/Zamorano Dairy Project in Honduras |
| 4/24 | Mathew Zimmerman | Farmer-led Research and Extension in the Philippines |
| 5/1 | All students | Open discussion. Critique of IARD Program |
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