Agenda for Spring 2000 
Discussants, Panels, Topics, and Student Teams

Date Discussants Topic (Team)
1/24 Gatua Mbugwa 

Gatua Mbugwa 
Prof. Roger Steele

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 
 

  
  
 Martha Noguiera

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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