Thursday, 15 March 2012
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8:00am |
Registration |
8:30am |
Introduction & Overview |
Ren WANG, Vice President, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences |
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9:00am |
Keynote Addresses |
Chair: Ren WANG, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences |
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10:00am |
Coffee/Tea Break, Group photo |
10:30am |
Panel Discussion: Agricultural Extension for Small Farmers in Asia: Assessing the Need |
Moderator: Marco FERRONI, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
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11:45am |
Lunch |
1:00pm |
1. Public Agricultural Extension: Pursuing Intensification, Diversification, Income and Sustainability Goals |
This Session will assess current patterns, coverage, effectiveness, strengths and weaknesses of extension offered by the public (governmental) sector: mission, organisation, resources, management, client responsiveness, quality, results.
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2:35pm |
2. Private Agricultural Extension, the Game-changing Emerging Trend |
This Session will assess the rise in the provision of extension by private (commercial and non-profit) actors (eg agro-dealers, input suppliers, rural business hubs, produce buyers, farmer organisations, NGOs and others): coverage, quality, client responsiveness and results.
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4:25pm |
Coffee/Tea Break |
4:40pm |
3. Partnerships and Pluralism in Extension |
This Session will assess the experience of different countries with selected extension delivery and financing options from farmer field schools to market-led extension, dissecting what worked and why, and highlighting the trend towards pluralism and the provision of extension and other services through partnerships between various categories of actors.
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6:15pm |
Wrap-up and Perspective on the Day's Discussions |
Hans BINSWANGER-MKHIZE, China Agricultural University |
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7:00pm |
Dinner at the hotel (hosted by the Syngenta Foundation) |
Friday, 16 March 2012 |
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9:00am |
4. Putting Cell Phones to Good Use: Mobile Solutions in Extension |
This Session will assess specific instances of mobile applications as instruments for the dissemination of information, agronomic support, and transparency in the market place.
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10:20am |
Coffee/Tea Break |
10:35am |
5. How to Raise the Coverage and Impact Effectiveness of Agricultural Extension |
This Session will revisit and deepen the conversation so far, focusing on public extension and the role of the public sector as multiple extension actors emerge.
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11:20am |
Break-out Discussions |
Group A | Moderator: Partha DASGUPTA; Rapporteur: Nguyen Van DINH |
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12.20pm |
Lunch |
1:30pm |
Feedback from Break-out Groups, Group Discussion |
2:15pm |
6. How to Build Demand-Driven and Financially Sustainable Extension Solutions to Support Farmers' Participation in Value Chains |
This Session will focus on business, financing and revenue models for privately supplied extension and public-private service schemes.
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3:00pm |
Break-out Discussions |
Group A | Moderator: Yuan ZHOU; Rapporteur: Rasheed SULAIMAN |
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4:00pm |
Coffee/Tea Break |
4:15pm |
Feedback from Break-out Groups, Group Discussion |
5:00pm |
Concluding Discussion: Agricultural Extension - the Way Forward |
Roundtable Discussion |
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6:00pm |
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7:00pm |
Dinner (hosted by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) |
Saturday, 17 March 2012 |
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8:30am- |
Field Excursion |
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