Thursday, 15 March 2012
>> view location
8:00am | Registration |
8:30am | Introduction & Overview |
Ren WANG, Vice President, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences | |
9:00am | Keynote Addresses |
Chair: Ren WANG, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences | |
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
| |
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.
| |
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.
| |
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.
| |
6:15pm | Wrap-up and Perspective on the Day's Discussions |
Hans BINSWANGER-MKHIZE, China Agricultural University | |
7:00pm | Dinner at the hotel (hosted by the Syngenta Foundation) |
Friday, 16 March 2012 | |
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.
| |
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.
| |
11:20am | Break-out Discussions |
Group A | Moderator: Partha DASGUPTA; Rapporteur: Nguyen Van DINH | |
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.
| |
3:00pm | Break-out Discussions |
Group A | Moderator: Yuan ZHOU; Rapporteur: Rasheed SULAIMAN | |
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 | |
6:00pm | |
7:00pm | Dinner (hosted by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences) |
Saturday, 17 March 2012 | |
8:30am- | Field Excursion |
Download a printable version of the agenda here. |