Beijing Roundtable 2012 - Agenda and Presentations | The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture

Thursday, 15 March 2012
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8:00am	Registration
8:30am	Introduction & Overview
	Ren WANG, Vice President, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Marco FERRONI, Executive Director, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
9:00am	Keynote Addresses
	Chair: Ren WANG, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences The Role of Extension & Research in the Agricultural Transformation Hans BINSWANGER-MKHIZE, China Agricultural University Agriculture in Transition and Implications for Extension and Delivery of Services to Small Farms in China Jikun HUANG, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences Feedback from participants
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 Panelists: Suresh BABU, IFPRI Pantjar SIMATUPANG, Ministry of Agriculture, Indonesia Jikun HUANG, Chinese Academy of Sciences Vo-Tong XUAN, Tan Tao University, Vietnam
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. Chair: Kevin CHEN, IFPRI-China Panelists: Nguyen Van BO, Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences: Vietnam Agricultural Public Extension - Status and Orientations Shengdou CHEN, National Agro-Tech Extension Service Center, Ministry of Agriculture, China: Agricultural Technology Extension in China Dongxin FENG, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences: Agricultural Research for Development at CAAS K Narayana GOWDA, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, India: Extension Systems in India and the Rural Bio-Resource Complex Sunarru Samsi HARIADI, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia: Public Agricultural Extension in Indonesia
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. Chair: Partha DASGUPTA, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture Panelists: Jeff AU, CropLife China / Syngenta China: Industry Association Role in Agricultural Extension Soumen BISWAS, PRADAN, India: Extending Agriculture to the Poverty Heartland of India - What Matters? MN REDDY, National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, India: Extension by Private Actors - Capacity Building of Input Suppliers Tantono SUBAGYO, Syngenta Indonesia: The Role of Private Sector in Agricultural Extension in Indonesia Qiaoqiao ZHANG, CABI, United Kingdom: Promoting Effective Agricultural Extension Yarong ZHAO, DaBeiNong Technology Groupd Co Ltd, China: The Role and Function of Agriculture Technology Company on Agriculture Extension
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. Chair: Nguyen Van BO, Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences Panelists: Magdalena BLUM, Office of Knowledge Exchange, Research and Extension, FAO: Pluralistic Extension Systems - Characteristics and Considerations Kevin CHEN, IFPRI-China: Demand-driven Agricultural Extension Service - International Experience and Lessons Pantjar SIMATUPANG, Ministry of Agriculture, Indonesia: Pluralism and Partnership in Extension - Selected Experiences Yinhong SUN, IFAD-China: Improving Access to Extension Services for the Poor Rural People - Experiences from IFAD China Program Nguyen Van DINH, Hanoi University of Agriculture, Vietnam: IPM Programme in Vietnam
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. Chair: Sunarru Samsi HARIADI, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia Panelists: Fritz BRUGGER, Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture: Putting Cell Phones to Good Use - Mobile Solutions in Extension Djuara P LUBIS, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia: Using Information and Communication Technology for Agricultural Extension Wensheng WANG, Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences: Innovation of Agro-Technique Extension System by Using a 3G Information Platform Zulkifli ZAINI, IRRI-Indonesia: Nutrient Manager for Rice - Indonesia Experience with ICT
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. Chair: K Narayana GOWDA, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, India Panelists: Ruifa HU, Beijing Institute of Technology, China: The Public Agricultural Extension System in China - Development and Reform Rasheed SULAIMAN, Centre for Research on Innovation and Science Policy, India: Reinventing Public Extension - Ways Forward
11:20am	Break-out Discussions
	Group A \| Moderator: Partha DASGUPTA; Rapporteur: Nguyen Van DINH Group B \| Moderator: Zulkifli ZAINI; Rapporteur: MN Reddy
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. Chair: Soumen BISWAS, PRADAN, India Panelists: Suresh BABU, IFPRI: Building Demand-driven and Financially Sustainable Extension Solutions Vo-Tong XUAN, Tan Tao University, Vietnam: Reinventing Agricultural Extension in Vietnam - Introducing a Value Chain Approach to Farming in the Globalization Age
3:00pm	Break-out Discussions
	Group A \| Moderator: Yuan ZHOU; Rapporteur: Rasheed SULAIMAN Group B \| Moderator: Magdalena BLUM; Rapporteur: Djuara P LUBIS
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 Chair: Marco FERRONI
6:00pm	Closing Remarks by Ren WANG
7:00pm	Dinner (hosted by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences)

Saturday, 17 March 2012
8:30am- 3:30pm	Field Excursion Visiting the Mushroom Science & Technology Park in Tongzhou District (organised by CAAS)

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