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Project Title:
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A Study of Technologies to Benefit Farmers in Africa and South Asia
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BANR-O-06-04-A
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Major Unit:
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Division on Earth and Life Studies
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Sub Unit:
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Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
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RSO:
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Schoen, Robin
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Meeting 2
July 6, 2007 - July 7, 2007
Keck Center
500 5th Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20001
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Ruthie Arieti
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| Email:
rarieti@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202 334 2856
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Fax:
202 334 1978
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Agenda:
Please note that space for this workshop is extremely limited. All attendees MUST contact Ruthie Arieti by Friday, June 29, 2007 for admittance.
TENTATIVE AGENDA:
Day 1
8:45
Introduction and Overview - Brian Larkins
9:10
Presentation by Willem Janssen and Eija Pehu, World Bank: Four Scenarios of the Indian Agriculture Sector in the Future
9:40
Discussion
10:20
Break
10:30
Presentation: Visions of Indian Agriculture Production in 10 years
11:10
Q&A
11:25
Facilitated Discussion (Michael Tomczyk, Wharton Business School): Identifying High level Needs and Opportunities
12:45
Break
1:45
Discussion of Working Group Assignments - Describing High Impact Solutions
2:00
Move into Working Groups
4:00
Report Back in Plenary
5:30
Break for dinner
Day 2
8:45
Discuss Working Group Assignments in Plenary - Michael Tomczyk
9:00
Working Groups - Technology Visioning and Scanning
10:30
Break
10:45
Report in Plenary
12:00
Adjourn
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Brian Larkins
Deborah Delmer
Richard Dick
Richard Flavell
Robert Wall
Rattan Lal
Raymond St. Leger
Tsegaye Habtemariam
Steve Briggs
Alice Pell
Jonathan Gressel
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Discussed conflict of interest and bias for Raymond St. Leger and Richard Flavell
Reviewed outcomes of the workshop
Discussed topics of future workshops
Created report outline
Discussed framework to prioritize recommended technologies
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
None
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
July 9, 2007
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