Time (Hrs) |
Speech/Topic |
Speaker/Resource Person |
Monday 2 October 2000 | ||
08:30 - 9:00 |
Registration |
Participants/Resources Persons |
Opening Ceremony |
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09:00 - 09:10 |
Welcome |
Dr. Compton Paul, Executive Secretary, PROCICARIBE |
09:10 - 09:15 |
FAO Greetings |
Mr. Joseph Johnson, FAO, SLAC |
09:15 - 09:20 |
IICA Greetings |
Dr. Francois Dagenais, IICA Barbados |
09:20 - 09:40 |
Keynote Address, Integrated Land and Water Resources Management in the Caribbean |
Dr. Chandra Madramootoo, Director, Brace Centre for water Resources Management & Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, McGill University |
10:00 - 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
|
SESSION 1: Land and Water
Resources in the Caribbean | ||
10:30 - 11:00 |
GIS-based land and water resources information systems for the Caribbean |
Jacob Opadeyi, UWI, Trinidad and Tobago |
11:00 - 11:30 |
Sustainable fisheries management in the Caribbean Sea |
Susanne Singh-Renton, CFRAMP, Trinidad and Tobago |
11:30 - 12:00 |
Agro-forestry systems for the Caribbean |
John Beer, CATIE, Costa Rica |
12:00 - 12:30 |
The technical, economical and political implications of the acquisition and deployment of genetically modified crops in the Caribbean |
Wendy Hollingsworth, IICA, Barbados |
12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
|
14:00 - 14:30 |
Sustainable land-use systems for hillside agriculture in the Caribbean |
Joseph Lindsay and Frank Gumbs, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago |
14:30 - 15:00 |
Climate change effects in the Caribbean |
Neveille Trotz, CPACC, Barbados and Adrian Trotman, CMI, Barbados |
15:00 - 15:30 |
Organic Farming in the Caribbean |
Joan Petersen, CARDI, Trinidad and Tobago |
15:30 - 16:00 |
Coffee break |
|
16:00 - 16:30 |
Sustainable Management of Coral Reefs in the Caribbean Sea |
John Munro. ICLARM |
16:30 - 17:00 |
Natural Resource Management for sustainable agricultural development in the Caribbean |
Compton Paul, CARDI, Trinidad and Tobago |
17:00 - 17:30 |
Biodiversity protection in Caribbean Agrecosystems |
C. Paul and L. Guarino, CARDI, Trinidad and IPGRI, Colombia |
Tuesday 3 October 2000 | ||
SESSION II: Demonstrations | ||
08:00 - 08:30 |
Introduction to the AGL Land and Water Gateway |
Jacques Antoine, FAO, Rome |
08:30 - 08:45 |
Demonstration of the Report on the State of Land and Water Resources |
Sachimine Masui, FAO, Rome |
08:45 - 09:15 |
GIS Applications for Agricultural Planning in Bangladesh |
Mike Broten, USA |
09:15 - 09:45 |
GIS on the Internet |
Mike Broten, USA |
09:45 - 10:00 |
Coffee Break |
|
SESSION III: Country Reports and
Priorities for Development of National Programme of Work | ||
10:00 - 10:15 |
Antigua & Barbuda |
Gerald Fernandez |
10:15 - 12:30 |
Barbados |
Glenn Marshall |
12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
|
14:00 - 15:00 |
Haiti |
Paul-Verlaine Jean
Baptiste |
15:00 - 15:15 |
Coffee Break |
|
15:15 -16:30 |
St. Lucia |
Deborah Bushell |
16:30 - 17:00 |
Summary of national Reports |
Jacob Opadeyi |
Wednesday 4 October 2000 | ||
SESSION IV: LWRIS Review - the
way forward | ||
08:00 - 08:15 |
Review of AGL Guidelines and Internet Template |
Jacques Antoine |
08:15 - 10:30 |
Working group discussion on national and Regional follow-up action (Plan of Action) including provisions for updating the data on AQUASTAT, the database on Water Use in Agriculture and Rural Development |
All participants |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
|
11:00 - 12:00 |
Presentation of report of Working Group |
Denis Leland and Deborah Bushell |
12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch Break |
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SESSION V: Development of
Regional Plan of Work | ||
13:30 - 14:00 |
Review and Discussion of National Priority Areas to be included in regional POW |
Compton Paul, PROCICARIBE |
14:00 - 16:00 |
Regional POW Development (to include responsibility matrix) |
Compton Paul, PROCICARIBE |
16:00 - 16:30 |
Coffee Break |
|
16:30 - 17:00 |
Continuation of POW Development |
Compton Paul, PROCICARIBE |
17:00 - 17:15 |
Election of Regional Coordinator |
All Participants |
17:15 - 17:30 |
TAC Nominations |
All Participants |
17:30 - 18:00 |
Closing |
Compton Paul. PROCICARIBE |
