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Day 1, Monday, 24 June 2002 |
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8:30-9:00 |
Bus from hotel to EMBRAPA Soybean |
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9:00-9:30 |
Registration and orientation |
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9:30-9:45 |
Opening session and general welcome from Brazilian host (Caio Vidor, Director EMBRAPA Soybean) |
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9:45-10:05 |
Introductory presentation by FAO and CBD representatives. Context and scope of the workshop, FAO role and International Initiative on Soil Biodiversity, need for integrated approaches and expected results, including questions from the floor (Sally Bunning, FAO) |
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10:05-10:25 |
The experience and process for an International Initiative: building on the Pollinators experience (Michele Gauthier, CBD Secretariat) |
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10:25-10:45 |
Coffee break |
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Presentations of experiences on biological management of soil ecosystems |
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10:45-11:00 |
Overview of workshop process and sessions (Adriana Montanez, FAO) |
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1. Assessment and monitoring |
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11:10-11:30: |
Bioindicators of soil health: assessment and monitoring for sustainable agriculture (Clive Pankhurst, CSIRO) |
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2. Adaptive management |
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11:30-11:50: |
Adaptive management of soil ecosystems and soil biodiversity: an overview and examples (Lijbert Brussaard, Wageningen Agricultural University) |
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3. The role of innovative technologies |
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11:50-12:10 |
Organic farming management with biological agriculture in drylands (Klaus Merckens, Egyptian Biodynamic Association/GTZ) |
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12:10-12:30 |
Research and innovation in biological management of soil ecosystems (Paul Cannon, CABI, UK) |
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12:45-13:45 |
Lunch break |
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13:45-14:30 |
Plenary: Presentation and agreement on scope and aims of working group sessions |
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14:30-16:30 |
Working Groups (Session 1) |
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Overview of knowledge and issues and identification of available practical approaches and tools, based on what is known and what can be used and how. |
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Group 1: Assessment and monitoring |
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Group 2: Adaptive management |
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Group 3: Innovative technologies and risk alleviation |
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16:00-16:30 |
Coffee break |
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Wider implications of soil biological management |
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16:30-17:00 |
Soil carbon sequestration for sustaining agricultural production and improving the environment (Rattan Lal, Ohio State University) |
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17:00 |
Discussion |
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Day 2 -Tuesday,25 June 2002 |
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8:30-9:10 |
Plenary: Report back from working groups and discussion. Reformulate questions and step forwards based on results and experience of day 1. |
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Presentation of case studies |
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9:10-9.30 |
Practical tools to measure soil health and their use by farmers (Martin Wood, Reading University, UK) |
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9:30-9:50 |
Mycorrhizae in Cuban agricultural systems (Eolia Treto, INCA, Cuba) |
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9:50-10:10 |
No-till agriculture for smallholder cropping in Brazil (Ademir Calegari, IAPAR, Brazil) |
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10:10-10:30 |
Use of vermicompost to reduce soil Al toxicity in Brazil (Patrick Lavelle, IRD, France) |
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10:30-10.50 |
Coffee break |
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10:50-11:10 |
The role of innovative technologies (Felix Dakora, University of Cape Town, South Africa) |
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11:10-11:30 |
The role of ecosystem engineers in soil rehabilitation process (Abdoulaye Mando, INERA, Burkina Faso) |
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11:30-11:50 |
Insect pest in biologically managed soil and crops (Om Rupela, ICRISAT, India) |
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11.50-12.30 |
Discussion |
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12:30-13:45 |
Lunch break |
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13:45-14.45 |
Working Groups: Session II |
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14:45-15.40 |
Report back from working groups and plenary discussion |
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15:40-16:00 |
Coffee break |
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16:00-17:30 |
WORKING GROUPS (SESSION II CONT.) |
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Plenary discussion and feedback from working groups (2nd session) |
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19:30-22:00 |
Workshop dinner |
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Day 3 - Wednesday, 26 June 2002 |
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8:30-9:30 |
Plenary: Report back from working groups and discussion based on presentations of day 2. |
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Capacity building and mainstreaming in assessment, management and research |
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9:30-10:10 |
Introduction of theme on capacity building and mainstreaming (George Brown and Mariangela Hungria, EMBRAPA, Brazil) |
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10:10-10:30 |
Adaptive management for redeveloping traditional agro-ecosystems (P.S. Ramakrishnan, Nehru University, India) |
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10:30-10.50 |
Coffee break |
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10:50-11:10 |
Capacity building tools and methods used to improve knowledge and skills in biological management of soil fertility by farming communities (Rusvel Rios, CAMAREN, Ecuador) |
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11:10-11:30 |
The GEF TSBF BGBD network project on the conservation and sustainable management of below-ground biodiversity (George Brown, EMBRAPA, Brazil) |
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11:30-11:50 |
Transition from traditional to monocropping and more recently to weed-free mixed cropping and no-tillage systems (Richard Fowler, ACT Network, South Africa) |
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11:50-12:10 |
Management of macrofauna in traditional and conventional agroforestry systems from India with special reference to termite and earthworms. (Bikram Senapati, Sambalpur University, India) |
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10:00-10:20 |
Coffee break |
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10:20-12:00 |
Working Groups: Session III |
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Strengthening capacities and partnerships and mainstreaming: developing a proposed strategy and concrete actions (specifying partnerships, responsibilities, timing and funds) |
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Local level and policy and research level with a regional or national focus |
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· Monitoring and assessment · Adaptive management · Research, participatory technology development and risk management (local level) · Research and technology development and risk management (policy and research level) · Information management, awareness raising, exchange and networking, public education · Agricultural training, extension and research strategies and farming systems approaches (e.g. FFS and participatory technology development) (local level) · Agricultural policy, regulatory issues and agro-ecosystems approaches (policy level) · International initiatives (actions, responsibilities, timing, funds) |
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12:00-19.30 |
Day field trip: Humanitas Project, Sao Jeronimo (100 km) |
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Day 4 - Thursday, 27 June 2002 |
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8:30-9:30 |
Plenary session: strengthening capacities and partnerships and mainstreaming |
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Report back from working groups on proposed strategy and concrete actions (specifying partnerships, responsibilities, timing and funds) |
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10:30-10:45 |
Coffee break |
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10:45-12:15 |
Steering committee pulls together results with reporter and chairperson of each group |
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10:50-12:15 |
Tour of EMBRAPA station (laboratories, greenhouses, field projects) for other participants |
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12:25-13:50 |
Lunch break |
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14:00-16:00 |
Final plenary session. Workshop conclusions |
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16:30-17:30 |
Workshop evaluation. Reports. Commitments for follow-up activities, timing. |
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17:30 |
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