2014 Global Food Security Consortium and Leroy and Barbara Everson Symposium:
"Closing the Yield Gap" (April 29 & 30, 2014)
You Tube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbgOnQeD-Z7ZVerPWwhJhEQ
Session One: Seeds and Crops
Introductory Remarks, Manjit Misra and Max Rothschild
Kenneth Cassman, Robert B. Daugherty Professor of Agronomy, University of Nebraska
Backcasting global food security: Justification for a global yield gap atlas
John MacRobert, Seed Systems Specialist, CIMMYT Africa
Current developments in the African seed industry
Harish Reddy, Secretary, National Seed Association of India
Current developments in the Indian seed industry
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Marja Thijssen, Senior Advisor Plant Genetic Resources and Seed Systems, Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation
Integrated seed sector development
Panel Discussion #1 Moderated by Saharah Moon Chapotin, Division Chief, Research, Office of Agricultural Research and Policy, US Agency for International Development
Luncheon Address:
Wendy Wintersteen, Endowed Dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University
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Session Two: Animals
Introductory Remarks, Max Rothschild
Henning Steinfeld, Chief, Livestock Information, Sector Analysis and Policy Branch, FAO
Closing the emission gap – global livestock and climate gases
Jimmy Smith, Director General, International Livestock Research Institute
Closing the livestock yield gaps in the developing world: imperatives for people and the planet
Donald Nkrumah, Senior Program Officer, Agricultural Development – Livestock Genetics, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Closing the yield gap: smallholder livestock production and productivity growth
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Panel Discussion #2 – Moderator, Mike Brown, Senior Director, Global Market Access leader for US and Canada, Elan Co Animal Health
Wednesday April 30th
Session Three: Sustainable Intensification
Introductory Remarks, David Acker, Associate Dean, Academic and Global Programs, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University
Jerry Glover, Senior Sustainable Agricultural Systems Adviser, US Agency for International Development
Steven Leath, President, Iowa State University
Caspar Ammann, NCAR Scientist, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Climate change and sustainable intensification
Introductory Remarks, David Lambert
Catherine Woteki, Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, United States Department of Agriculture
Panel Discussion #3 David Acker
Closing Remarks, Manjit Misra