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         When, Where and How will Tropical Root and Tuber Crops Lead the Next Agri-Food Revolution

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MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE,UMUDIKE
ASSISTANT LECTURER/Ph.D Student
UMUDIKE
Im A lecturer,Researcher and Agricultural Extension Communicator in the Department of Rural Sociology and Extension in the Collage of Agricultural Economics Rural Sociology and Extension.Michael Okpara University of Agriculture,Umudike,Umuahia,Abia State ,Nigeria.
Monday, October 22
 

7:30am GMT-05

Registration International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - Area located outside Kellog Auditorium

8:30am GMT-05

Inauguration – Opening Ceremony and Keynote Address International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - KELLOG AUDITORIUM

9:30am GMT-05

Group Photo International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - Area located outside Kellog Auditorium

10:00am GMT-05

SCALING: scientific innovations that have impact on root and tuber crop systems and those who depend on them. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - KELLOG AUDITORIUMFrancis Alacho • Oriaku, L. C • Satish Chandra • Chimaroke • ​Nanam Tay Dziedzoave • Nozomi Kawarazuka • Hemant Nitturkar • Benjamin Chukwuemeka Okoye • Vito Severiano Sandifolo • Marc Schut • Andrew Westby

12:00pm GMT-05

Lunch in the CIAT's Arches CIAT's Arches

3:30pm GMT-05

Afternoon Coffee Break Located outside Kellogg Auditorium
 
Tuesday, October 23
 

8:00am GMT-05

DISCOVERY: How to sustain genetic gains in root and tuber crops: Is Next-Generation breeding approaches our next bet (breeding, genetics, cytogenetics, gene editing, genetic mapping, molecular techniques etc.) International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - KELLOG AUDITORIUMRanjana Bhattacharjee • Adriana Bohorquez • Hernán Ceballos • Luis Duque • Chiedozie Egesi • Pim Lindhout • Jessica Lyons

10:00am GMT-05

Coffee Break + RTBs CULINARY DEMONSTRATION International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - Area located outside Kellog AuditoriumNozomi Kawarazuka • Graham Thiele

10:30am GMT-05

COME CLEAN go CLEAN: Are we declaring war to pest and diseases: How epidemiology, pest and disease management, molecular diagnostics, and disease monitoring will shield our crops. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - KELLOG AUDITORIUMPrempeh Ruth Naa Ashiokai • Martha Giraldo • Maruthi Gowda • Jenyfer Jimenez • Jan Kreuze • James Legg • INNOCENT Nwankwo • Julian Smith • Mathias Tembo • Eugene Terry

12:30pm GMT-05

Lunch in the CIAT's Arches CIAT's Arches

2:00pm GMT-05

General discussion on DISCOVERY and more oral presentations COLOMBIA ROOMFULLRanjana Bhattacharjee • Hernán Ceballos • Chiedozie Egesi • Pim Lindhout

4:00pm GMT-05

Poster Session International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - Area located outside Kellog Auditorium

6:00pm GMT-05

Departure by bus from CIAT's Arches CIAT's Arches
 
Wednesday, October 24
 

8:00am GMT-05

SEEDs or NO SEEDS: What is the dilemma? How to create root and tuber seed systems. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - KELLOG AUDITORIUMBeatrice Aighewi • Jorge Andrade-Piedra • Chimaroke • Elohor Mercy Diebiru-Ojo • Karen A. Garrett • Lava Kumar • Norbert Maroya • Hemant Nitturkar • Srinivasulu Rajendran • Francisco Saborio

10:00am GMT-05

Coffee Break International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - Area located outside Kellog Auditorium

10:30am GMT-05

BIOFORTIFICATION: Are we solving malnutrition? How to improve nutrition and health through roots and tuber biofortification. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - KELLOG AUDITORIUMDaniel Alvarez • Meike Andersson • Maria Andrade • Chiedozie Egesi • Thomas zum Felde • Apollin Fotso • Frederick Grant • Paul Ilona • Isata Kamanda • Jan Low • Alexandre Mello • Tawanda Muzhingi • Damien Njoku • Elizabeth Parks • Matilda Steiner-Asiedu

12:30pm GMT-05

Lunch in the CIAT's Arches CIAT's Arches

3:00pm GMT-05

ISTRC General Meeting (Open event - all people to attend) International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - KELLOG AUDITORIUM

8:00pm GMT-05

Departure by bus from CIAT's Arches CIAT's Arches
 
Thursday, October 25
 

8:00am GMT-05

QUALITY FOODs: Postharvest loss prevention, storage and processing. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - KELLOG AUDITORIUMDominique Dufour • Lateef Sanni

10:00am GMT-05

Coffee Break International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - Area located outside Kellog Auditorium

10:30am GMT-05

Building the DATA REVOLUTION in Tropical Root Crops International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - KELLOG AUDITORIUMMedha Devare • Stefan Hauser • Daniel R. Jiménez • HAGEN, Thomas John • Brian King • Lukas Mueller • Michael Gomez Selvaraj • Isaak Yosief Tecle

12:30pm GMT-05

Lunch in the CIAT's Arches CIAT's Arches

2:00pm GMT-05

CGIAR Research Program on Roots Tubers and Bananas partnership platform: progress and prospects International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - TROPICO ROOM

3:00pm GMT-05

Demos of AgroFIMS and the Cassava base systems/examples International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - AFRICA ROOMFULLDaniel R. Jiménez • Brian King

7:00pm GMT-05

Departure by bus from CIAT's Arches CIAT's Arches