DAILY SCHEDULE OF THE ECHO EAST AFRICA SYMPOSIUM 3rd-5th February, 2015 MORNING SESSIONS IN PLENARY IN THE MAIN HALL Time 8:00 – 8:15 8:15 – 8:40 8:40 – 8:45 8:45 -‐ 9:00 9:00 -‐ 10:00 10:00 -‐ 10:30 10:30 -‐ 11:30 11:30 -‐ 11:45 11:45 -‐ 12:45 12:45 -‐ 14:30 3rd February, 2015 Music led by Mike Rothery and Team 4th February, 2015 Music led by Mike Rothery and Team 5th February, 2015 Music led by Mike Rothery and Team Devotion Devotion Devotion Check-‐out o f Rev. James Mathenge, Rev. James Mathenge, Rev. James Mathenge, Hotel for World Vision Tanzania World Vision Tanzania World Vision Tanzania Field Visits Welcome/Announcements David Erickson, ECHO Director & Chief Announcements -‐ ECHO Moderator Organizational Development Officer Break Break Announcements -‐ ECHO Moderator Break Post Empowering Communities for better Conference veterinary services A Biblical Basis to Motivate Rural Opening Address: Scaling up Dr. Beppe DiGiulio, Director of Change Options Conservation Agriculture in Africa – Veterinary Services and Consultancies Dr. Roger Sharland, REAP Kenya Field Visits linking the initiatives to view (i) (VSC) Dr. Saidi Mkomwa Tissue culture lab, Bioconsult; (ii) AVRDC; Break for Tea and bites Break for Tea and bites Break for Tea and bites (iii) Rijk Zwaan Seed Production; (iv) Edwin Conservation agriculture reality check Regenerating Communities, Rangelands Putso Nyathi, CFGB/MCC Southern and Livelihoods in northern Kenya: a Agroforestry – Fruit forests Mtei – Zadok Africa Coordinator and holistic approach Dr. Jeremias Mowo, World – Conservation Agriculture in Rwanda Richard Hatfield -‐ Natural Capital East Agroforestry Center Kitomari excellent Matthew Gates, MCC-‐Rwanda Africa small farmers -‐ innovations Break Break Break -‐ small additional cost Large scale conservation agriculture in Peace making among people in conflict Sand Dams in highlands required East Africa – enabling small farmers; Daniel Muvengi, World Vision Florence Nduku, UTOONI, Kenya Ekko Oosterhuis, Quality Food East Africa Products Ltd Meal & viewing of posters from 2pm Meal & Appropriate Technology Fair from 2pm Meal & Official Poster Session from 2pm End of Symposium SESSIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE OF SPEAKERS – PLEASE NOTE ANNOUNCEMENTS!! Page 1 ECHO East Africa Biennial Symposium 2015 Sustainable Agriculture Best Practices SIMULTANEOUS AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS IN SEPARATE HALLS CHOOSE 3 SESSIONS 14:30 -‐ 15:15 15:30 -‐ 16:15 MAIN HALL HALL B HALL C Panel Discussion of Conservation Agriculture Dr. Saidi Mkomwa, ACT; Patso Nyathi, CFGB/MCC Temperate fruit tree manage-‐ ment at the equator Juma Sheiza Shekidele, HORTI Tengeru Capacity Building in Postharvest Technologies -‐ Philipo Joseph, AVRDC & Postharvest International Prioritizing practices to improve GM/CCs and yields and Conservation profits of Agriculture, smallholder Neil Miller, horticulture CFGB/MCC farmers in East Africa Tanzania Richard Pluke, TAPP Tanzania 16:15 – 16:30 16:30 -‐ 17:15 Combatting mycotoxins contamina-‐ tion in food -‐ Dr Martin Epafras Kimanya -‐ The Nelson Mandela IST 17:30 -‐ 19:00 A quest for inclusive growth-‐ measuring the GDP of a small holder farmer Bart Casier -‐ TRIAS Initiatives to mitigate banana diseases -‐ Emmanuel Njukwe -‐ IITA Combating Lethal Maize Necrosis -‐ Bright Jumbo, CIMMYT HALL B HALL C Green manure/ cover crops research findings Joy Longfellow, ECHO South Africa MAIN HALL The Hive BeeKeeping Business Model Kelvin Odoombo, The Hive Group Establishing a Global Industry for Commercial Food Production by Small African Farmers Edward Charles , Kilimo Markets Ltd HALL B HALL C Farmer Managed Natural Regenera-‐ tion Amithay Kuhanda World Vision Tanzania Five Value-‐ chain studies Paul Dontsop -‐ IITA Orange-‐ fleshed Sweet Potatoes using conserva-‐ tion agriculture Stephen Kuoko, HORTI Tengeru Vermicul-‐ ture and Increasing Biological Soil Health -‐ Graham Stevenson Integrating community health and food security in Burundi Nestor Niyukuri, Anglican Church of Burundi Hay-‐ making as a youth enterprise -‐ Sjoerd Duiker, Penn State Univ Dairy Hub Business Innovations Model: a for food tool to security in transform dryland farmers areas – livelihoods Gladness Dr. Mark Kampa, Tsoxo, Global Heifer Int’l Service Tanzania Corps Break for Tea and bites; Appropriate Technology Fair Break for Tea and bites CA Ox-‐Drawn and 2 wheel tractor implements Dr. John Sariah, Selian Agric. Research Inst. & Tim Roberts, TAA UK MAIN HALL Break for Tea and bites & Poster viewing Newcastle Why and System of Disease Under-‐ how to Rice Control & ground keep Intensifica-‐ Rural Grain African tion poultry Storage -‐ a bees Mwadhini Dr. Low-‐cost Ted Myanza, Heshborne Option -‐ Rabenold, Director Tindih, Lister African IRTECO Galvmed Nyang’anyi Bee-‐ Moshi Kenya keeping Nutrition and food security -‐ Caroline Ghi, Gardens for Health Rwanda Is popula-‐ tion education part of your develop-‐ ment agenda? Erwin Kinsey, ECHO Free time Free networking time among participants and presenters 19:00 ~ Closing Banquet -‐ all participants! Energy Improved stoves (f) Bicycle power (b) Passive solar water heater (g) Local Tractors (c) (h) Water Filters Solar Panels (d) Fixed dome Biogas (e) Windmills ECHO East Africa Biennial Symposium 2015 Sustainable Agriculture Best Practices Page (a) 2 APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY FAIR ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 4TH FEBRUARY, 2015 2PM-‐5PM