IWTAD
International Workshop on Tropical Agriculture Development
Transforming Tropical Agriculture:
An Assessment of Major Technological, Institutional, and Policy Innovations
An International Workshop Organized by:
the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) and
the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR),
with the Co-Sponsorship of the World Bank
July 17-19, 2006, Brasilia, Brazil
Quality Hotel & Suites Lakeside
PROGRAM
July 17, 2006 – Noon
TIME
EMBRAPA HEADQUARTERS
PRESS BRIEFING
12:00 – 13:30
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Silvio Crestana, Director-President, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation – Embrapa, Brazil
Francisco Reifschneider , Director, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research – CGIAR, USA
John Briscoe, Country Director, The World Bank, Brazil
♦ Robert E. Evenson, Professor of Economics, Yale University, USA
July 17, 2006 - Evening
TIME
CONVENTION HALL
COCKTAIL
19:00 – 22:00
Distribution of Workshop registration packet
PROGRAM
July 18, 2006 – Morning – Single Session
TIME
CONFERENCE ROOM # 1
WELCOME GREETINGS
08:00 – 08:30
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Sílvio Crestana, Director-President, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation – Embrapa, Brazil
Francisco Reifschneider, Director, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research – CGIAR
♦ John Briscoe, Country Director, The World Bank, Brazil
July 18, 2006 – Morning – Parallel Sessions
TIME
08:30 – 09:45
CONFERENCE ROOM # 1
BOOSTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND
PRODUCTIVITY
Grains: Cereal Crops
CONFERENCE ROOM #2
IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
Sustainable Soil Management
Chairperson - Embrapa
Chairperson - Embrapa
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09:45 – 10:00
10:00 – 11:15
Kevin Pixley, Director, Tropical Ecosystems Program, International
♦ Raj K. Gupta, Coordinator, Rice Wheat Consortium for the
Maize and Wheat Improvement Center - CIMMYT, Mexico
Indo-Gangetic Plains – RWC, International Maize and Wheat
Improvement Center CIMMYT, India
Antonio Fernandino de Castro Bahia Filho, Former Embrapa Maize &
♦ José Eloir Denardin, Embrapa Wheat, Brazil
Sorghum Researcher, Brazil
COFFEE BREAK
BOOSTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND
PRODUCTIVITY
Grains: Legume Crops
IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
Sustainable Water Management
Chairperson – Emile Frison, Director General, International Plant Genetic Chairperson - Embrapa
Resources Institute (IPGRI), Italy
♦ Frank Rijsberman, Director General, International Water
♦ Joachim Voss, Director General, International Center for Tropical
Management Institute - IWMI, Sri Lanka
Agriculture – CIAT, Colombia
♦ Emiko Kawakami de Resende, Embrapa Pantanal, Brazil
♦ Maria José Del Peloso, Embrapa Rice & Beans, Brazil
(with input from Ricardo de Oliveira Figueiredo, Embrapa
(with input from José Geraldo Eugênio de França, Executive Director,
Eastern Amazon; Paulo Choji Kitamura, Embrapa
Embrapa, Brazil, and Romeu Afonso de Souza Kiihl and Eberson
Environment; and Manoel Abílio de Queiroz, Embrapa
Sanches Calvo, TMG Tropical Breeding & Genetics, Former
Tropical Semi-Arid)
Embrapa Soybean Researchers, Brazil)
11:15 – 12:30
BOOSTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND
PRODUCTIVITY
Fruits, Vegetables, and Cassava
IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
Sustainable Forest Management
Chairperson - Director General, International Center for Tropical
Agriculture – CIAT, Colombia
Chairperson - Frank Rijsberman, Director General, International
Water Management Institute - IWMI, Sri Lanka
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Alberto Carlos de Queiroz Pinto, Embrapa, Superintendence of
Research and Development, Brazil
(with input from Pedro Jaime de Carvalho Genu, Former Embrapa
Cerrados Researcher, Brazil)
Paulo Cesar Tavares de Melo, President, Brazilian Association of
Horticulture, and Professor, University of São Paulo, Superior School
of Agriculture “Luiz de Queiroz”
Moctar Toure, Team Leader, Land and Water Resources,
Global Environment Facility – GEF, USA
♦ José Natalino Macedo Silva, Embrapa Eastern Amazon,
Brazil
(with input from Marcus Vinicio d´Oliveira, Embrapa Acre
and Moacir José Sales Medrado, Embrapa Forestry, Brazil)
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12:30 – 14:00
Department of Plant Production (with input from Cyro Paulino da
Costa, University of São Paulo / Superior School of Agriculture “Luiz
de Queiroz”, Department of Plant Production, and José Amauri Buso,
Embrapa Vegetables, Brazil)
♦ Domingo Haroldo Rudolfo Conrado Reinhardt – Embrapa Cassava &
Tropical Fruits, Brazil
LUNCH
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PROGRAM
July 18, 2006 – Afternoon – Parallel Sessions
TIME
14:00 – 15:15
CONFERENCE ROOM # 1
CONFERENCE ROOM #2
BOOSTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND
IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL
PRODUCTIVITY
RESOURCES
Fiber and Energy: Cotton, Sugar Cane, and Cultivated Forests Integrated Pest Management and Biodiversity for
Sustainable Livelihoods
Chairperson - Mark Rosegrant, Director, Environment and Production
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Chairperson - Embrapa
♦ Emile Frison, Director General, International Plant Genetic
Resources Institute (IPGRI), Italy
♦ Flávio Moscardi, Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Embrapa
Soybean, Brazil
Livestock Production and its Components
IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL
RESOURCES
Agriculture, Climate Change and Risk
Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI,
USA
Eleusio Curvelo Freire, Director, Cotton Consultants, Brazil and
Napoleão Esberard de Macedo Beltrão, Embrapa Cotton, Brazil
♦ Antônio Dias Santiago, Embrapa Coastal Tablelands, Brazil
♦ Rubens C. D. Garlipp, Superintendent, Brazilian Society of Forestry,
Brazil
BOOSTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY
15:15 – 16:30
Chairperson - Embrapa
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16:30 – 17:00
Joachim Voss, Director General, Center International for Tropical
Agriculture – CIAT, Colombia
Kepler Euclides Filho, Executive Director, Embrapa, Brazil
(with input from José Eduardo Butolo, Supre Mais Animal Nutrition,
and Dirceu João Duarte Talamini, Embrapa Swine and Poultry,
Brazil)
Chairperson - Francisco Reifschneider, Director, Consultative
Group on International Agricultural Research – CGIAR
♦ Andrew Jarvis, Agricultural Geographer, CIAT, Colombia
♦ Tatiana Deane de Abreu Sá, Executive Director, Embrapa,
Brazil
(with input from Eduardo Delgado Assad, Embrapa
Agriculture Informatics, Brazil)
COFFEE BREAK
July 18, 2006 – Afternoon – Single Session
TIME
17:00 – 18:15
CONFERENCE ROOM # 1
SHAPING SUPPORTIVE POLICIES
Mobilizing Resources for Agricultural Innovation: Public and Private Partnerships
Chairperson – Silvio Crestana, Director-President, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation – Embrapa, Brazil
♦ Francisco Reifschneider, Director, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research – CGIAR
♦ Sérgio Machado Rezende, Minister of Science and Technology, Brazil
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July 18, 2006 – Evening – Single Session
TIME
19:30 – 21:00
21:00
CONVENTION ROOM
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Science, Policies and Institutional Development: Meeting the Needs of Tropical Agricultural
Chairperson – Silvio Crestana, Director-President, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation – Embrapa, Brazil
♦ João Paulo dos Reis Velloso, Director, National Institute of Superior Studies - INAE, Brazil
♦ Rodolfo Kuntz, Journalist, O Estado de São Paulo (To be confirmed)
♦ Humberto Pereira, Journalist, Globo Rural (To be confirmed)
WORKSHOP DINNER
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PROGRAM
July 19, 2006 – Morning – Single Session
TIME
08:00 – 09:45
CONFERENCE ROOM #1
SHAPING SUPPORTIVE POLICIES
Supporting Sustainable Agricultural Development and Opening World Markets
Chairperson – John Briscoe, Country Director, The World Bank, Brazil
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Mark Rosegrant, Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA
♦ Alysson Paolinelli, Consultant, Former Minister of Agriculture, Brazil
♦ Luiz Fernando Furlan, Minister of Industry and Commerce, Brazil
FOSTERING INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Measuring and Assessing the Impacts of Agricultural Innovation
09:45 – 11:00
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11:00 – 11:15
Chairperson - Eliseo Contini, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Supply, and Former Secretariat for Management and Strategy, Embrapa,
Brazil
Robert E. Evenson, Professor of Economics, Yale University
Antônio Flávio Dias Ávila, Standing Panel on Impact Assessment – SPIA/CGIAR; Embrapa, Secretariat for Management and Strategy,
Brazil
COFFEE BREAK
July 19, 2006 – Morning – Parallel Sessions
TIME
11:15 – 12:30
12:30 – 14:00
CONFERENCE ROOM # 1
BOOSTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND
PRODUCTIVITY
Machinery and Equipment: Enhancing Labor Productivity and
Natural Resources Management
CONFERENCE ROOM #2
FOSTERING INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
National and International Linkages to Accelerate
Innovation in Agriculture
Chairperson – Mariza Barbosa, Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Supply, and Former Secretariat for Management and Strategy,
Chairperson - Embrapa
Embrapa, Brazil
♦ Evandro Chartuni Mantovani, President, Brazilian Association of
Agricultural Engineering; Head, Embrapa, Secretariat for Management and ♦ Yves Savidan, Agropolis - European Gateway for
Research, Training, and Information, France
Strategy, Brazil
♦ Eliseu Roberto de Andrade Alves, Former President of
Embrapa, Brazil
LUNCH
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PROGRAM
July 19, 2006 – Afternoon – Single Session
TIME
14:00 – 16:00
CONFERENCE ROOM # 1
CONCLUDING SESSION
Next Steps and Future Challenges in Fostering Tropical Agriculture
Chairperson – Silvio Crestana, Director-President, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation – Embrapa, Brazil
♦ Francisco Reifschneider , Director, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research – CGIAR
♦ John Briscoe, Country Director, The World Bank, Brazil
♦ Alan G. MacDiarmid (To be confirmed)
♦ Roberto Rodrigues, Minister of Agriculture and Food Supply, Brazil
TIME
16:30 – 19:00
EMBRAPA HEADQUARTERS
CLOSING CEREMONY
Embrapa Technology Display and Product Tasting / CGIAR Exhibit
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