•February 7
Nutrient reserves in Togo's traditional coffee-Albizzia system
-Ekwe Dossa, Graduate student
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University

•February 14
Landuse planning and shifting agriculture in Laos
-Jacques Pollini, Graduate student
Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University

•February 21
The secret lives of roots: How do they influence soil organic matter dynamics?
-Laurie Drinkwater, Associate Professor
Department of Horticulture, Cornell University

•February 28
Challenges for CARE-Guatemala's Agroforestry Program
-Carlos Piedrasanta, Programme Unit Coordinator
CARE-Guatemala

•March 7
Community forestry in the United States: New challenges, opportunities, and emerging institutions
-Larry Fisher, Irene Brown, and Davie Gell

•March 14
Engaging Researchers, educators, NGOs and farmers in cover crop research in Honduras
-Milton Flores, Director
International Cover Crop Clearing House (CIDICCO) and
Central America Field Coordinator
Management of Organic Inputs in Soils of the Tropics Group (CIIFAD)

•March 28
Offsides again! Why is globalization getting ahead of itself and going nowhere?
-Phil McMichael, Professor
Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell University

•April 4
Globalization and agricultural development: What's new, what isn't, and why it matters
-David R. Lee, Professor
Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University

•April 11
A landslide model for the Honduran highlands: Assessing risk in the wake of Hurricane Mitch
-Benjamin Zaitchick, Graduate Student
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University

•April 18
The Black Locust Initiative: Developing sustainable agroforestry practices and alternatives to pressure treated wood in upstate NY
-Dean Hively, Graduate Student
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University

• April 25
Ecological and economic assessment of herbaceous medicinal botanical resources in Madagascar
-Nico Dauphine, Graduate student
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University

•May 2
Opportunities for carbon sequestration in trees and soils
-John Duxbury, Professor
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University

•May 9
Tripling rice yields: Smallholder farmers redesign traditional rice cultivation in Madagascar
-Erick Fernandes, Assistant Professor
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University

•September 5
Characteristics and functioning of healthy soils
-Harold van Es, Professor
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University

•September 12
Organic resource management options for small farmers in Kenya
-Beth Medvecky, Graduate Student
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University

•September 26
IPM and soil health
-Peter Trutmann, Senior Research Associate
Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University

•October 3
Optimizing land use and human nutrition through crop diversification in Uganda
-David Bouldin, Professor Emeritus
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University

•October 10
Forest farming understory crops to enhance small farm vitality in Northeastern North America
-Louise Buck

•October 17
Spatial simulation of the dynamic of secondary forest establishment in abandoned pastures in central Amazon
-Susan Riha, Professor
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University

•October 24
Building sovereignty from the ground up: Iroquois agriculture past and present
-Jane Mt. Pleasant
Associate Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University
Associate Director of Extension and Outreach, American Indian Program, Cornell University

•October 31
Technology and policy impacts on nutrient flows, soil erosion and economic performance at the watershed level - the case of Ginchi in Ethiopia
-Ben Okumu, Reserach Associate
Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University

•November 7
Management responses to fragmentation of communal resources in the Guatemalan highlands
-Hannah Wittman, Graduate Student
Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell University

•November 14
Biointensive agriculture in Kenya: From food dearth to abundance
-Gatua wa Mbugwa, Graduate Student
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University

•November 28
Insights into intercropping cover crops with pumpkins in New York State
-Steven Vanek, Graduate Student
Department of Horticulture, Cornell University

•December 5
Biomass accrual and nutrient stocks in secondary forest fallows regenerating from degraded pastures in central Amazonia
-Ted Feldspausch, Graduate student
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University