2004 MOIST/CAWG Seminar
Series
-open
to the public-
Fall and Spring Semesters - Agroecological Perspectives for Sustainable
Development
(INTAG 696/NTRS 696/CSS 696.2)
- January 28
The Northeast Organic Network - Improving Links between Farmers
and Researchers
- Steve Vanek, NewYork-Northern Pennsylvania Coordinator
Northeast Organic Network (NEON)
- February 4
Sheep and Penguins: Organic Grazing Systems in the Falkland Islands
- David Parsons, Graduate Student
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University
- February 11
Biological Consequences of Soil Degradation in Kenya
- James Kinyangi
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University
- February 18
Ecological Agriculture in Southern Brazil: From Integrated Farms to
the Integration of Farms
- Andre Goncalves, Graduate Student
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University
- February 25
The Agricultural Computing Grid: A New Pathway for Providing and Finding
Information
- Tim Lynch, Head of Information Technology
Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University
- March 3
Emerging Practices: The Use of Vermicompost and Compost Teas
in Sustainable Agriculture
- Allison Hornor, Graduate Student
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University
- March 10
Light and Soil Water Resource Capture Dynamics of Agroforestry Systems
on Abandoned Degraded Pastureland in the Central Amazon of Brazil
- Steve Welch, Graduate Student
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University
- March 17
The Effects of Agriculture on Natural Resource Management: Designing
a Forest Management Plan for the Bellif Region of Tunisia
- Rym Ben Zid, Humphrey Fellow (and Agriculture Consultant)
Intenational Programs, Cornell University
- March 31
Conservation Agriculture in Kenya
-Kimani Mbugwa, Graduate Student
International Agriculture and Rural Development Program, Cornell University
- April 7
Changing Perspectives on Sustainable Soil Systems
- Peter Hobbs, Adjunct Professor
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University
- April 14
The Bacterial Mineral Phosphorus Solubilizing (MPS) Trait:
A Biophosphorus Fertilizer System for Crop Production
- Alan Goldstein, Professor of Biomaterials
Chair, Molecular Cell Biology, Alfred University
Director, Biomedical Materials Engineering and Science (BMES)
- April 21
Women and Agrobiodiversity in Kenya: A Case Study of Machakos and Murang'a
Districts
- Lydiah Gatere, Graduate Student
International Agriculture and Rural Development, Cornell University
- April 28
El Dorado Revisited: Fertility of Anthropogenic Terra Preta de Indio Soils
of the Central
Brazilian Amazon and its Implications for Weed Management and Farm
Agro-Biodiversity
- Julie Major, Graduate Student
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University
- May 5
Watershed Development Issues in Ethiopia
- Tammo Steenhuis, Professor
Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
- September 1
Scientific Fundamentals of Ecological Agriculture
- Louise Buck, Senior Extension Associate
Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University
- September 8
The Impact of Agriculture Development Assistance
- Robert Herdt, International Professor (adjunct)
Department of Applied Economics and Management
- September 15
What is Being Learned about the System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
in China and Other Countries
- Norman Uphoff , Director
Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development
- September 22
Biointensive Mini-Farming: Several Viewpoints on the Science Behind
It
- Dan Clune, Allison Hornor, Bianca Moebius and Brendan O'Neill, Graduate
Students
Department of Crop and Soil
Sciences, Cornell University
- September 29
Reclamation of Ukrainian Mine Lands for Forage Production
- Olexandr Tarika, Senior Staff Scientist and Lecturer
Laboratory of Land Reclamation in the Soil Science and Ecology Department
Dnipropetrovsk State Agrarian University, Ukraine
- October 6
Glomalin, Labile Carbon and Aggregate Stability Status of Soils
Subjected to Different Management Practices in the Philippines
- Angela Ferraren, Professor of Soil Science
Leyte State University, Baybay, Philippines
- October 13
The Development of Agricultural Systems in High Rainfall Areas of the
Tropics
- H.David Thurston, Professor Emeritus
Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University
- October 20
The Elusive Tithonia Fallow: Phosphorus, Nitrogen and Other Mysteries
- Don Kass, Microbiologist
United States Department of Agriculture, Jamaica, New York
- October 27
Changing the Role of the African Military in Conservation and Sustainable
Development
- Innocent Ngabirano,
Graduate Student
International Agriculture and Rural Development, Cornell University
- November 3
Linking Traditional Nomadic Pastoralist Strategies and Range Ecology
in Northern Kenya
- S.R. Kioko
Munyao, Graduate Student
International Agriculture and Rural Development, Cornell University
- November 10
The Effect of World Food Aid on African Agriculture
- Chris Barrett, Professor
Department of Applied Economics
and Management, Cornell University
- November 17
The Evolution of Agriculture in Tibet
- Peter Hobbs, Adjunct Professor
Department of Crop and Soil
Sciences, Cornell University
- November 24
ICTs in Agricultural Extension - Initiatives in India
- Lakshmi Murthy, Assistant Director
National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management
Hyderabad, India
- December 1
Effects of Community Participation and Social Learning
on Natural Resource Conservation in Kenya
- David Amudavi, Graduate Student
Department of Education, Cornell University