Rio+11: Towards a New Paradigm in Agricultural Research - The Challenge of Sustainable Development
 
ZIL/SFIAR Conference, Friday, 6 June, 2003, Auditorium Maximum, ETH Zürich
 


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Presentations

Keynote Speeches

Marianne Bänziger (CIMMYT, Zimbabwe)
Does a multi-stakeholder approach lead to sustainable development? -
Experiences from southern Africa

PDF , 1936 KB , 60 p.

Joseph K. Mukiibi (Chairman FARA, Uganda)
Towards a new paradigm of agricultural research in Africa
PDF , 125 KB , 11 p.
 

Workshop 1: Focus on sustainable land and water management

Harald Menzi (SHL, Zollikofen), Pierre Gerber / Henning Steinfeld (FAO, Rom)
Area-wide integration of livestock and crop activities as a solution to allow sustainable growth of intensive livestock production in South East Asia
PDF , 461 KB , 13 p.

Urs Wiesmann (CDE, Bern) / Boniface P. Kiteme (CETRAD)
Mitigating Syndromes of Global Change.  Research Agenda of the NCCR North-South. /
Conflict over Irrigation - The Role of Research in Mitigation (Case Study from Kenya)

PDF , 6292 KB , 57 p.
 

Workshop 2: Focus on sustainable agri-food chains

Therese St. Peter (Syngenta Foundation, Basel)
Workshop Summary
PDF , 11 KB , 2 p.

Felix Escher & Emmanuel Frossard (ZIL ETH Zurich)
The dilemma between research excellence and developmental relevance
PDF , 98 KB , 9 p.

Katharina Jenny & Gabriele Schachermayr (ISCB/ Institute of Biotechnology, ETH Zurich)
Christof Sautter (Institute of Plant Science, ETH Zurich)

Research Partnership for Improved Wheat Production in India
PDF , 465 KB , 16 p.

Christof Sautter (Institute of Plant Science, ETH Zurich)
Indo Swiss Collaboration in Biotechnology (ISCB) - Wheat disease resistance network.
PDF , 819 KB , 8 p.

 

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