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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Programme

09.30     Arrival, Poster Presentation, Coffee
 
10.15 Welcome Address
Silvia Dorn, Head of Department of Agriculture and Food Science
 
10.25 Opening Address
Urs Scheidegger, Co-President of SFIAR
 
10.30 Marianne Bänziger (CIMMYT, Zimbabwe)
Does a multi-stakeholder approach lead to more sustainable
development in agriculture? - Experiences from Southern Africa
 
11.30 Joseph Mukiibi (Chairman FARA, Uganda)
Towards a new paradigm in agricultural research in Africa
 
12.30 Lunch
 
13.30 Poster Presentation
 
14.00 Parallel Workshops
Research partnerships for sustainable development
- Workshop 1: Focus on sustainable land and water management
   (Room HG F33.1)
- Workshop 2: Focus on sustainable agri-food chains
   (Room HG F33.5)
 
16.00 Coffee Break
 
16.30 Final Plenary Session
- Workshop Reports
- Statements by former ZIL presidents:
   Peter Rieder, Josef Nösberger, Ralf Hütter
   10 years of international agricultural research at ETH Zurich
- Discussion
 
17.15  Closing Remarks
Felix Escher, ZIL President
Urs Scheidegger, SFIAR Co-President
 
17.30  Apéro

  

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