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Appendix B: Workshop Agenda
Pages 55-58

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... O Majiwa, African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya Suman Sahai, Gene Campaign, New Dehli, India 10:15 Break 55
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... Opening Remarks Calestous Juma, Chair, Steering Committee SESSION III:  Opportunities to Preserve and Protect Biodiversity and Enhance Conservation of Natural Resources: Coping with Natural Resource Use and Effects 8:45 Lead Speaker: Luiz J.C.B. Carvalho, CENARGEN� EMBRAPA, Brazil ������
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... APPENDIX B 57 9:15 Panel Discussion Kym Anderson, The World Bank, Washington, DC ����������������������������������������������� David Andow, University of Minnesota, St. Paul ���������������������������������������������� Richard Meagher, University of Georgia, Athens  Harald Schmidt������������������������������������� , The Nuffield Council on Bioethics, London, England 10:00 Break 10:30 Moderated General Dialogue  Moderator: Daniel Karanja, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa 11:45 Lunch SESSION IV:  Innovation Systems: Coping with the Needs of the Developing World 1:00 Lead Speaker: Brian Wright, University of California, Berkeley 1:30 Panel Discussion Carl Pray, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey ������������������������� ���������������������������� sprl, Belgium Piet van der Meer, HORIZONS ������� 2:15 Moderated General Dialogue  Moderator: June Blalock, USDA, Agricultural Research Service 3:30 Break 4:00 Synthesis of Workshop Discussions: Key Findings  Synthesizer: Anne Courtney Radcliff, The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology 5:00 Closing Remarks Calestous Juma, Chair, Steering Committee 5:30 Adjourn
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Key Terms

  • agricultural technology
  • african agricultural
  • calestous juma
  • suman sahai
  • gene campaign

  • enhance conservation
  • steering committee
  • committee session
  • protect biodiversity
  • technology foundation

  • opening remarks
  • natural resource


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