The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) in coordination with the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), would like to invite you to an interactive, two-hour session moderated by World Food Prize Laureate Gebisa Ejeta on the future role of capacity building and higher education in agricultural development.
This Borlaug Dialogue side event will take place on Wednesday, October 15, from 10:30am-12:30pm CDT in the Cedar Rapids Room on the 3rd floor of the Downtown Des Moines Marriott.
In November 2014, USAID and BIFAD in coordination with APLU will launch a global e-consultation that will include multiple formats of engagement over a period of two weeks.
The e-consultation will invite feedback from an international audience on recently published reports on capacity development and higher education in agricultural development:
10:30-10:45am - Introduction of Session and welcome
Brady Deaton, BIFAD Chair, Moderator - Welcome
Gebisa Ejeta, World Food Prize Laureate and BIFAD member - Introduction of session issues
Richard Greene, USAID/BFS Sr. Deputy Assistant Administrator - USAID Feed the Future initiatives in HICD
Tag Demment, APLU VP of International Programs - APLU introduction
10:45-11:15am - Brief Overview of Reports from the Report Authors:
Victor Lechtenberg, Purdue University - BIFAD HICD Study
Andrew Gilboy, Associates for Global Change - Good Practices in Leveraging Long-term Training Study
Anne Claire Hervy, APLU - African Higher Education Study
11:15-11:45am - Response to Presentations and Innovative Ideas
Greg Traxler, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Gates experience with HICD programs
Ruth Oniango, Kenyan Agriculture Leader - Perspective on HICD studies
David Bathrick, Retired USAID Agricultural Development Officer - HICD Needs and Reflections
11:45-12:15am - Discussion
12:15-12:30pm - Preview of BIFAD/USAID/APLU e-consultation
Caitlin Nordehn, Cultural Practice
12:30pm - Session Closing
Gebisa Ejeta, World Food Prize Laureate and BIFAD member