November 17-20, 2002 Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA  This symposium has concluded this information is provided to assist you in planning attendance at future symposiums.	Small farms in an  ever-changing world:  Meeting the challenges of sustainable livelihoods  and food security  in diverse rural communities 17th Symposium of the  International Farming  Systems Association
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Conference Background

In 2002, the global IFSA conference returns to the United States where it was founded to focus on small farm issues and opportunities. In 1982, Kansas State University hosted a farming systems conference that turned into the first of six annual conferences. Later, the University of Arkansas hosted three annual conferences during which the predecessor organization (Association for Farming Systems Research-Extension, AFSRE) was initiated. Michigan State University hosted three more annual conferences prior to the decision to hold the global conference every other year.

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Programmatic Themes

• Options for increasing small farm income 
• Strengthening farmer advisory and support services 
• Gender impacts of commercialization 
• Farmer empowerment and self-help action 
• Challenges facing small farms in high-income countries 

• Livelihood and resource conservation trade-offs 
• Environmental sources of on-farm income 
• Policy and regulatory frameworks 
• Innovative inter-institutional arrangements 
• Farmer-private sector partnerships and contracts 
• Resource management and conflict resolution 
• Environmental services (habitat preservation, ecotourism, carbon sequestration) 
• Water scarcity and quality 

• Implications of the information technology and systems revolution for farming systems practitioners 
• Farming systems data and information systems 
• Farm level communications and critical learning systems 

• Professional training curriculum development in interdisciplinary systems approaches 
• Pushing the frontier in ecosystems management sciences 
• Systems oriented curriculum development for farmers 
• Systems training for field technicians

• Biotechnology, intellectual property rights and conventional technologies and the small farm 
• Food safety and globalization 
• Policies, trade liberalization and the impacts on small farms 
• Small farms and certification

Tentative Agenda   (All sessions will be conducted in English.) 

Monday, November 18, 2002

7:00 am - 6:00 pm	Registration Office Open
7:00 am - 6:30 pm	Posters, Tools and Exhibits on Display: Poster presentations and tool bazaar exhibits will be on display throughout the conference, with viewing time scheduled during daily refreshment breaks. A formal POSTER and TOOL BAZAAR SESSION is scheduled from 3:00pm - 4:00pm on Monday, November 18, 2002 when presenters are to be stationed at their displays.
7:00 am - 8:00 am	Early Morning Refreshments (Served in Poster & Tool Bazaar Display Area)
8:00 am - 9:30 am	OPENING PLENARY SESSION MODERATORS: Constance Neely, University of Georgia, SANREM CRSP, Watkinsville, GA, USA and Cornelia Flora, Iowa State University – NCRCRD, Ames, IA, USA
8:00 am - 8:10am	Welcoming Remarks - Peter Hildebrand, Director, International Programs, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, Florida, USA
8:10 am - 8:30 am	Opening Address - Michael Martin, Vice President, Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, Florida, USA
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Agri-Culture: The Past, Present & Future Of Farming Systems - Jules Pretty, Professor, Centre For Environment And Society And Department Of Biological Sciences, University Of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, UK [Click image to load printable order form for  Dr. Pretty's book]
9:00 am - 9:30 am	Effecting Change: Progress, Policies and Partnerships following the World Summit on Sustainable Development - Ms. Adela Backiel, Director of Sustainable Development, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, USA
9:30 am - 9:45 am	Housekeeping Remarks By Organizing Committee Introduction of Board Members, Overview of Symposium Structure and Acknowledgements
9:45 am - 10:30 am Return to Agenda Index	Posters and Tool Bazaar Exhibits on Display (refreshments provided)
10:30 am - 12 noon	FOUR CONCURRENT SESSIONS
10:30 am - 12 noon	Concurrent Session I -Theme 1: Small Farm Diversification and Competitiveness MODERATOR: Corinne Valdivia, University of Missouri – Columbia, Social Sciences Unit, Department of Agricultural Economics and Department of Rural Sociology, Columbia, Missouri, USA
10:30 am - 10:40 am	Opening Remarks and Session Overview by Moderator
10:40 am - 11:00 am	Public Policy, Markets and Social Learning in Chile’s Small Scale Agriculture - Julio A. Berdegué, RIMISP, Santiago, Chile
11:00 am - 11:20 am	What Is The Future For Management Advice For Family Farms In West Africa? - Guy Faure, CIRAD Montpellier France
11:20 am - 11:40 am	Agroecological Systems As A Strategy To Promote Sustainable Development For Small Family Farmers - Pinheiro, S. L. G.; Cardoso, A. M.; Turnes, V.; Schmidt, W.; Brito, R. and Guzzatti, T.
11:40 am - 12 noon Return to Agenda Index	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
10:30 am - 12 noon	Concurrent Session II - Theme 2: Engaging Stakeholders in Support of Small Farms MODERATOR: Kathleen Colverson, Heifer International, Gainesville, FL, USA
10:30 am - 10:40 am	Opening Remarks and Session Overview by Moderator
10:40 am - 11:00 am	An Evaluation Of Participatory Action Research In The Transamazônica Region Of Brazil - C.F. Jordan and C. Castellanet, Institute of Ecology, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA, Groupe de Recherche et d’Echanges Technologiques (GRET), Paris, France
11:00 am - 11:20 am	Facilitated Learning In Soil Fertility Management: Assessing Potentials Of Low-External-Input Technologies In East African Farming Systems - De Jager, A1,Onduru, D2., Walaga, C3; 1Wageningen University and Research Center, Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), Den Haag, The Netherlands; 2ETC- East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya; 3Environmental Alert, Kampala, Uganda
11:20 am - 11:40 am	Testing Scenarios On The Viability Of Smallholding Irrigation Schemes In South Africa: A Participatory And Information-Based Approach - S. R. Perret, University of Pretoria and CIRAD, Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, Pretoria, South Africa
11:40 am - 12 noon Return to Agenda Index	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
10:30 am - 12 noon	Concurrent Session III -Theme 3: Farming Systems Knowledge and Information Systems MODERATOR: Doyle Baker, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Agricultural Support Systems Division, FAO, Rome, Italy
10:30 am - 10:40 am	Opening Remarks and Session Overview by Moderator
10:40 am - 11:00 am	Calculating Environmental Indicators For Individual Farms And Fields: The Case Of Potato Cultivation In The Netherlands - J.W.A. Langeveld1#, P.W.J. Uithol1#, B. Kroonen-Backbier2#and H. van de Akker3; 1Plant Research International, 2Applied Plant Research, 3DLV Advisory Group; #Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands
11:00 am - 11:20 am	An Assessment Of Low Input Farming Systems And Their Adoption: Some Evidence From The UK - Bailey, A.P.1, Rehman, T. 2, Yates, C.M. 2 , Park, J.R. 2 and Tranter, R. B. 3; 1 Institute of Water and Environment, Cranfield University, Silsoe, Bedfordshire, UK; 2The University of Reading, Department of Agriculture, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, New Agriculture Building, Earley Gate, Reading, UK; 3The University of Reading, Centre for Agricultural Strategy, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, New Agriculture Building, Earley Gate, Reading, UK
11:20 am - 11:40 am	Integrating Soil Resources Into Economic Accounting At The Farm Level: A Brief Overview - Pilar Santacoloma, Farm Management and Production Economics, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations- Terme delle Caracalla, Rome, Italy
11:40 am - 12 noon Return to Agenda Index	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
10:30 am - 12 noon	Concurrent Session IV -Theme 1: Small Farm Diversification and Competitiveness MODERATOR: Christine King, The University of Queensland Gatton Campus, Toowoomba  Qld, Australia
10:30 am - 10:40 am	Opening Remarks and Session Overview by Moderator
10:40 am - 11:00 am	Rural Agro-Enterprises, Value Adding And Poverty Reduction: A Territorial Orientation For Rural Business Development (RBD) - Mark Lundy, Carlos Felipe Ostertag and Rupert Best, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Rural Agro-enterprise Development Project, Cali, Colombia, South America
11:00 am - 11:20 am	Farming Systems Based Strategies for Improved Rural Livelihoods in Eastern Europe and Central Asia - Stjepan Tanic and John Dixon, Farming Systems Development Officer in the FAO Subregional Office for Central and Eastern Europe and Senior Officer (Farming Systems) in the Farm Management and Production Economics Service, FAO HQ, Rome, Italy
11:20 am - 11:40 am	Market Oriented Smallholder Dairy Farming As An Option For Improving The Livelihoods Of Small And Marginal Farmers In The Hindu Kush - Himalaya - Pradeep M. Tulachan and Mohammad Jabbar, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), International Livestock Research Centre (ILRI)
11:40 am - 12 noon	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
12 noon - 1:30 pm Return to Agenda Index	Lunch on Own
1:30 pm - 3:00pm	PLENARY SESSION MODERATOR: Peter Hildebrand, University of Florid/IFAS, Food & Resource Economics Department and IFAS International Programs, Gainesville, FL, USA
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm	Linking The Isolated Rural Poor To The New Globalization Paradigm: Institutional Bridges - Felipe Manteiga, Director For Strategic Partnerships, Representative in the United States, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Washington, DC, USA
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Access To Genetic Resources, Genetic Diversification, Seed Production And Integrated Cropping/Production Systems - Howard-Yana Shapiro, Research Manager, Plant Science, M&M/Mars, Mars, Inc., Hackettstown, NJ, USA
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm	Formal Poster & Tool Bazaar Session w/Refreshments (Presenters to be stationed at posters and tool bazaar displays.)
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Return to Agenda Index	FOUR CONCURRENT SESSIONS
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Concurrent Session I -Theme 4: Farming Systems Education and Training MODERATOR: Michael Bannister, University of Florida, Center for Subtropical Agroforestry, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Gainesville, FL, USA
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm	Opening Remarks and Session Overview by Moderator
4:10 pm - 4:30 pm	Building Capacity For Ecological-Based Reasoning In Farmer Management Of Shaded Coffee In Central America - Haggar, J., Guhuray F., Monterroso, D., Staver, C., Aguilar A., Barrios M., Mendoza R., Monterrey J., Rugama R., Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Managua, Nicaragua
4:30 pm - 4:50 pm	Communicating Agricultural Research In Africa: The New Role Of Rural Radio - Helen Hambly Odame, Research Officer, International Service for National Agricultural Research, The Hague, The Netherlands
4:50 pm - 5:10 pm	Curricula Change And Human Resource Development For Integrated Farming Systems In Semi-Arid Tropical Conditions - K.P. Singh and R.K. Nanwal, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India
5:10 pm - 5:30 pm Return to Agenda Index	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Concurrent Session II-Theme 5: Food Safety and Security MODERATOR: Clive Lightfoot, Agropolis International, International Support Group (ISG), Montpellier, France
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm	Opening Remarks and Session Overview by Moderator
4:10 pm - 4:30 pm	Case Study On The Traceability Systems In The Fruit And Vegetable Sector - C. Giacomini, M. C. Mancini and C. Mora, Department of Economics and Quantitative studies, Parma, Italy
4:30 pm - 4:50 pm	Impact Of Trade Liberalization On Small Farmers - Sri Lanka's Experience - N.F.C. Ranaweera, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
4:50 pm - 5:10 pm	The Invisible Frontier: The Current Limits Of Decentralization And Privatization In Developing Countries - William M. Rivera, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
5:10 pm - 5:30 pm Return to Agenda Index	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Concurrent Session III -Theme 1: Small Farm Diversification and Competitiveness MODERATOR: Howard-Yana Shapiro, M&M Mars/Mars, Inc., Hackettstown, NJ, USA
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm	Opening Remarks and Session Overview by Moderator
4:10 pm - 4:30 pm	Diversification Of Perennial Crops To Offset Market Uncertainties: The Case Of Traditional Rubber Farming Systems In West-Kalimantan - Eric Penot, CIRAD-TERA, program THI (Tropiques Humides et Insulaires), Montpellier, France; Karine Trouillard, CNEARC, Montpellier, France
4:30 pm - 4:50 pm	Rural Livelihoods And Agroforestry Practices In The Missouri Flood Plains - Corinne Valdivia, Sandra S. Hodge, Andrew Raedeke, University of Missouri - Columbia, Social Sciences Unit, Department of Agricultural Economics and Department of Rural Sociology, Columbia, Missouri, USA
4:50 pm - 5:10 pm	Agroforestry And Farm Diversification In The Southeastern United States - S.W. Workman and P.K.R. Nair, Center for Subtropical Agroforestry, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville FL, USA
5:10 pm - 5:30 pm Return to Agenda Index	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Concurrent Session IV -Theme 3: Farming Systems Knowledge and Information Systems MODERATOR: John Caldwell, Japan International Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Ohwashi Tsukuba, Ibaragi, Japan
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm	Opening Remarks and Session Overview by Moderator
4:10 pm - 4:30 pm	Family Dynamics And Household Welfare In Cañete, Peru - V. E. Cabrera and P. E. Hildebrand, University of Florida, College of Natural Resources and Environment. Gainesville, FL, USA
4:30 pm - 4:50 pm	Growth Performance And Meat Production Of Fattened Paddy Herded Ducks Fed Fish Silage Mixed Diets - Antonio J. Barroga, Department of Agri-Management, College of Agriculture, Central Luzon State University, Munoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines; Prof. Rocelyn M. Barroga, Department of Agri-Management, College of Agriculture, Central Luzon State University, Munoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines; Dr. Prof. Hisaya Tobioka and Dr. Rahjeev Pradhan, Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Kyushu Tokai University, Choyo-son, Aso-gun, Kumamoto, Japan
4:50 pm - 5:10 pm	From Measuring To Assessing Of Families’ Living Standard. The Application Of Fuzzy Alpha-Cuts And Monte Carlo Simulation: A Case From Brazil - M. Alves dos Reys and W. Doppler, University of Hohenheim, Institute of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics, Stuttgart, Germany
5:10 pm - 5:30 pm	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Networking Social (in Poster and Tool Bazaar Display Area)

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Tuesday, November 19, 2002

7:00 am - 6:00 pm	Registration Office Open
7:00 am - 6:30 pm	Posters and Tool Bazaar Exhibits on Display
7:00 am - 8:00 am	Early Morning Refreshments (Served in Poster & Tool Bazaar Display Area)
8:00 am - 9:30 am	OPENING PLENARY SESSION MODERATOR: Edwin Price, Texas A & M University, International Agriculture Programs, College Station, TX, USA
8:00 am - 8:10 am	Housekeeping Remarks by Organizing Committee
8:10 am - 9:00 am	PANEL SESSION: "New Low-External-Input Approach To Rice Farming: Double Output With Lower Costs And Increased Benefit To The Environment" - Norman Uphoff, Director and Panel Chair, Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA; Rena Perez, Advisor, Ministry of Sugar, Havana, CUBA; and Nimal Ranaweera, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka
9:00 am - 9:30 am	The Sustainable Agriculture And Rural Development: A Perspective From The South" - Miguel Angel Nunez, Instituto para la producción e Investigación Agrícola Tropical (IPIAT)), Venezuela; Thomas Forster, International Partners for Sustainable Agriculture in Washington, DC, USA
9:30 am - 9:45 am	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
9:45 am - 10:30 am Return to Agenda Index	Posters and Tool Bazaar Exhibits on Display (refreshments provided)
10:30 am - 12 noon	FOUR CONCURRENT SESSIONS
10:30 am - 12 noon	Concurrent Session I -Theme 1: Small Farm Diversification and Competitiveness MODERATOR: Cornelia Flora, Iowa State University – NCRCRD, Ames, IA, USA
10:30am - 10:40am	Opening Remarks and Overview by Moderator
10:40am - 11:00am	The Pastoral-Agricultural Conflicts in Zamfara State, Nigeria - Bello Farouk Umar, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
11:00am - 11:20am	Incremental Diversification: The Results Of A Crop Diversification For Low Resource Hillside Farmer’s In The Dominican Republic - Carlton Pomeroy, College of Natural Resources, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
11:20am - 11:40am	From Rice To Cocoa Through A Political Economy Of Dishonesty, Sulawesi, Indonesia - François Ruf, CIRAD, Humid Tropics Program, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
11:40am - 12 noon Return to Agenda Index	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
10:30 am - 12 noon	Concurrent Session II - Theme 2: Engaging Stakeholders in Support of Small Farms MODERATOR: Mike Collinson, FARM-Africa, Reading Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
10:30 am - 10:40 am	Opening Remarks and Session Overview by Moderator
10:40am - 11:00am	Facilitating Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration: Impact and Lessons Learned - Clive Lightfoot, Annemarie Groot, Ricardo Ramírez, Reg Noble and Isaac Bekalo, International Support Group (ISG); Francis Shao and Grace Muro, Tanzania Multi-Sector Learning Coalition (TMLC)
11:00am - 11:20am	Small Farmer-Private Banking Sector Linkage: The Case Of The Dry Zone Of Myanmar - D.G. Kahan, Agricultural Support Systems Division, Food and Agriculture Organization, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy
11:20am - 11:40am	Working With Local Institutions To Support Sustainable Livelihoods - Robin Marsh, University of California, Center for Sustainable Resource Development, Berkeley, California, USA
11:40am - 12 noon Return to Agenda Index	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
10:30 am - 12 noon	Concurrent Session III - Theme 3: Farming Systems Knowledge and Information Systems MODERATOR: Sarah Workman, University of Florida, Center for Subtropical Agroforestry, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Gainesville, FL, USA
10:40am - 11:00am	Incorporation Of Farmer-Based Climate And Risk Indicators Into Research Design And Farmer Typologies In Southern Mali For Decision Support - John S. Caldwell*, Abou Berthé+, Mamadou Doumbia+, Hiromitsu Kanno”, Kiyoshi Ozawa*, Abdouramane Yorote+, Kaori Sasaki”, Takeshi Sakurai*; * Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Ibaragi, Japan; + Institut d’Economie Rurale (IER), Sotuba, Bamako, Mali; “ National Agricultural Research Center for the Tohoku Region, Morioka, Iwate, Japan
11:00am - 11:20am	The Recent Extension Of Muskwari Sorghums In Northern Cameroon - B. Mathieu*,D. Gautier** and E. Fotsing***; *CIRAD Tera - Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, département Territoires, environnement et acteurs - Montpellier, France; **CIRAD Forêt, Montpellier, France; ***CEDC - Centre d'étude de l'Environnement et de Développement au Cameroun - Maroua, Cameroon
11:20am - 11:40am	Exploring Impact Assessment Methodology for FSRD - R. N. Mallick, Subash Dasgupta and Musleh Uddin Ahmed
11:40am - 12 noon Return to Agenda Index	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
10:30 am - 12 noon	Concurrent Session IV -Theme 3: Farming Systems Knowledge and Information Systems MODERATOR: Guy Faure, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
10:30 am - 10:40 am	Opening Remarks and Session Overview by Moderator
10:40 am - 11:00 am	A Framework For Aligning Social And Technical Orientations To Farming Systems Research, Development And Extension - An Australasian Experience - A.E. Crawford1, R.A. Nettle1, D.P. Armstrong2and M.S. Paine1; 1 Institute of Land and Food Resources, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; 2Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Kyabram, Victoria, Australia
11:00 am - 11:20 am	A Global Farming Systems Knowledge Base - John Dixon, Aidan Gulliver, David Gibbon and Malcolm Hall, Agricultural Support Systems Division, FAO, Rome, Italy
11:20 am - 11:40 am	Does The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach Need A More Explicit Systems Perspective? Systems Dynamics Modeling To Facilitate Entry Points To Smallholder Farming Systems - Habtemariam Kassa1 and David Gibbon2; 1Department of Rural Development Studies, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. Currently at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 2Rural Livelihood Systems, Lower Barn, Cheney Longville, Craven Arms, Shropshire, United Kingdom
11:40 am - 12 noon	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
12 noon - 1:30 pm Return to Agenda Index	Lunch on Own
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm	PLENARY SESSION MODERATOR: John Dixon, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Agricultural Support Systems Division, Rome, Italy
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm	PANEL SESSION: Farming Systems For Rural Development Strategy - Chaired by: John Dixon, Agricultural Support Systems Division, FAO, Rome, Italy; Panel Members: Asia: Jagadish Timsina; Africa: Susan Minae; East Europe and Central Asia: Alex Csizinszky
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Return to Agenda Index	Posters and Tool Bazaar Exhibits on Display (refreshments provided)
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	FOUR CONCURRENT SESSIONS
4:00 pm - 5:30pm	Concurrent Session I -Theme 1: Small Farm Diversification and Competitiveness MODERATOR: Francois Ruf, CIRAD, COTE d’IVOIRE, France
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm	Opening Remarks and Session Overview by Moderator
4:10 pm - 4:30 pm	Modeling Potential Adoption Of Medicinal Plant Cultivation In Paraguay Using Ethnographic Linear Programming - Norman Breuer, University of Florida, College of Natural Resources and the Environment, Gainesville, FL, USA
4:30 pm - 4:50 pm	Potential Adoption Of Improved Fallows To Improve Income And Food Security Of Diverse Smallholder Farmers In Mangwende CA, Zimbabwe - M. Mudhara and P. E. Hildebrand, Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, Florida, USA
4:50 pm - 5:10 pm	The Impact Of Poor Health On Agroforestry Adoption And Household Food Security In Central Malawi - P.H. Thangata1, P.E. Hildebrand2 and G. Hyden3; 1Interdisciplinary Ecology, CNRE, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; 2Dept. of Food and Resource Economics, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; 3Department of Political Science, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
5:10 pm - 5:30 pm Return to Agenda Index	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Concurrent Session II-Theme 2: Engaging Stakeholders in Support of Small Farms MODERATOR: Robin Marsh, University of California, Center for Sustainable Resource Development, College of Natural Resources, Berkeley, CA, USA
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm	Opening Remarks and Session Overview by Moderator
4:10 pm - 4:30 pm	The “Negotiation Platform” Method’s Limits For Decentralised Natural Resource Management: Participatory Municipal Planning In The Brazilian Amazon - Christian Castellanet*, Iliana Salgado** and Carla Rocha**; *Research and Technological Exchange Group (GRET), Paris, France; ** LAET (Laboratório Agro-ecológico da Transamazônica), Altamira, Pará, Brasil
4:30 pm - 4:50 pm	Creating A Marketing Network For Limited Resource Farmers - Kathleen Earl Colverson, Heifer International, Gainesville, Florida, USA
4:50 pm - 5:10 pm	Ojalá que llueve algo en el campo: Cultural Influences of Development in the Dominican Republic - Heather McIlvaine-Newsad, Western Illinois University, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, Macomb, IL, USA
5:10 pm - 5:30 pm Return to Agenda Index	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Concurrent Session III -Theme 3: Farming Systems Knowledge and Information Systems MODERATOR: Anne Crawford, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm	Opening Remarks and Session Overview by Moderator
4:10 pm - 4:30 pm	The Challenges to Sustainable Beef Production in Botswana in the Light of the World Trade System - Kutlwano Mulale, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University
4:30 pm - 4:50 pm	Farmers’ Behavioral Responses To Seasonal Rainfall Forecasts In The Sahel-Sudan - M. Carla Roncoli and Keith T. Ingram, (University of Georgia, USA; Christine C. Jost and Paul H. Kirshen, Tufts University, USA; Pascal Yaka, Direction de la Météorologie Nationale, Burkina Faso
4:50 pm - 5:10 pm	Status Of Farm Data Systems And Farmer Decision Support In Sub-Sahara Africa - Susan Minae, Doyle Baker and John Dixon, Agricultural Support Systems Division, FAO, Rome, Italy
5:10 pm - 5:30 pm Return to Agenda Index	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Concurrent Session IV -Theme 1: Small Farm Diversification and Competitiveness MODERATOR: Constance Neely, University of Georgia, SANREM CRSP, Watkinsville, GA, USA
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm	Opening Remarks and Session Overview by Moderator
4:10 pm - 4:30 pm	Goat Production By Landless And Small Scale Farmers In North Indian Plains - H.P.S. Arya and Mahesh Chander, Division of Extension Education, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, UP, India
4:30 pm - 4:50 pm	Gender Roles In Ensuring Food Security - Dagmar Kunze and Ivy Drafor, FAO Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana and University of Cape Coast, Ghana
4:50 pm - 5:10 pm	Integrated Farming Systems For Smallholders In India - Models And Issues For Semi-Arid Tropical Conditions - K.P. Singh, Professor of Agronomy, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (India)
5:10 pm - 5:30 pm	Q&A between speakers and audience facilitated by Moderator
5:45 pm - 6:30 pm	SPECIAL PLENARY SESSION
	The Research-Extension Interface - Clive Lightfoot, International  Support Group (ISG), Agropolis International, Montpellier, France
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Networking Social (in Poster and Tool Bazaar Display Area)
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm	Poster Displays & Tool Bazaar Exhibits to be Removed

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Wednesday, November 20, 2002

7:00 am - 12 noon	Registration Office Open
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Early Morning Refreshments
7:30 am - 8:15 am	Follow-up discussion meeting on the Research-Extension Interface
8:30 am - 10:00 am	PLENARY SESSION MODERATOR: Cornelia Flora, Iowa State University – NCRCRD, Ames, IA, USA
8:30 am - 8:45 am	Opening Remarks and Introduction
8:45 am - 9:15 am	The Historical Perspective Of Farming Systems - David Norman, Professor, Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
9:15 am - 10:00am	PANEL SESSION: Future Directions of Farming Systems Farming Systems Board Members and Panel Participants: Ponniah Anandajayasekeram, African Farming Systems Association  Hans Langeveld, European Farming Systems Association  Christine King, Australian Farming Systems Association Nimal Ranaweera, Asian Farming Systems Association  Sérgio Pinheiro, Latin American Farming Systems Association  Ed Price, North American Farming Systems Association
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Audience Q&A and Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:00 am - 12:30pm	Business Meeting
12:30pm	Symposium Concludes

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(Alphabetical by presenting author’s last name, which appears in bold.)

Theme 1 – Small Farms Diversification Poster No. 1 The Effect of Income Generating Activities and Household Composition on Household Food Security in Southern Malawi — Andrea S. Anderson, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA 24 Towards a Marketing Strategy for Countryside Stewardship — Joe Morris, Alison Bailey, Charles Neame and Ian Crawford, Cranfield University, Silsoe, Bedfordshire, UK 2 Agroforestry Practices in Two Communities in the Highlands of Guatemala — John G. Bellow (SFRC), P. K. R. Nair (SFRC), P. Hildebrand (FRE), University of Florida, IFAS, Gainesville, FL, USA 3 Assessing the Economic Benefits of an Early Wet Season Rice Crop in Cambodia’s Rainfed Lowlands — S. Cheaa,b, R.A. Crambb, H.J. Nesbitta, S. Fukaib and P.G. Coxc; aCambodian-IRRI-Australian Project, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; bThe University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; cCatholic Relief Services, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta, Indonesia 4 From Centrally Planned Agriculture to Private Farming: Problems and Progress of Small Vegetable Farmers in a Former Socialist Country — Alexander A. Csizinszky, University of Florida, IFAS, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Bradenton, FL, USA 5 Potential of Promiscuous Soybean in Tropical Cropping Systems — E. T. Gwata, D. S. Wofford and K. J. Boote, University of Florida, IFAS, Agronomy Department, Gainesville, FL, USA 6 Farmer Research Groups in Southern New England — Sue Ellen Johnson*and Thomas Morris, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; and the *New England Small Farm Institute, Belchertown, MA, USA 7 Studies on Land Degradation in Gurgaon District of Haryana (India) through Remote Sensing Technique — Shashi Jain, M. S. Kuhad and M. S. Grewal, Department of Soil Sciences, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana),  India 8 Adoption of Cultivation of Medicinal Plants in Wasteland Areas for Improvement of Farmers’ Socio-Economical Status — Sunil Kumar and Vijay Kumar Soni, Dept. Of Land and Water Management, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh state, India 9 Impact of Water Harvesting with Diversified Farming on Productivity and Income of Rainfed Farms in Chhattisgarh, India — R. Lakpale, A. L. Rathore and G. K. Shrivastava, Department of Agronomy, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur, India 29 Linking Agricultural Research and Farmer Learning for Sustainable Small Scale Horticulture Production in Colombia — Rebecca A. Lee, Horticulture Research Centre, University Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Chía, Colombia 61 High Grafting: Technique that Allows Production of Wood and Fruit of Quality Simultaneously — M. V. Loewe and O. M. González, University of Chile, Chile 58 Integration of Cattle and Improved Pastures under Coconuts — Francisco A. Moog, Anita G. Deocareza and Helen E. Diesta, Bureau of Animal Industry, Philippines 54 Institutional and Socioeconomic Factors Shaping Adoption of Soil Management Practices (Courbes De Niveau) among West African Farmers (Mali) — Carla Roncoli and Constance Neely, Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management CRSP, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA; Abou Berthé, Salif Kanté, Boureima Traoré and Harouna Coulibaly, Équipe de Recherche sur les Systèmes de Production et Gestion des Ressources Naturelles, Institut d’Economie Rurale, Mali; Keith Moore, Office of International Research and Development, Virginia Technology Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA 59 Comparison of Corn-Based Cropping Systems for Smallholder Farmers in Nigeria — Akim Omokanye, Frank Kelleher and Alison McInnes, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, Australia 10 Developing Diversified Rainfed-Farming Systems for Chhattisgarh (India): Agronomic, Environmental and Socio-Economic Effects — A. L. Rathore, Vivek Tripathi, A. P. Singh and B. K.Gupta, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, (Chhattisgarh), India 11 Diversified Cropping and Sustainable Land Resource Management Options for Eastern India — K. K. Sahu, R. K. Sahu, A. L. Rathore and Sunil Kumar, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur (Chhattisgarh), India 12 Small Farm Diversification and Competitiveness through Water Harvesting in Rainfed Areas — R. K. Sahu and K. K. Sahu, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur, India 13 Integration of Various Agriculture-Fishery-Livestock Systems to Develop Ecofriendly and Sustainable Model — S. Shailendra, S. K. Choudhary, S. K. Mahajan, R. Nashine and S. S. Shaw, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, India 14 Farm Pond: An Effective Tool For Increasing Productivity and Socio-Economic Status of the Farmers — M. L. Sharma, M.A. Khan, J. D. Sarkar and P. K. Pandey, IGAU, Raipur, India 15 Farming System Approach for Sustainable Agricultural Productivity and Income of Resource-Poor Rainfed Rice Farmers — A. P. Singh, A. L. Rathore, Vivek Tripathi and B. K. Gupta, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India 20 Employment Generation Potential of Integrated Farming Systems on Small Farm Situations in India — K. P. Singh, S. N. Singh and V. S. Kadian, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, India 21 On-Farm Studies under Rural Agriculture Work Experience (RAWE) Education Programme in India – Some Results — R. K. Nanwal and K. P. Singh, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar – (Haryana) India 18 Relative Price Index--An Efficient Index for Comparing Integrated Farming System Models — K. P. Singh, K. K. Saxena, V. S. Kadian and S. N. Singh, Department of Agronomy, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India 19 Sustainability Approach for Comparison of Integrated Farming Systems Models Under Small Holder Situations — K. P. Singh, K. K. Saxena, S .N. Singh and V. S. Kadian, Department of Agronomy, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, India 16 Impact of IVLP on Small Farm Diversification in Chhattisgarh — S. K. Taunk and M. A. Khan, Directorate of Extension Services, Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur, India 17