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2011 and beyond, the physical and economic environment
for agriculture promises to be more challenging than before.As risk and uncertainty increase, agricultures outlook and its
capacity to make meaningful contributions to economic growth
and equitable human development by 2015 - the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) will depend on a number of
strategic issues, including, but not limited to effective policy
frameworks, adequate financing and investments and good
practices, at all levels in the chain.
On the Table: topics for conversation1.Re-thinking
Agricultures
Development in an
era of uncertainty
...what is the appropriate 21st centuryparadigm (s)? Is the current thrust towards
value chain development practical and
sufficient?
2.Saving whats left ofagricultures natural
resources
... what is the state of soils and water foragriculture; what do we need to do now to
secure whats left.
3.Coping withhazards: fast-tracking agriculture
recovery after
disaster
... what steps need to be taken to build-incoping mechanisms and management
systems to deal with agricultures known
hazards, risks and their disasters?
4. Re-brandingExtension -
reinforcing the
frontline or breaking
from tradition;
... is there still a role for Extension inagricultural development? Should countries
reinforce the frontline or break from
tradition to modernise Agricultures
Extension?
5. Innovating agri-business: issues and
opportunities.
...what emerging opportunities exist tocreate new business and extract greater
value from the number of challengesfacing agriculture
Table MannersART isnot:
a seminar, lecture serie
workshop, or consultatior any of the 'official
'formal', 'pre-set' meetin
ART is: a platform for open
dialogue and sharing
expertise, information
and ideas;
an entry point for medto get more connecte
with agriculturestakeholders;
a mechanism forinterested, affected,
movers and shakers in
agriculture to make
connections,
communicate & netw
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A.R.T: Agriculture Round Table; 19-20 October
brought to you by CaRAPN (Caribbean Regional Agricultural
Policy Network), a project of IICA and the CTA
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