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PRELIMINARY AGENDA

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SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015
Time Activity
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Hanover Room
Check-in, registration
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Bar King Frog
Welcome reception
MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015
Time Activity
SETTING THE STAGE: CLIMATE ACTION THROUGH INNOVATION
Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions: Minimizing Risk, Maximizing Impact
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Hanover Room
Check-in, registration for new arrivals
9:00 a.m. – 12 noon
Hanover Room
Welcome and Introductions – Dr. Linda Pfeiffer
Presenters:

  • Denise Herbol, USAID
    Promoting sustainable, resilient societies in the midst of climate change adversity
  • Hon. Ian Hayles, Minister of State, Jamaican Ministry of Land, Environment, Water and Climate Change
    Food security is our national security: Addressing the realities of climate change
  • Hon. Luther Buchanan, Minister of State, Jamaican Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Labour and Social Security
    Agriculture priorities and the future for small-scale farmers
  • Therese Turner-Jones, Inter-American Development Bank
    Presentation: Promoting economic self-sufficiency while protecting the environment; IDB investments in agriculture
  • Dr. Arun Kashyap, United Nations Development Programme
    Promoting strategic partnerships for climate change mitigation and adaptation
  • Colin Bullock, Planning Institute of Jamaica
    Presentation: Building resilience to climate change through agricultural innovation
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch buffet – Fresh Terrace
PRACTICAL INNOVATIONS
Small-Scale Innovations as Models for Global Solutions
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Hanover Room
Presenters:

  • Dr. Thad Jackson, INMED Partnerships for Children
    Presentation: Climate-smart innovations for small-scale farmers for food security and income generation: Aquaponics in Latin America and the Caribbean and Southern Africa
  • Christopher Somerville, UN Food and Agriculture Organization
    Presentation: Agricultural innovations for food security and income generation in urban and conflict settings: Lessons learned from Gaza, the West Bank and Ethiopia
  • Mario Kerby, Chemonics
    Presentation: Increasing productivity and resilience through low-cost greenhouses: An agricultural innovation for Haiti’s smallholder farmers
  • Dr. Leslie Simpson, Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute
    Presentation: Developing climate-resistant agricultural practices in the Caribbean
  • Dr. Michael Taylor, University of the West Indies
    Presentation: Climate-smart agriculture: Global models and solutions for the Caribbean
  • Sebrenia Holness, Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Remand Centre
    Presentation: Innovations Making a Difference for Troubled Youth
Audience Discussion, Q&A
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
West Lawn
Reception
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2015
Time Activity
LIVELIHOODS AND SUSTAINABILITY
Markets and Livelihoods: The Business Case for Investment in Aquaponics and Other Small-Scale Agricultural Production
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Check-in, registration for new arrivals
9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Hanover Room
Presenters:

  • Wayne Beecher, Inter-American Development Bank
    Presentation: Business Planning and marketing for the small-scale farmer; Loans for small-scale agriculture
  • Neil Curtis, Farm Up Jamaica
    Presentation: Helping small-scale farmers address food security locally and export for income generation
  • Taji Alleyne , Grace Kennedy
    Presentation: How the manufacturing sector can support small farmers to help reduce food imports
  • Edison Galbraith, Development Bank of Jamaica
    Presentation: Increasing Access to Financing for Small-Scale Farmers
  • Francesca Laursen, INMED
    Presentation: Access to Financing for Climate-Smart Aquaponics
  • Paul Barrett, INMED
    Presentation: Aquaponics Business Planning
Audience Discussion, Q&A
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch buffet – Fresh Terrace
Field Visit
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Meet at Concierge Desk
Experience  and learn grassroots production techniques and vanguard adaptations among diverse groups of small-scale producers through a hands-on field visit to medium-sized commercial-scale aquaponic system sites utilizing solar power, water harvesting, and other innovations.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2015
Time Activity
SYNTHESIS
Human Capital: Bringing It All Together and Making It Work
9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Hanover Room
Presenters:

  • Jozimo Santos Rocha, Adventist Development and Relief Agency
    Presentation: Diffusion of new agriculture technologies: A comparative study of training techniques for sustainability from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Shorna Newsome Myrie Human Employment and Resource Training Trust
    Presentation: Behavior change: Opening up to change in the face of new ideas, new technology, new markets and new opportunities

Round Table Discussion including:

  • Sydney Henry, Sandals Foundation
    Presentation: Increasing opportunities for women and youth in agriculture
  • O’Brian Clark and Jovan Johnson, Students from the University of the West Indies
    Presentation: Aquaponics, opportunities and challenges: Experiences in learning for the future
  • Adaptive agriculture and aquaponics practitioners from Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and USA Challenges and solutions in the field
Audience Discussion
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Closing

 

 

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Aquaponics: Getting it right in Jamaica

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