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Tentative
Program
Meeting
Participants
14th-
Arrival: Check
in at Golden Tulip
15
July Morning Session
8.00
- 8.15 am
Registration
8.15
– 8.30 am
Official
Opening by Host (Dr. Alois Kullaya)
8.30
– 10.30 am
Introductions:
Members give 5-10
min presentations
Charles
Mutengwa (Zimbabwe)
Richard
Edema (Uganda)
Tongoona
Pangirayi (South Africa)
Rolf
Folkersma (ICRISAT, Kenya)
Arnold
Kashongi (Tanzania)
Rosan
Paterson Ganunga (Malawi)
Oluwole
Adebisi ARIYO (Nigeria)
Emmarold
E Mneney (Tanzania)
Alois
Kullaya (Tanzania)
Geraldine
Mukeshimana (Rwanda)
Musa
Omare (www.africancrops.net website)
Duncan
Kirubi (Kenya)
Simon
Gichuki (Kenya)
Jesse
Machuka (Kenya)
Henriko
Kulembeka (Tanzania)
Ramni
Jamnadass (Kenya)
Jedidah
Wamuyu (Kenya)
10.30
- 10.55 am
MAS application in Africa (Dr. Morag Ferguson, IITA)
10.55
- 11.15 am
Tea Break
11.20
- 12.00 pm
'Synteny in crop plants and its application in research and
breeding'
(Professor Mike Gale FRS,
John Innes Centre)
12.00
- 1.00 pm AMMANET (Dr. Richard Edema, Makerere
University)
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AMMANET
Discussion
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Deliberation
and adoption of the draft mission statement, goals, objectives,
activities and expected outputs
1.00
– 200pm Lunch
15th
July, 2.00 - 4.00pm Afternoon session- AMMANET
Discussions continued
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Allocation
of activities to push the Network forward
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Provide
guidance for draft proposals for various activities
identified
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Country
Membership to AMMANET
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The
roles of (a) CGIAR centers (b)Universities (c) International
MAS experts
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Establishment
of a Secretariat for AMMANET
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MAS
session during the Biotechnology, Breeding and Seed
Systems meeting in Nairobi in 2005
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Website/networking
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AOB
4.15
pm
Lab visit to Cashew Biotechnology Unit (Dr. Mneney)
7.00
-8.00 pm Cocktail (Golden Tulip)
16th
July - Departure
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