Initial Dialogue and Training Workshop
on Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biosciences for Farming in Africa
PROGRAMME
Speke Resort, Kampala
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Day 1 – Wednesday 31 October 2012
0900 Welcome and Introductions Bernie Jones; Course Leader
0930 Agriculture, Plant Breeding and Genetics Tina Barsby; National Institute for Agricultural Botany, UK
1330 Science Journalism in Uganda Peter Wamboga-Mugirya ; Science for Development, Uganda
1330 The Role of Science Journalism Patrick Luganda; Farmers Media Network, Uganda
1430 Practical Experiment – DNA extraction Bernie Jones
1600 Video Presentation & Discussion: TED – Ben Goldacre – “Battling Bad Science”
1630 Journalism exercise Julia Vitullo-Martin & Sharon Schmickle
Day 2 – Thursday 1 November 2012
0900 Interview presentations on Tissue Culture, F1 Hybrid Seeds and Seed Banks
1100 Local case-study 1 – Banana Biofortification Geoffrey Arinaitwe; Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute
1130 Local case-study 2 – Commercial Tissue Culture Erostus Nsubuga; AgroGenetic Technologies Africa, Buloba
1200 Local case-study 3 – Gene Bank John Wasswa Mulumba; Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe
1330 Food security, Genetic Modification, and GM Crops Chris Leaver; University of Oxford, UK
1600 Local case-study 4 – Seed Potato Breeding Abel Arinaitwe; Kachwekano Zonal Agricultural R&D Institute
1630 Local case-study 5 – Coffee Breeding Africano Kangire; Coffee Research Insitute, Uganda
1700 Difference between F1 Seeds and GM – Claudia Canales-Holzeis
1700 Journalism exercise: Pitching Sharon Schmickle
Day 3 – Friday 2 November 2012
0830 FIELD TRIPS
Kawanda Agricultural Research Laboratories and Namulonge National Crop Resources Research Institute
1730 Journalism exercise: interviewing & feedback Julia Vitullo-Martin & Sharon Schmickle
Day 4 – Saturday 3 November 2012
0900 Journalism exercise, interviewing & feedback Julia Vitullo-Martin & Sharon Schmickle
1030 Agricultural biotechnology and the regulatory environment Theresa Sengooba, NARO, Uganda
1130 Agricultural biotechnology and industry Daniel Otunge, African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Nairobi
1330 Journalism exercise, interviewing & feedback Julia Vitullo-Martin & Sharon Schmickle
1600 Prize-giving and closing Bernie Jones
1630 Close