MScCCAFS Annual Research Conference (2019)
MScCCAFS Program Annual Research Conference (2019)
Monday 2nd September 2019 (09.30-16.15)
O’Donoghue Theatre, National University of Ireland Galway
All are welcome!
To register your attendance send email with name, address and affiliation to: charles.spillane@nuigalway.ie & peter.mckeown@nuigalway.ie
MScCCAFS Program Annual Conference Schedule
09.00-09.30 Arrival & registration
09.30-09.45 Welcome and overview Prof. Charles Spillane (MScCCAFS Director) & Dr. Peter McKeown (MScCCAFS Course Coordinator).
09.45-10.00 Presentation on Global CCAFS Program by Dr. Andy Jarvis (CCAFS, CIAT, Cali, Colombia), External Examiner of MScCCAFS Program
Session 1 (10.00-11.00): Chair: Dr. David Styles, MScCCAFS Program Committee
10.00-10.10 Niamh Barry, Sensitivity of milk footprints to allocation methods [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)]
10.10-10.20 Alex Bracken, Evidencing Climate variability, vulnerability and resilience [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; CCAFS/International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)-Hanoi]
10.20-10.30 Daniel Tymko Burke, Evaluating potential greenhouse gas mitigation of alternate wetting and drying in Vietnamese rice fields through life cycle assessment [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; Japan International Research Centre for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS)]
10.30-10.40 Annette Cotter, Adapting greenhouse gas (GHG) monitoring tools for the alternate wetting-and-drying (AWD) mitigation practice in Vietnam [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; CCAFS/International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)]
10.40-10.50 Natalie Cunningham, Identification and prioritisation of CSA in Thượng Bằng La Commune, Yen Bai, Vietnam [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; CCAFS/International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)]
11.00-11.30 Coffee & Networking in foyer
Session 2 (11.30-12.30) Chair: Dr. Galina Brychkova, MScCCAFS Program Committee
11.30-11.40 David Farrell, Evaluation of forage mineral status on organic dairy farms in southeast USA [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; University of Tennessee (UT)]
11.40-11.50 Kate Greaney, Studying the potential of Phytoseiidae sp. as a biological control agent for Tetranychus sp. in both cassava monocrops and cassava-cowpea intercrops [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; Vietnamese National University of Agriculture (VNUA)]
11.50-12.00 David Ireland, Enhancing impacts of bio-slurry for poverty reduction and improved livelihoods in developing countries [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; SNV Netherlands]
12.00-12.10 Nora Kweba Nyamisi, Understanding Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Impacts of Large-Scale Food Fortification in East Africa [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Tanzania]
12.20-14.00 Lunch Break & Networking
Session 3 (14.00-15.00) Chair: Dr. Una Murray, MScCCAFS Program Committee
14.00-14.10 Qing Lan, The impacts of replacing trash fish with formulated feed in Chinese snakehead fish production on nutritional value and the environment [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; Freshwater Fisheries Research Center of Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences]
14.10-14.20 Lorene Lefebvre, Advancing molecular understanding of biological nitrification inhibition for more climate smart agricultural systems [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; CCAFS/International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)-Cali]
14.20-14.30 Cian Mulligan, Alternate wetting and drying of rice as a more profitable and less polluting climate smart agricultural practice [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; Vietnamese National University of Agriculture (VNUA)]
14.30-14.40 Uchechukwu Nnachi, Linking humanitarian and development interventions into a joint resilience continuum: World Food Programme (WFP) and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) collaboration on building climate resilience [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; CCAFS/International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)-Hanoi]
14.40-14.50 Clare O’Keeffe, Understanding the food system narratives of private sector food suppliers in Vietnam [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; Wageningen University Research/A4NH/CIAT-Hanoi]
15.00-15.15 Coffee & Networking
Session 4 (15.15-16.00) Chair: Dr. Liz Coleman, MScCCAFS Program Committee
15.15-15.25 Christy O’Toole, [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; Vietnamese National University of Agriculture (VNUA)]
15.25-15.35 Umor Gift, Participatory Rice Variety Selection for adapting to climate change at the Climate Smart Villages (CSVs) in Vietnam [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; CCAFS/International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)]
15.35-15.45 Sarah Watts, Assessing public food procurement system sustainability and the potential impact of agrobiodiversity-friendly sourcing policies [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; Bioversity International-Peru]
15.45-15.55 Anna Whitton, How close are national diets to ideal? A global assessment of diet quality for health and sustainability [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; CCAFS/International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)-Cali]
16.00-16.15 Wrap-up from Prof. Charlie Spillane, MScCCAFS Program Director