MScCCAFS Annual Research Conference (2018)


MScCCAFS Program Annual

Research Conference (2018)

Friday 7th September 2018 (08.30-18.00)

National University of Ireland Galway

in O'Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance

(located beside Áras na Mac Léinn and the Bailey Allen Hall in the heart of the NUI Galway campus)

All are welcome!

To register your attendance send email with name, address

and affiliation to: mary.gannon@nuigalway.ie


MScCCAFS Program Annual Conference Schedule

08.30-09.00 Welcome coffee & registration

09.00-09.10 Welcome and overview Prof. Charlie Spillane (MScCCAFS Program Director) & Dr. Peter McKeown (MScCCAFS Program Coordinator).

09.10-09.20 Presentation on Global CCAFS Program by Dr. Andy Jarvis (CCAFS, CIAT, Cali, Colombia), External Examiner of MScCCAFS Program

Chair: Dr. David Styles, MScCCAFS Program Committee

09.20-09.40 Mercy Fakude, Targeting new climate-resilient feeds and forages in the smallholder mixed farming systems of East Africa [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya]

09.40-10.00 Théophile Lienhardt, Environmental balance of innovative legume value chains [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; TRUE Project, Uni. Bangor]

10.00-10.20 Nthivhiseni Mashula, A new plantation coffee module for the Cool Farm Tool [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; FoodLab, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Uganda, OLAM]

10.20-10.40 Jan Rafter, Carbon creditor or debtor? Assessing the national carbon impact of cocoa production in Indonesia [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Vietnam]

Coffee & Networking [Posters/Stands]

Chair: Dr. Una Murray, MScCCAFS Program Committee

11.00-11.20 Judith  Colgan, Climate Smart Aquaculture and Gender in Bangladesh [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; WorldFish, Malaysia) – VIA VIDYO

11.20-11.40 Decolius Kalumo Climate Smart Agriculture Country Profile for CSA planning and scaling in Malawi [Project partners: NUI Galway 3Dag4Dev project, Malawi]

11.40-12.00 Ramya Kulkarni, Mainstreaming gender and nutrition approaches in IFAD projects [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome)

12.20--12.40 Séan Kelly How do institutional innovations influence financing and adoption of CSA? The Case of Community Based Organisations in Nyando CSVs [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya]

12.40-13.00 Christine   Costelloe, Resource mobilization for climate change, agriculture and food security research through collaborative partnerships [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture & Food Security Program (CCAFS)]

Lunch Break & Networking [Posters/Stands]

Chair: Dr. Galina Brychkova, MScCCAFS Program Committee

14.00-14.20  Éanna Crowe Assessing the potential of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) in reducing air pollution in SEA [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Vietnam]

14.20-14.40 Siyabonga Mathebula, Impacts of invasive alien trees on recharge into the Atlantis aquifer on the West Coast of South Africa [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; CSIR Hydrosciences, South Africa]

14.40-15.00 Shauna-Rose Murphy, Water footprint of Robusta coffee production in Vietnam's Central Highlands [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Vietnam]

15.00-15.20 Thembelihle Fakude Vulnerability of South African livestock to climate change [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; ARC South Africa]

15.20-15.40 Fintan White Does organic farming reduce GHG emissions? [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; Teagasc]

Coffee & Networking [Posters/Stands]

Chair: Dr. Liz Coleman, MScCCAFS Program Committee

16.10-16.20  [presentation by Brendan Hallahan, the CCAFS Student Society in NUI Galway]

16.20-16.40  Laia Nageli Juan Development of an instrument to support local stakeholders and practitioners in planning and decision to promote and scale out CSA [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; CGIAR Climate Change, Agriculture & Food Security Program (CCAFS)]; CIAT (Colombia)] – VIA VIDYO

16.40-17.00 Andiswa Nyongwana, How does creation of a dedicated unit within a Development Finance Institution, impact their capacity to access climate finance? [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; Development Bank of Southern Africa, Pretoria]

17.00-17.20 Sinead Nee Farmer Perceptions of Climate Change in Ireland [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; Teagasc]

17.20-17.40 Tokelo Shai Approaches for engaging rural youth in development of inclusive agricultural value chain projects [Project partners: NUI Galway PABC; International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome]

17.40-17.50 Judging Panel completed (Prize Award) & Presentation of 2018 Award

17.50 Wrap up from Prof. Charlie Spillane, Director of the Ryan Institute / Director of MScCCAFS program

18.00 onwards   Evening - Drinks / social evening in Massimos, Galway city -  All welcome!