,  

Genetically Modified Food Crops in Asia and Africa: Opportunities, Barriers and Constraints 

Cook Campus Center Multipurpose Rooms (MPRs)

Thursday, September 18, 2014

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

 

9:00 AM      Welcome and Introductions       

Robert Goodman, Executive Dean of Agriculture and Natural Resources,
Executive Dean, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences,
Executive Director, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers
University

9:15 AM         

Carl Pray, Distinguished Professor, Department of Agriculture, Food & Resource
Economics, Rutgers University

Session I: Frontiers of Biotechnology in Developing Countries

9:45 AM             

Josette Lewis, Associate Director, World Food Center, UC-Davis

10:15  AM           

Coffee break

10:30  AM          

Mark Edge, Director, Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA), Monsanto

11:00  AM           

Marc Albertsen, Senior Research Fellow, DuPont

11: 30  AM          

Panel Discussion: Josette Lewis, Mark Edge, Mark Albertsen (Moderated by Carl Pray)

12:00   Noon          

Lunch (on your own)

Session II: Consumer Benefits and Attitudes toward Biotechnology in Asia

1:00 PM              

Gary Toenniessen, Member, Golden Rice Board & Former Managing Director,
Rockefeller Foundation

1:30 PM             

Jikun Huang, Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP),
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

2:00 PM           

Xenia Morin, Associate Dean for Sponsored Programs, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University

2:10 PM              

Panel Discussion: Gary Toenniessen, Jikun Huang (Moderated by Xenia Morin)

2:30 PM               

Coffee break 

2:45 PM               

Carl Pray, Professor, Department of Agriculture, Food & Resource
Economics, Rutgers University

3:15 PM               

Session III:  State of GM Technology and Policy in China, India, East Africa and Brazil

Panelists:

Jikun Huang, Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP),
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Jose Maria da Silveira,  Professor, University of Campinas, Brazil

Bharat Ramaswami,  Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, India

Hugo de Groote, Principal Scientist, International Maize and Wheat
Improvement Center, Kenya

4:15  PM             

Summary and Wrap up: Carl Pray

4:30                End

Symposium supported by the Templeton Foundation,  the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

 

Register Now!