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Last Updated:
24 January 2011
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THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR TUBER & ROOT CROPS (ISTRC) ON ROOT CROPS
Venue: University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB), Ogun State, Nigeria
Date: Sunday 23rd – Friday 28th September 2012
Proposed Theme
The Roots and Tubers of Development and Climate Change-Tropical roots and tuber crops are essential to meeting global food security needs, improving staple foods of world’s poor and creating new opportunities in global food supply.
Sub-themes
- Policies favourable to enhancing the contribution of RTCs to development- (1) poverty reduction and food security (2) enterprise development and income generation and export development, (3) impacts of climate change and variability, (4) impacts of the global food crisis, global economic downturn and urbanisation, (5) opportunities provided by biofuels. (6) Intellectual Property Rights
- Global Scenario on Production, Utilisation and Marketing of Root and Tuber Crops - Trade and Technology Commercialisation;
- Progress in the science and technology for enhancing the contribution of Tropical Root Crops to development - Crop Improvement and Genomics; Biodiversity, Conservation and Evaluation; Biotechnology and Biofortification; Characterization of resistance to biotic and abiotic stressors; Plant, Water and Nutrient Management
- Applying new scientific and technical knowledge on RTCs to contribute to development.- Technology Development and Transfer processes and systems; Value Addition for Food, Nutrition and Health; Regional Exchanges and Technology Transfer; Roots and Tubers for Feed and Industry
IMPORTANT DATES
5th August, 2011 — First announcement
26th December, 2011 — Second Announcement
20th February, 2012 — Final Announcement
19th March, 2012 — Submission of abstract
25th June, 2012 — Accommodation Request
15th July, 2012 — Registration of delegates
1st August, 2012 — Submission of full Papers /Participation in Exhibition
17th September, 2012 — Submission of Power point
23rd September, 2012 — Arrival of Participants
Prof. Lateef Oladimeji Sanni
lateef_2@yahoo.com
Chairman, LOC/Vice President 1, ISTRC
Dr. Kolawole Adebayo,
Kolawole_adebayo@hotmail.com
Organising Secretary
For further information go to http://istrc2012abeokuta.multiply.com/journal/item/1/16th_ISTRC_Triennial_Symposium_Announcement
ISTRC, ABEOKUTA-2012
Prof. Oluwafemi Olaiya Balogun,
Vice Chancellor, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (UNAAB)
(femibalogun54@yahoo.com)
Organising Institutions
- National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Nigeria, http://www.nrcri.gov.ng
- International Institute of Tropical Institutions (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria http://www.iita.org
- Raw Materials Research and Development Council, RMRDC, Abuja, Nigeria http://rmrdc.gov.ng
- Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi, Nigeria, http://fiiro-ng.org
- Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute, Ilorin, Nigeria, http://nspriilorin.com
- National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation, Ilorin, Nigeria, http://ncam.gov.ng
- National Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Abuja, Nigeria http://www.nafdacnigeria.org
- Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, Nigeria, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Federal-College-of-Agriculture-Akure/109730199056516
- Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology, NIFST, Nigeria, http://www.nifst.org
- Farm Management Association of Nigeria, http://famannigeria.multiply.com
- Ekha Agro Industries, http://www.ekhaagro.com
- Matna Starch, Akure, Nigeria, http://www.matnafoods.com/clients.html
- Thai Farm International, Ososa, Nigeria, http://www.tfinigeria.com/
- Ogun State Cassava Revolution
- New Nigerian Foundation, VI, Lagos, Nigeria, http://www.nnfng.org
- Farms and Infrastructure Foundation, Abuja, http://www.fifng.org/
- SLiden Africa, Abeokuta, Nigeria, http://slidenafrica.multiply.com
Executives of ISTRC
- President, Professor Andrew Westby, Natural Resources Institute, Greenwich University, Chatham Maritime, Kent, UK a.westby@gre.ac.uk
- Vice President 1, Professor Lateef Oladimeji Sanni, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria lateef_2@yahoo.com or lsanni@cgiar.org
- Vice President Fund Raising Dr Maria Andrade, breeder/agronomist/physiologist, CIP-SSA m.andrade@cgiar.org
- Secretary/Treasurer Professor Conrad Bonsi, Dr. Conrad Bonsi, Associate Director of the George Washington Carver Agricultural Experiment Station, Tuskegee University, USA cobonsi@tuskegee.edu
- Councillor Publications Dr Keith Tomlins k.i.tomlins@gre.ac.uk
- Councillor Europe/US Dr Dominique Dufor, Food Science Specialist, CIAT, Columbia D.Dufour@CGIAR.ORG
- Councillor South America Dr. Juan Carlos Pérez (c/o h.ceballos@cgiar.org)
- Councillor Africa 1 Professor Malachy Akoroda, University of Ibadan, Nigeria m_akoroda@yahoo.com
- Councillor Africa 2 Dr. Ssemakula Gorretie, Uganda Research Institute, nankingag@yahoo.com
- Councillor Pacific Professor Satish Chandra alicha@cyberone.com.au
- Councillor South Asia Dr. S.K. Naskar Director CTCRI Thiruvananthapuram nankingag@yahoo.com / ctcritvm@yahoo.com
- Councillor, Caribbean Greg Robin, CARDI, St Vincent and the Grenadines robin_gc99@hotmail.com
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