Feed the Future Research Program

Organizers:
Jenny Gu(US Agency for International Development, Bureau for Food Security) and Saharah Moon Chapotin(US Agency for International Development, Bureau for Food Security)
Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Time: 1:30 PM-3:50 PM
Room: Sunrise
Moderator:
Jenny Gu
1:30 PM
W269
Feed the Future: Global Hunger and Food Security Research Strategy
Saharah Moon Chapotin, US Agency for International Development, Bureau for Food Security; Jenny Gu, US Agency for International Development, Bureau for Food Security

1:55 PM
W270
Goat Genomics Applied to Sub-Saharan Africa: A Livestock Perspective on Feed the Future
Curt Van Tassell, USDA-ARS; Jeffrey Silverstein, USDA-ARS; Heather J. Huson, USDA-ARS; Jennifer Woodward-Greene, USDA-ARS; Tad Sonstegard, USDA-ARS

2:20 PM
W271
Novel Transgenic Sources of Genetic Variation for Rice Improvement
Richard Flavell, Ceres, Inc.; Roger Pennell, Ceres, Inc.; Steve Bobzin, Ceres, Inc.

2:45 PM
W272
Modern Cowpea Breeding to Overcome Critical Production Constraints in Africa
Jeffrey Ehlers, University of California-Riverside; Philip Roberts, University of California-Riverside; Timothy J. Close, University of California-Riverside; Mitchell R. Lucas, University of California-Riverside; Ndiaga Cisse, ISRA; Issa Drabo, Institut de l'Environment et des Recherches Agricole; Ousmane Boukar, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture; Antonio Chicapa, Instituto Investigacao Agronomica

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3:10 PM
W273
Translating Rice Genomic Science to Breeding Applications and Practical Outcomes
Hei Leung, International Rice Research Institute, Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology Division

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