Program / Presentations
Program of the 2014 BGRI technical workshop can be found here.
WEDNESDAY –March 26, 2014
Celebrating Dr. Borlaug’s Legacy – Innovative Approaches to Increase Food Security
| 09:00 – 09:05 | Session Chair – Dr. Hans-Joachim Braun, Director of Global Wheat Program, CIMMYT, México |
| 09:05 – 09:10 | Welcoming Remarks – Mtro. José Ramón Cubillas Romero, Rector of La Salle University [PDF] |
| 09:10 – 09:35 | Welcoming Remarks – Dr. Thomas Lumpkin, CIMMYT Director General, México [PDF] |
| 09:35 – 09:50 | Norman Borlaug: Mexico’s Impact on my Father – Ms. Jeanie Borlaug-Laube [VIDEO] [MUSIC VIDEO] |
| 09:50 – 10:05 | Norman Borlaug and the Green Revolution in India – Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, ‘Father’ of the Green Revolution in India and Chair, MS Swaminathan Foundation, India [VIDEO] |
| 10:05 – 10:30 | Reflection of a Wheat Breeder on Dr. Norman E Borlaug – Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, Director of Resource Seed Mexicana, México [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:00 – 11:05 | Session Chair – Dr. Iftikhar Ahmad, Chairman, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Pakistan |
| 11:05 – 11:45 | KEYNOTE: The Green Revolution – Lessons for the Future – Sir Gordon Conway, Imperial College London, UK [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | Borlaug’s Scientific Legacy – Dr. Hans-Joachim Braun, Director of CIMMYT Global Wheat Program, Mexico [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 12:15 – 12:35 | Borlaug: A Man on Message – Dr. Ronnie Coffman, Director of International Programs, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Cornell University, USA [VIDEO] |
| 12:35 – 12:50 | Facilitated Discussion |
| 12:50 – 13:00 | Group Photograph [download the photograph here] |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | LUNCHEON |
| 14:00 – 14:05 | Session Chair – Dr. Thomas A. Lumpkin, CIMMYT Director General |
| 14:05 – 14:50 | KEYNOTE DIALOGUE: Why the Next Revolution Must Be Brown, Not Green – Howard G. Buffett, Chairman & CEO, Howard G. Buffett Foundation, USA [VIDEO] |
| 14:50 – 15:15 | Meeting Agricultural Requirements in 2050… Not by Technology Alone – Dr. Robert W. Herdt, International Professor of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, USA [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 15:15 – 15:40 | Necessary Policies – Dr. Per Pinstrup-Andersen, 2001 World Food Prize Laureate, Denmark [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 15:40 – 16:10 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 16:10 – 17:10 | PANEL DISCUSSION: Borlaug: Why His Approach Was Effective/What Would He Do Today? – facilitated by Dr. Andrew Barr, Chair of the CIMMYT Board of Trustees, Australia [VIDEO] |
| 17:30 – 20:00 | POSTER SESSION + COCKTAIL |
THURSDAY – March 27, 2014
Wheat Science: Problems, Prospects and Perspectives
| 08:30 – 08:35 | Session Chair – Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, Director of Resource Seed Mexicana, México |
| 08:35 – 09:00 | Wheat: The Grain at the Center of Civilization – Dr. Rachel Laudan, Author of Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History, UK [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 09:00 – 09:25 | The Role of Wheat in Reducing Hidden Hunger – Dr. Wolfgang Pfeiffer, Deputy Director of Operations, HarvestPlus, Colombia [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 09:25 – 09:50 | Potential Yields and Yield Gaps in Wheat — the Bases of Wheat Yield Progress – Dr. Tony Fischer, Honorary Research Fellow, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 09:50 – 10:20 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:20 – 10:25 | Session Chair – Dr. Matthew Reynolds, CIMMYT Principal Scientist – Wheat Physiology, México |
| 10:25 – 10:50 | Water and Agriculture in 2050 – Dr. Uma Lele, Development Economist, USA/India [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 10:50 – 11:15 | Wheat and Climate Change – Dr. Graham Farquhar, The Australian National University, Australia [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 11:50 – 11:40 | Exploiting Wheat’s Distant Relatives – Dr. Ian King, University of Nottingham, UK [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 11:40 – 12:05 | Genomic Selection and Precision Phenotyping – Dr. Jesse Poland, Kansas State University, USA [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 12:05 – 12:30 | Precision Agriculture – Dr. Bruno Gerard, Director of CIMMYT Conservation Agriculture Program, México [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Facilitated Discussion |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | LUNCHEON |
| 14:00 – 14:05 | Session Chair – Dr. Swappan Datta, Indian Council for Agricultural Research, India |
| 14:05 – 14:30 | What the Milling/Baking Industries Will Need from Wheat in 2025 – Felipe de Javier Peña Dueñas, National Council for the Supply of Grains and Oilseeds, México [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 14:30 – 14:55 | China’s Grain Policy and the World – Dr. Jikun Huang, Director, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 14:55 – 15:20 | India’s Grain Policy and the World – Dr. Ashok Gulati, Chairman, Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India [PDF] |
| 15:20 – 15:45 | Central and West Asia and North Africa: Where Wheat Really Matters – Dr. Mahmoud El Solh, Director General of ICARDA, Lebanon [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 16:15 – 17:15 | PANEL DISCUSSION: Public-Private Partnerships for Wheat Research – Models that Work – facilitated by Dr. Archie C. Clutter, dean of UNL’s Agricultural Research Division and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station [VIDEO] |
| 17:30 – 18:30 | POSTER SESSION |
| 18:30 – 21:00 | OFFICIAL DINNER & CULTURAL PROGRAM |
FRIDAY – March 28, 2014
Bread for the Future/The Power of Partnerships
| 08:30 – 08:35 | Session Chair – Dr. Arvind Kaushal, Government of India, India |
| 08:35 – 09:00 | World Market Outlook for Wheat – Dr. Tray Thomas, Founding Partner, The Context Network, USA [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 09:00 – 09:25 | Agricultural Intensification, Land Use and Deforestation: Revisiting the Borlaug Hypothesis – Dr. Derek Byerlee, Independent Researcher and Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, United States [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 09:25 – 09:50 | Poverty Alleviation and Research Partnerships – Dr. Steve Jennings, Head of Program Policy, Oxfam, UK [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 09:50 – 10:15 | Perceptions on the Future of Biotech – Dr. Robert L. Paarlberg, Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College, USA [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:45 – 10:50 | Session Chair – Dr. Perry Gustafson, United States |
| 10:50 – 11:30 | KEYNOTE: Partnerships and the Future of Agriculture Technology – Dr. Robert T. Fraley, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Monsanto, USA [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 11:30 – 11:55 | Social Networks for Agricultural Development – Mr. Rikin Gandhi, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Green, India [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 11:55 – 13:00 | PANEL DISCUSSION: The Importance of Partnerships for Technology Delivery [VIDEO] |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | LUNCHEON |
| 14:00 – 14:05 | Session Chair – Dr. Ibrahim Adam Ahmed El-Dukheri, Director General Agricultural Research Council (ARC), Sudan |
| 14:05 – 14:25 | Wheat a Founder Crop of the CGIAR – Where Does It Fit in the New CGIAR? – Dr. Wayne Powell, CGIAR Chief Science Officer, France [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 14:25 – 14:45 | Wheat for Africa – Dr. Fentahun Mengistu, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Ethiopia [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 14:45 – 15:05 | Mexico’s Crusade Against Hunger – Representative of the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishes and Food [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 15:05 – 15:30 | COFFEE BREAK |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | The Wheat Initiative, the Global Research Coordination Platform for Wheat Improvement – Dr. Hélène Lucas, International Scientific Coordinator of the Wheat Initiative, France [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 15:50 – 16:50 | Launch of the International Wheat Yield Partnership [VIDEO, PDF] |
| 16:50 – 17:00 | Closing Ceremony – Dr. Hans-Joachim Braun |
| After 17:00 | HAPPY HOUR |
