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Tues., November 24, 2009
12:00pm - 1:30pm, 146 Myron Taylor Hall
Family Change and Poverty in Appalachia
Speaker: Dan Lichter, Prof. of PAM and Sociology
Persistent Poverty Project Seminar Series

Wed., December 2, 2009
12:20pm - 1:10pm, 135 Emerson Hall
ABSPII Activities in Africa: GM Cotton and Banana in Uganda
Speaker: Ronnie Coffman, Director, IP/CALS
Perspectives in International Development Seminar Series

Thurs., December 3, 2009
12:20pm - 1:10pm, 100 Savage Hall
Tending broader pathways from agriculture to nutrition: A case study of traditional vegetable promotion in Kenya and Tanzania
Speaker: Anna Herforth, Division of Nutritional Sciences
Program in International Nutrition Seminar Series


 

CIIFAD sponsors a weekly international seminar series during the academic year and co-sponsors occasional seminars with various Cornell departments and centers on campus. During Fall 2007, CIIFAD, the Food Agriculture and Nutrition Group and the Program in International Nutrition are co-sponsored the a six week seminar series on Linking Food, Agriculture and Nutrition for Improved Human and Environmental Health.

Ad hoc CIIFAD-sponsored seminars, conferences, workshops and other educational events are presented throughout the calendar year and are generally noted on the CIIFAD home page and the on-line Einaudi Center Events Calendar. To sign up to receive e-mail notification of upcoming seminars and events related to international food, agriculture and development issues at Cornell, contact the CIIFAD Forum.

CIIFAD-sponsored weekly seminar series

Every Wednesday, 12:20-1:10 PM, in 135 Emerson, visitors and speakers from the Cornell Community present development-related seminars for CIIFAD's Agroecological Perspectives for Sustainable Development Series. Now in its eleventh year, the seminars run throughout the Fall and Spring semesters and is open to the public. Students can also receive one credit for attending the seminar series, which is cross-listed as IARD 6960, NTRES 6960, and CSS 6960.

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Seminar series that occasionally feature international development topics

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