7:00 am – 8:00 am
Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:00 am – 9:00 am
General Session Panel Discussion: Food Value Chain and Sustainable Sourcing – Rod Snyder, Moderator (confirmed) with Panelists Yves LeClerc, McCain Foods Limited and additional Panelists to be announced
9:15 am – 10:15 am
Concurrent Sessions
Session 10: Conservation Agriculture: Key to Intensifying Crop Production – Bill Kuenstler, Moderator (confirmed)
Gottlieb Basch, (confirmed) – Mobilizing Greater Crop and Land Potentials with Conservation Agriculture
Seema Sepat, (confirmed) – Comparative Evaluation of Conservation Agriculture Practices on Productivity and Sustainability of Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L)-wheat (Triticum aestivum) Cropping Systems under the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India
Amin Mugera, (confirmed) – Implications of Adoption of Conservation Tillage (CT) on Productive Efficiency: A Syrian Case
10:15 am – 11:00 am
Poster Viewing/Trade Show/Networking Break (Poster session 10.P)
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Session 10: Conservation Agriculture: Conservation Agriculture: Key to Intensifying Crop Production (cont’d.)
Molefi Mpheshea, (confirmed) – Impact of Different Agricultural Practices: Nitrogen, Cover Cropping and Tillage on Population Sizes of Nitrogen Cycling Bacteria Under a Forty-year Continuous No-Till Cotton Experiment in West Tennessee
Virender Kumar, (confirmed) – Can High Cereal Yields be Attained and Sustained with Less Resource Use in the Rice-wheat Cropping Systems of South Asia? A Case Study From Northwest India
11:30 am – Noon
Discussion of Posters and Presentations: Focus on the implications and applications to Conservation Agriculture
9:15 am – 10:15 am
Session 11: Conservation Agriculture: Interfacing with Livestock Production – Marie Boehm, Moderator (tbd)
Martin Entz, (confirmed) – Crop-livestock Integration in Conservation Agriculture Systems
David Feindel, (tbd) – Integrated Crop-Livestock Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification of the Cereal-based Systems of North Africa and Central Asia
10:15 am – 11:00 am
Poster Viewing/Trade Show/Networking Break (Poster session 11.P)
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Session 11: Conservation Agriculture: Interfacing with Livestock Production (cont’d.)
Johann Strauss, (confirmed) – An Economic Evaluation of Crop and Crop/Annual Legume Pasture Rotation Systems in the Swartland, Western Cape, South Africa
Ozzie Abaye, (tbd) – Conservation Agriculture and the Management of Crop Residue in Millet – Peanut-based Systems in Senegal
11:30 am – Noon
Discussion of Posters and Presentations: Focus on the implications and applications to Conservation Agriculture
9:15 am – 10:15 am
Session 12: Conservation Agriculture: Producer Adoption – Tom Goddard, Moderator (confirmed)
Amit Roy, (confirmed) – Adoption of Innovative Technologies
Josef Kienzle, (confirmed) – Conservation Agriculture: A Precision Farming Tool for Smallholders
Sinan Jalili, (confirmed) – Farmer Development and Uptake of Zero Tillage in Mosul Iraq 2006-2013
10:15 am – 11:00 am
Poster Viewing/Trade Show/Networking Break (Poster session 12.P)
11:00 am – 11:30 am
Session 12: Conservation Agriculture: Producer Adoption (cont’d.)
Renick Peries (confirmed) – A Pragmatic Approach to How Conservation Agriculture Helps Southern Australian High Rainfall Zone (HRZ) Farmers to Innovate Towards Productivity Gains
Kinide Tesfaye (confirmed) – Identifying Recommendation Domains for Conservation Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa
11:30 am – 12:00 pm –
Discussion of Posters and Presentations: Focus on the implications and applications to Conservation Agriculture
12:15 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch/Networking
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
General Session – Jerry Hatfield, Moderator (confirmed) – Future Opportunities in Conservation Agriculture: Perspectives from the Congress and Program Committee Representatives
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Trade Show/Networking Break
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
Closing Keynote: Vision and Challenges for Conservation Agriculture – Dr. Dwayne Beck
4:45 pm – 5:00 pm
Closing Remarks
6:00 pm
Dine-Around Winnipeg – Enjoy your evening off by exploring the many fabulous restaurants that Winnipeg has to offer! This is a great opportunity to re-connect with colleagues and establish new industry friendships.
