Web CIAT- Poverty Workshop Program

Wednesday, 15 September – MORNING SESSIONS
Theme #1 – Sharpening understandings – political economy
Plenary 8:30 – 10:30 Moderator: Emmy Simmons Alain de Janvry – Poverty: An overview and causalities Alberto Valdés – An overview on the nature of rural poverty in Latin America Janice Perlman – The dynamics of the urban poor and implications for public policy Commentators: Cecilia Lopez and Gerardo Escudero
COFFEE BREAK 10:30 – 11.00
Parallel Sessions (Breakout Rooms) 11:00 – 12:30
1A Profiles of Poverty Chair: H. Ravnborg	1B Profiles of Poverty Chair: L.R. Sanint	1C Profiles of Poverty Chair: P. Kristjanson	1D Determinants Chair: S. Sepulveda	1E Interventions Chair: M. ter Kuile	1F Interventions Chair: M. Altieri
David Bigman Targeting agricultural R&D for poverty reduction: general principles and an illustration for Sub-Saharan Africa Gregoire Leclerc The use of unit-level census data for research on poverty: A multiscale approach Berk Özler Is census income an adequate measure of household welfare? Combining census and survey data to construct a poverty map of South Africa	Rafael Echeverri Critical analysis of strategic criteria of rural poverty alleviation programmes Juan Izquierdo Heterogeneity poverty scenarios as a factor of technology demand in latin america and the caribbean Carlos Pomareda La profundización de la pobreza y la creciente dificultad para resolverla: los hechos no revelados (The deepening of poverty and the increased complexity of solutions: The untold facts)	Martine Dirven Rural poverties and innovation in agriculture Peter Hazell Impact of public investment in agricultural research and infrastructure on growth and poverty alleviation in rural India Clara Solís Sustainable rural development within the framework of a new vision of ruralism: opportunities and challenges	Carlos Felipe Jaramillo Policy reforms and the rural sector: Salvador and Colombia, a case of non-identical twins Cecilia Lopez Some fundamentals needing change to alleviate poverty	Jacqueline Ashby Poverty and Gender: A proposal for Action Research Sara Scherr Sharpening the focus on poverty in public international agricultural research for development Edward Schuh The household: The neglected link in research and programs for poverty alleviation	Diana Carney Holistic approaches to poverty reduction: where does agricultural research fit in? Kene Ezemenari On the relative merits of food based production versus consumption transfers to reduce poverty and the implications for agricultural research Federico Perali The cost of children, demographic targeting, and poverty: An example for Colombia
LUNCH 12:30 – 14:00

Thursday, 16 September – MORNING SESSIONS
Theme #3 – Testing the resource degradation-poverty linkage
Plenary 8.00 – 10.00 Moderator: Jacqueline Ashby Peter Hazell – "The impact of agricultural research and the poor: A review of the state of knowledge". Mitch Renkow – "Poverty, productivity, and production environment: A review of the evidence" Commentators: José Maria Figueres and Joachim Voss
COFFEE BREAK 10.00 – 10:30
Parallel Sessions (Breakout Rooms) 10.30am – 12.00pm
3A Assessments Chair: R. Kirkby	3B Assessments Chair: C. Seré	3C Incentives Chair: S. Wood	3D Incentives Chair: F. Montagnini	3E Implications Chair: E. Contini
Juan Aguirre Poverty and environmental services (ES): Invoice for tropical biodiversity and ecosystem management Scott Rozelle Commercializing Agricultural Research, Fungible Government Investment, and Poverty: Lessons from China Sara Scherr A Downward Spiral? New Research Evidence on the Relationship Between Poverty and Natural Resource Degradation	Kees Prins Conservation and Poverty Alleviation. The view and practice of the poor. Manuel Paulet Los recursos naturales y la condición socioeconómica de la comunidad: Experiencias en la sierra del Perú (Natural resources and poverty in the community: The case of the Peruvian Highlands) T.J. Wyatt Poverty and degradation: What is the real linkage? Evidence from Madagascar and the Sahel	Bruno Barbier Poverty and natural resource degradation in Honduras: An assessment at country level Dieter Kirschke How do human-induced factors influence soil erosion in developing countries? The role of poverty, population pressure and agricultural intensification. Helle Ravnborg Poverty and soil management: Is there a vicious cycle?	Abelardo Rodríguez Assessing links between rural poverty and natural resource endowments. Tom Reardon Links between poverty and the environment: focus on asset categories and investment poverty, with illustrations from Latin America and Africa, and implications for policy and research.	Miguel Altieri Designing a natural resource management strategy for poor farmers in marginal environments Jock Anderson Poverty, land degradation, and rural research policy Michael Peters The role of forages in reducing poverty and degradation of natural resources in tropical production systems
LUNCH 12:00 – 13:00

Thursday, 16 September – AFTERNOON SESSIONS
Theme #4 – Improving design and monitoring
Plenary 13:00 – 15:00 Moderator: Martin Piñeiro Julio Berdegué - Agricultural research, institutions and rural poverty alleviation Walter Coward - Building Natural Assets Re-thinking the Centers’ Natural Resources Agenda And Its Links to Poverty Alleviation Gordon Rausser - Negotiating Public/Private R&D Alliances Commentators: Guido Gryseels and Cristina David
COFFEE BREAK 15:00 – 15:30
Parallel Sessions (Breakout Rooms) 15:30 – 17:00
4A Future Chair: M.V. Gottret	4B Future Chair: J.L. Restrepo	4C Impact & Priority Setting Chair: N. Johnson	4D Impact & Priority Setting Chair: D. Dalrymple	4E Institutions Chair: S. Mathur
Kenneth Menz Poverty Alleviation through Agricultural Research–the ACIAR Experience Dieter Neubert Poverty alleviation as intervention in complex and dynamic social fields Kalanidhi Subbarao Impact evaluation: A note on concepts and methods	Adrian Fajardo Are international agricultural research and the poor well connected?:An institutional cognitive pattern approach R. Padmaja Enhancing research-poverty alleviation linkages: The ICRISAT experience Paul Perrault Agricultural research and poverty alleviation in India management issues	James Oehmke Is ‘Good Science’ good enough to alleviate poverty"? Lessons from African impact assessment studies Louise Shaxson Indicating the exit: towards a holistic framework for monitoring agricultural research Patti Kristjanson Integrated methods of assessing the impacts of livestock research on poor people	Simeon Ehui The role of improved livestock technologies in poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-region, economy-wide analysis Paul Siegel Identifying relative resource scarcity when small holders are faced with multiple and interlinked constraints: Lessons from Malawi and Zambia Thomas Walker Agricultural research and poverty: CIP’s experience in priority setting and impact evaluation	Andrew Hall Why research partnerships really matter: Innovation theory, institutional arrangements, and implications for developing new technology for the poor Robert Kalyebara A comparison of factors affecting adoption of improved coffee management recommendations between small and larger farmers in Uganda Dominique Hounkonnou New partnerships for poverty alleviation in Africa. Learning from local dynamics.

Wednesday, 15 September - AFTERNOON SESSIONS
Theme #2 – Clarifying the research-poverty linkages
Plenary 14:00 – 16.00 Moderator: Paul Egger Derek Byerlee – Targeting poverty alleviation in priority setting in NARS: Theory and practice Keijiro Otsuka – Role of agricultural research in poverty reduction: Lessons from Asian experience Commentators: Elizabeth Sadoulet and Jock Anderson
COFFEE BREAK 16:00 – 16:30
Parallel Sessions (Breakout Rooms) 16:30 – 18:00
2A Mechanisms Chair: K. Mez	2B Mechanisms Chair: P. Ferreira	2C Effectiveness Chair: M. Shah	2D Effectiveness Chair: M. Dirven	2E Demand Chair: E. Alarcón	2F Demand Chair: S. Scherr
Thomas Kuby Innovation is a social process. What does this mean for impact assessment in agricultural research? Cyrus Ndiritu Planning, monitoring and evaluation for enhanced institutional efficiency and effectiveness: the case of kari	Catalina Ramos Agendas de investigación orientada: un camino que acerca la investigación a la comunidad. (Agenda of orientated research: A path which brings research closer to the community) Gonzalo Rodríguez Correspondencia entre el desarrollo de tecnología para la agroindustria de la panela con el alivio de la pobreza y la protección del ambiente y los recursos naturales: el caso de la hoya del río suárez (colombia) (The linkages between R and D for the Panela agroindustry with poverty alleviation and NR conservation: The case of Hoya Del Rio Suarez in Colombia) Luis Roberto Sanint Tecnologías de mejoramiento de germoplasma que benefician al consumidor: los casos de ganadería vacuna y arroz en América Latina y el Caribe (Germplasm-based technologies that benefit consumers: The case of livestock and rice in Latin America and the Caribbean)	P. Anadajayaser Agricultural research and poverty alleviation: Lessons from Eastern and Southern Africa Catalina Diaz Reaching the poor with effective micro credit: Evaluation of a grameen bank replication in the Philippines Nancy Johnson The impact of crop improvement research on rural poverty: A spatial analysis of BGMV-resistant bean varieties in Honduras	Helen Altshul The impacts of post-harvest crop research on poverty alleviation: Two case studies from Northern Ghana Abiodun Falusi Effect of technology change and commercialisation on income equity in nigeria: the case of improved cassava M.V. Gottret An Analysis of a Cassava Integrated Research and Development Approach: Has it Really Contributed to Poverty Alleviation?	Mauricio Bellon Expanding the benefits: Farmers’ transformation of a CIMMYT technology to suit the poor Roger Kirkby Assessing the impact of bush bean varieties on poverty reduction in sub-saharan africa: evidence from uganda Elske van de Fliert Integrative, farmer-participatory methodology for poverty-sensitive research: Sweetpotato and potato integrated crop management in Southeast Asia	Chris Edmonds The effect of technology transfer program participation on small farms in Chile Yiching Song ’Formal system and farmers' system: the impact of CIMMYT maize germplasm in South-western China Elisabeth Sadoulet Income transfer programs and rural poverty: PROCAMPO in Mexico.