Potato Science for the Poor – Challenges for the New Millennium

Program

POTATO SCIENCE FOR THE POOR: CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM

A Working Conference to celebrate the International Year of the Potato
25-28 March 2008
Cuzco, Peru

PROGRAM

	24 March
	15:00-18:00	Registration at the Conference venue, Hotel Libertador Palacio del Inka

	25 March [Day 1]
	OPENING SESSION: WELCOME AND OVERVIEW

	08:00	Pamela Anderson, Director General, International Potato Center Ren Wang, Director General, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Jose Graziano DaSilva, Director, FAO Latin America Region Ismael Benavides – Minister of Agriculture, Peru
	08:30	Overview: Potato science for the poor Pamela Anderson – International Potato Center
	09:00	Introduction: International agricultural research and the global public goods challenge Jurgen Voegele – Director, Agriculture and Rural Development, World Bank
	09:20	Keynote Lecture: Targeting the poor and hungry Graham Thiele – International Potato Center
	10:00	Coffee Break

	SESSION 1: INCREASING POTATO PRODUCTIVITY FOR THE AGRICULTURALLY-BASED DEVELOPING WORLD

	10:30	The importance of agricultural research for poverty reduction in Mozambique, with special reference to potato C. Bias Determinants of potato yield and profitability in Peru: a comparative analysis of coast and sierra regions J. Velazco, H. Venero and V. Alva Seed-tuber and soil-borne disease management in sustainable and intensive agricultural systems L. Tsror Challenges and opportunities for potato pest management in developing countries J. Kroschel, M. Sporleder, J. Alcazar, V. Canedo, N. Mujica , O. Zegarra and R. Simon
	11:45	Keynote Lecture: Climate change as a risk to potato production Marco Bindi – Universita degli Studi di Firenze
	12:30	Lunch
	14:00	Emerging potato diseases: assessing future threats and global risk management I. Barker, H. Gamarra, H. Juarez and G. Forbes Applications of different molecular tools to detect candidate genes for useful traits E. Ritter, I. Sánchez, J.I. Ruiz de Galarreta and M. Hernández Improving abiotic stress resistance of cultivated potatoes: moving frost hardy genes from wild potatoes and making real progress using precise screening tools J.P. Palta, J. B. Bamberg and S.E. Vega Durable resistance to late blight in potato through the use of genes of wild species and prospects for resource poor environments A.J. Haverkort Potato seed: an everlasting challenge? R. Cortbaoui Supplemental calcium nutrition may have the potential of improving tuber yield of native potatoes in the Peruvian highlands J.P. Palta, R. Gomez, A.H. del Rio, W. Roca, J.B. Bamberg, A. Salas and M. Bonierbale
	15:30	Coffee Break – Poster Viewing
	16:00	Keynote Lecture: Domestication and diffusion of potato David Spooner – USDA-Wisconsin
	16:30	Working Groups: Formation and orientation (30 minutes) Charles Crissman, CIP Director of Research
	18:00	Welcome Cocktail hosted by the Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture

	26 March [Day 2]
	SESSION 2: INCREASING SYSTEM RESILIANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE TRANSFORMING DEVELOPING WORLD

	08:00	Keynote Lecture: Underground assets: potatoes to improve the livelihoods of the poor Ruth Meinzen-Dick – International Food Policy Research Institute
	08:45	Keynote Lecture: History lessons on vulnerability: the case of potato late blight in Europe Jan Zadoks – Professor Emeritus, Wageningen University
	09:30	Potatoes: a tool for social inclusion and a link among cultures in Argentina F. Sossa, S. Capezio, S. Rigato, M.C. Monti, K.A. Okada, M.L. Tejón and M. Huarte Potatoes, climate, markets and gender in the livelihoods strategies of Altiplano communities in Bolivia C. Valdivia and E. Jiménez Participatory research and potato innovation systems: Challenges and prospects O. Ortiz, R. Orrego, W. Pradel, P. Gildemacher, R. Castillo, R. Otiniano, J. Gabriel, J. Vallejo, O. Torres, G. Woldegiorgis, B. Damene, R. Kakuhenzire, I. Kashaija and I. Kahiu Traditional agricultural technologies and their potential for sustainable potato production in the Andean region A. Oswald, J Caycho, A. Arias and J. Andrade
	10:30	Coffee Break – Poster Viewing
	11:00	Environmental vulnerability assessment of potato-based systems: tools and methods R. Quiroz, C. Barreda, B. Condori, A. Posadas, C. Yarlequé, P. Zorogastúa and H. Heidinger Impacts of hydrological field interactions in an integrated assessment model for terraced crop systems in the Peruvian Andes L. Claessens, J.J. Stoorvogel and J.M. Antle Tillage erosion - a different way to look at soil erosion and conservation within steepland potato production in the Americas K.H.D. Tiessen, G. Dercon, F. Sancho, D.A. Lobb and G.R. Mehuys The efforts of the US potato genebank to make use of DNA-based markers to investigate the conservation and the management of potato genetic diversity A.H. del Rio and J.B. Bamberg Temporal and spatial dimensions of potato genetic diversity in Huancavelica, central Peru S. de Haan, M. Bonierbale, H. Juarez, J. Poma and E. Salas Genomics and biodiversity: providing new opportunities for smallholder potato farmers A. Forbes, M. Bonierbale, M. Ghislain, C. Gebhardt, J. Gabriel, C. E. Nustez, X. Cuesta and E. Fernandez-Northcote
	12:30	Lunch
	14:00	Keynote Lecture: Pre-Columbian societies of the Andean region, associated with the domestication, intensive cultivation and dissemination of potato Francisco Morales – International Center for Tropical Agriculture
	14:45	SLIDE SHOW ON THE POTATO PARK VISIT
	15:30	Coffee Break - Poster Viewing
	16:00	Working Groups (90 minutes)
	18:00	Photography exhibition at Inka Museum

	27 MARCH [Day 3]
	SESSION 3: MEETINGS WITH FARMER RESEARCHERS AT THE CUZCO POTATO PARK

	07:00	Departure of buses from Cusco Plaza de Armas , by the Cathedral
	09:30	Arrival to Park’s Community – Welcome: Park Farmers
	10:00	The context: A. Argumedo
	10:15	Native potatoes, climate change and adaptation
	10:45	Potatoes, creative economy and local livelihoods
	11:30	Native Potato and Muña drink Break
	12:00	Dialog: visitors and farmers
	12:30	Visit to native potato fields
	13:00	Departure to Potato Park interpretation center
	13:45	Acknowledgment to Branston: D. Nelson
	13:55	Lunch
	15:00	Visit to Farmer Groups exhibits
	15:30	Departure of buses from Potato Park to Cusco
	17:00	Arrival back at Cusco Plaza de Armas

	28 MARCH [Day 4]
	SESSION 4: INCREASING POTATO PROFITABILITY IN THE URBANIZED WORLD

	08:00	Keynote lecture: Nutrition and health: two key issues for development Manuel Peña – World Health Organization/PanAmerican Health Organization
	08:45	Keynote Lecture: Doing well by doing good Carole Munro – Vice President, Wellness Project LIFE, McCain Food Limited
	09:30	Collective action for market chain innovation in the Andes A. Devaux, D. Horton, C. Velasco, G. Thiele, G. López, T. Bernet, I. Reinoso and M. Ordinola T’ikapapa – a concrete case to link small-scale Andean farmers to new market opportunities using potato biodiversity K. Manrique, M. Ordinola, T. Bernet, A. Thomann and A. Devaux The potential for small-scale farmers to access national and regional markets for fresh and frozen potato chips in Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda Tanzania and Uganda B. Lemaga, J. Nsumba, A. Bombom , A. Tesfaye, G. Okoboi and G. Thiele Environmental pressures on the potato supply chain in the United Kingdom D.G. Nelson
	10:30	Coffee Break – Poster Viewing
	11:00	Fighting poverty in Ecuador through potatoes: the FORTIPAPA experience I. Reinoso The climate as a factor in determining the profitability of the potato crop in five areas of the Peruvian coast and sierra H. Venero Native potato farmers’ access to high value markets A. Gandarillas, S. Arandia, and J. Blajos
	11:30	Working groups (60 minutes)
	12:30	Lunch
	14:00	Working groups (90 minutes)
	15:30	Coffee Break - Poster Viewing
	16:00	Closing Session Reports from Working Group Chairs Open Discussion Final Remarks: Eric Kueneman, FAO Final Remarks: Pamela Anderson, CIP

Working Conference to Celebrate the International Year of the Potato