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Saturday/Sunday
18th-19th May, 2002
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TIME
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ACTIVITY/PRESENTATIONS
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Setting up posters and exhibits (continues all
day)
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12:00
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Registration desk
opens and continues till 18:30
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Day
1: Monday 20th May, 2002
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SESSION 1
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WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION
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08:00
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Registration of participants continues
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08:30
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Outline of workshop objectives and introduction
of participants
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09:00
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Paper
Presentation: Development of Animal Traction, Conservation
Agriculture and Rural Transport in the Context of Modernizing
Agriculture in Uganda; Strategy and Policy.
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09.20
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DISCUSSION
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09:30
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Tea break
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SESSION 2
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KEY NOTE PAPERS/ OFFICIAL OPENING
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10.00
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Guest of Honor, HE The President of the Republic
of Uganda arrives
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10:05
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Guest of Honor tours exhibits
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10:45
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Welcome remarks by Chairman of the Organizing
Committee, ATNESA and others
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11:00
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Key note
paper: Overview of Animal Traction & Rural Transport in
Development: The Case of Africa
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11:30
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Key note
paper: Overview of Conservation Agriculture in Development: The
Case of Africa
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12:00
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Official remarks by the Director General, NARO
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12:10
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Official remarks by the FAOR
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12:20
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Official remarks by the Hon. Minister of
Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries
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12:30
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Official Opening of the Workshop by Guest of
Honor, HE The President of the Republic of Uganda
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13:00
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Lunch Break
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SESSION 3
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EQUIPMENT FOR CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE
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14:00
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Equipment for conservation agriculture: General
status and trends
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14:20
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Equipment for conservation agriculture:
Small-holders
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14:40
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Equipment for conservation agriculture: Large
scale status and trends
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15:00
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DISCUSSION
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15:30
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Break
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SESSION 4
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MACHINERY EXHIBITION
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16:00
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Visits Exhibition/demonstration
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18:00
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Workshop
Cocktail (Source of the Nile)
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Day
2: Tuesday 21st May, 2002
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SESSION 5
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ANIMAL TRACTION IN THE CONTEXT OF CONSERVATION
AGRICULTURE
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08:30
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Animal a source of power (Husbandry issues)
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08:50
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Integration of livestock in CA
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09:10
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Draft animal power needs for CA (draft, animal
training, harnessing methods etc.)
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09:30
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Animal power use in rural and peri urban
transport
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10:10
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DISCUSSION
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10:30
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Tea Break
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SESSION 6
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POLICY ISSUES ON ANIMAL TRACTION AND CONSERVATION
AGRICULTURE
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11:00
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Experiences with
policy for sustained input supply structure in CA
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11:20
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The benefits of
a liberalized and decentralized development model: Experiences from
Uganda
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11:40
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Approaches for building farmers’ management
skills in AT and CA use
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12:00
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DISCUSSION
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13:00
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Lunch
Break
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SESSION 7
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SOCIO-CULTURAL AND GENDER ISSUES ON ANIMAL
TRACTION AND CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE
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14:00
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The impact of socio-cultural factors in
utilization in AT and CA (to consider migration gender and AIDS)
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14:20
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Advances in mainstreaming gender in animal
traction and CA
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14:40
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PLENARY DISCUSSION AND INTRODUCTION TO GROUP WORK
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15:00
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GROUP DISCUSSION ON EMERGING ISSUES
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16:15
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Tea break
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16:45
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GROUP
PRESENTATIONS
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17:45
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Field day
guidelines
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DAY
3: Wednesday 22nd May 2002
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8:00
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Field Visits
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Evening
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Workshop
Dinner
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DAY
4: Thursday 23rd May 2002
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SESSION 8
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
DEVELOPMENT IN MANUFACTURING, MARKETING AND SERVICE PROVISION
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08:30
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Entrepreneurship and micro-enterprise development
for AT and CA
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08:50
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Empowering rural and peri-urban artisans, Ugandan
case study
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09:10
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Elements for conducive environment for
internationally operating implement manufacturers and suppliers
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09:30
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Tea break
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09:50
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Manufacturing of farm equipment, marketing and
provision of back-up services
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SESSION 9
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ORGANISATION OF
MACHINERY USE AND SERVICES
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10:10
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Multi-farm use options for enhanced farmer
accessibility to machinery and services
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10:30
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Multi-farm use South African experience
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11:10
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Experiences with private sector machinery hire
services the case of Tanzania Farmer Service Centre (TFSC), Tanzania
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SESSION 10
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MICRO-FINANCE IN
ANIMAL TRACTION AND CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT
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11:30
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Experiences with micro-finance in promoting AT
and CA: opportunities and bottlenecks
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11:50
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DISCUSSION
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13:00
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Lunch
Break
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14:00
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Group Discussion
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15:30
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Break
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16:00
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Presentation of group work
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17:00
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Synthesis of issues from Tuesday to Thursday
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Evening
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Room
for informal presentations (videos, etc….) UNATCA Meeting
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DAY
5: Friday, 24th May 2002
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SESSION 11
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WORKSHOP SYNTHESIS AND
ACTION PLANS
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08:30
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Propose elements that contribute to modernising
agriculture in the region using AT and CA
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10:30
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Tea break
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11:00
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Apply
the proposed elements to the specific case of Uganda
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13:00
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Workshop Synthesis
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13:30
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Workshop evaluation; Launching of UNATCA and
official closing of Workshop
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14:00
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Lunch
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Local participants may depart
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Saturday
25th May 2002
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Foreign participants depart
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Editorial Committee starts work on workshop
report and proceedings for five days
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updated
16 February 2002 
