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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Field Trip Day
of the Second Scientific Conference of the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21-II)
The field excursions for the forthcoming GCP21-II 2012 in Kampala Uganda will be held on June 20th. The excursion will involve visits to farmers’ fields in the morning and
an on station tour of NaCRRI research activities in the afternoon.
Sign up for the Field Trip Day on Monday, June 18 and Tuesday, June 19 until 4 pm by the Registration Desk.
Participants will leave the Speke hotel in buses at 8:00 am for visits to farmers’ fields, expected to last about four hours. Thereafter, all
participants will assemble at the NaCRRI at around 12 pm. While in the fields, delegates will have the opportunity to see and share with farmers the typical challenges in cassava production in Uganda, including but not limited to cassava brown streak disease (CBSD), cassava mosaic disease (CMD) and an avalanche of whiteflies which have attained pest status besides being a vector of the dual viral diseases of CBSD and CMD.
Arrival at NaCRRI Research Station of Namulonge: 12 pm
Second departure from the Speke Hotel for the half day visit: 11 am
Refreshments
Lunch at NaCRRI Research Station of Namulonge 12:15 pm
Luncheon presentation: Mr. Isingoma Amooti,
An active cassava entrepreneur in Uganda
After lunch,
participants will have an on-station guided tour of the institute for on-going research and development activities ranging from laboratory environments, confined field trials, screen house experiments and open field trials on the station. This will be a highly interactive session where the
participants will be given adequate time for discussion with the respective presenters at the site. The
participants will also have the opportunity at the exhibition stalls to view institute level research and development activities for other commodity crops besides cassava such as sweet potatoes, maize, rice, beans, horticultural crops, fodder crops, coffee and bananas. The field visit will end with a colourful African dinner which will be graced with African dances, bull-roasting and cassava-based beers.
Interview of selected cassava scientists by the media: 2-5 pm
Refreshments
Visit of the research and demonstration stands
Welcome to the NaCRRI Research Station of Namulonge: 6 pm
- Dr. James Ogwang, Director of NaCRRI
- Dr. Emily Twinamasiko, Director of NARO
African Dances: 6:30 pm
African-style Barbecue: 7-9 pm
Departure from NaCRRI Research Station: 9:30 pm
Expected arrival at Speke Hotel: 10:30 pm
This page updated 2/7/2012
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