| Nine postgraduate courses will be conducted at CIAT in the
second semester of 2004 for Colombian professionals working
with national institutions of research, development, and education.
The Colombian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
(MADR, its Spanish acronym) is sponsoring these courses within
the framework of the Agreement on Technical and Scientific
Cooperation signed with the Center. The courses aim to bring
participants up to date in specific areas relating to common
beans, rice, cassava, tropical forages, rural innovation,
soils, fruits, and plant health risks.
Registration is made only through interested institutions,
and the courses are free for the successful candidates.
The courses—each with a maximum of 30 participants—will
be offered at CIAT's headquarters in Palmira. The teaching
methodology combines conferences; practice in the field, laboratory,
and greenhouse; discussion groups; round tables; and presentations
by participants.
Most of the instructors will be CIAT scientific staff, but
will also include lecturers of recognized international status.
The first course—for which participants have already
been selected—is on legume flours for animal feed. It
began last week on 13 September.
The following table lists the courses planned for this
semester:
Name of Course
|
Dates
|
Coordinator
|
No. of
Participants
|
| Seed Production,
Plant Management, and Marketing: UNAL-CIAT |
October 4-8 |
Mario García |
25
|
| Modern Systems of
Producing and Using Cassava |
October 11-15 |
B. Ospina |
30
|
| Indicators of Soil
Quality: Concepts and Principles Applied for Evaluating
Land Degradation |
October 19-22 |
Y. Rubiano |
50
|
| Integrated Management
of the Rice Crop |
October 25-29 |
L. Calvert |
30
|
| Research and Technologies
for Increased Productivity of Common and String Beans
in Colombia |
November 2-12 |
S. Beebe |
30
|
| Preventing Plant
Health Risks in Colombia |
November 3-5 |
I. Salas |
30
|
| Rural Innovation
in the Context and Current State of Rural Development
in Colombia |
November 9-12 |
R. Pineda |
30
|
| Producing Warm-Climate
Fruit Trees |
November 22-26 |
J. Cock |
30
|
|
