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IITA Campus, Ibadan, Nigeria
From Noon Mon June 25 to Noon Thu June 28, 2007
This is the updated schedule - June, 2007
| Day | Time | Title | Speaker |
| Monday | 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Arrival and Registration | |
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| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch (on your own) | ||
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| 1:00 PM - 1:40 PM | Introduction | Conference Organizers | |
| Conference Objectives Review of Conference Programme Success for the conference replica horloges nederland | |||
| 1:40 PM - 2:30 PM | Discipline of Business Planning | Nelson Malwitz, Leadercast, LLC | |
| This session will provide insights into the importance of business planning to determine if the enterprise will be profitable and to raise capital funds. It will include an overview of a comprehensive business successful business strategy that has been used in antiquity to modern western enterpriseorologi replica | |||
| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Break | ||
| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Topic? | Dr. Olatunde Oladoyunb | |
| Suggested content: This session will give a case study of the experience of someone who started a cassava farming operation and hit some snags along the way. Also during this time AGSVL will present an example of a plan for a tractoring business. Is this a good business opportunity? | |||
| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Business Start Up and Expansion | Nelson Malwitz, Leadercast, LLC | |
| It will include an overview of a comprehensive business plan from a mission statement to making the produce or service and marketing. It will include an introduction to the use of the new web tool to guide you to build a business plan on-line. | |||
| 5:00 PM - | Dinner / Time with the Presenters | ||
| The presenters will be available for informal discussions. The conference will invite also vendors with equipment to assist in farming business. | |||
| Tuesday | 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM | IITA | IITA Experts |
| IITA will give insights into the state of the art technology and best practices in the discipline of farming cassava for high yield products. Cassava is not cassava. During this time, we will learn of the variety of cassava types that thrive in Africa and for the different markets needs they meet. | |||
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Break | ||
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | IITA Services | IITA Experts | |
| IITA has a range of courses and resourses that are available including one day on-field trainings. What happens at these trainings and the outcome for your will be presented. | |||
| 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | Lunch (on your own) | ||
| Food service available at IITA Hotel Cafeteria or Resturant. | |||
| 1:15 PM - 5:00 PM | Post-Processing the Cassava Harvest - (with mid-afternoon break and tour) | John Thorpe | |
| Local glut of cassava is an acute problem facing Nigerian farmers. This session include an overview of Post-Processing options for cassava producers. fake rolex There will be a tour of the IITA facilities during this time. | |||
| 5:00 PM - | Dinner / Time with the Presenters | ||
| The presenters will be available for informal discussions. The conference will invite also vendors with equipment to assist in cassava and fish farming business. | |||
| Wednesday | 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Best Practices of Fish Farming - (with mid-morning break) | John Thorpe |
| Best practices of planning and operating a fish farming business, but a leading American consultant. It will include a review of the fish types that work best in tropical climates as well as a review of support business opportunities, such as the production of fingerlings as a business. orologi replica italia This session will cover best practices and elements of an operating plan useful in the preparation of a business plan for a fish farming operation. | |||
| 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM | Lunch (on your own) | ||
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| 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM | Securing Start-Up and Operating Capital | Lawani Lawani A.A. Banking Official | |
| Banks are mandated to provide agriculture loans to competent farm business operations. Banking officials will review the elments required to secure financing including what they are looking for in a business plan. fake watches | |||
| 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM | NAPEP Program - Enterprise Assistance | Dr. Grace Gunwa, NAPEP, Lokoja, Kogi | |
| The National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) of the Federal Government of Nigeria is established mainly to monitor, coordinate and review all poverty eradication efforts in the Country with a view to improving impact and enhancing equity and effectiveness on the use of resources. National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) has also been mandated to extend interventions in sectors requiring immediate and/or priority attention, all with the ultimate goal of achieving the targets. Dr. Gunwa is the NAPEP director for Kogi State and will share how this micro-enterprise program can be accessed by local agriculturalists. | |||
| 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Break | ||
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| 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | Government Assistance | Dr. Tunde Arosanyin | |
| The Federal Government has a commission to promote the business of agriculture for cassava and other products. This session will be a top-down view of current and planned initiatives to support farmers, including how to take advantage of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN). Dr. Arosanyin serves on the President's Commission on Agriculture | |||
| 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM | Wrap Up | ||
| This will be a summary of the past three days with an opportunity to evaluate and provide input for the next day adn beyond. | |||
| 5:00 PM - | Dinner / Time with the Presenters | ||
| The presenters will be available for informal discussions. The conference will invite also vendors with equipment to assist in farming business. | |||
| Thursday | 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM | NEPAD - Partnershiips | Dr. Kayode Ige |
| The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) is a comprehensive integrated sustainable development initiative for the economic and social revival of Africa. Its foundation stone is a commitment to uphold global standards of democracy and good governance. But if these are to become real, NEPAD will have to be transformed into an internal relationship of accountability between African governments and their own citizens. replica rolex This session will outline the NEPAD initiative and cover what it means to you. | |||
| 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM | Open Forum | Presenters | |
| This session will include the presenters. Ask any question you like about how to use the government and private enterprise resources available. | |||
| 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Break | ||
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| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Farming as a Business | Nelson Malwitz, Leadercast, LLC and Moses, AGSVL | |
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