Day 1 (Tuesday 4 Dec)
Introductory session
8.00-9.00 Registration
9.00-9.15 Opening and welcome. Prof Arvid Uggla, Director SLU Global
9.15-9.20 Welcome remarks. Prof Eli Katunguka, Director of Research and Graduate Training, Makerere University
9.20-9.50 Keynote presentation. Building sustainable food systems in Africa: AGRA-Sweden partnership. Dr Rufaro Madakadze, Program Officer Education and Training, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
9.50-10.00 Practical information Kim Rock, Carolyn Glynn
10.00-10.30 Coffee/Tea
Scientific session 1 – Crop breeding and genetics. Chairperson: Prof Ingrid Öborn
10.30-11.00 Keynote introduction. Assoc Prof Patrick Okori, Dean School of Agricultural Sciences, Makerere University
11.00-11.20 Disease breeding in sorghum. C. Dixelius
11.20-11.40 Exploring genetic diversity and variation in tuber composition of nutsedge – a potential crop for East Africa. E. Too, B. Were, A. Onkware, Joyce Agalo, S. Gudu, A. Carlsson
11.40-12.00 Plant breeding and genetic resources – Collaborations between SLU, South Africa and Southern Africa. E. Johansson, E. Alexandersson, M. Labuschagne, D. Jacobson, M. Vivier, D. Nguni, C. Mujaju, S. Andersson, F. Hailu, N. Mkhatywa, E. Jönsson, A. Geiger, D. Weighill, A. van Biljon, M. Prieto Linde, H. Persson Hovmalm
12.00-12.20 Genetic resources and plant breeding – Collaboration between SLU and Central Asia. L. Gustavsson, T. Bryngelsson, S. Andersson, M. Rahmatov, M. Mahkamov, E. Torutaeva, A. Zborowska
12.20-13.20 Lunch
Scientific session 2 – Animal health and production. Chairperson: Prof Elly Sabiiti
13.20-13.50 Keynote introduction. Livestock production in Uganda: The opportunities and challenges for food security Assoc Prof David Owiny, Dean School of Biosecurity, Biotechnical and Laboratory Sciences, Makerere University
13.50-14.10 Improving pasture availability for dairy cows in pastoral production systems. D. Mpairwe, C. Johansson, M. Tibezinda, S. Katuromunda, E. Sabiiti, E. Wredle
14.10-14.30 Reproductive health in dairy herds in Uganda and its implications for herd profit. T. Ntallaris, B. Kanyima, R. Båge
14.30-14.40 Health break
14.40-15.00 Animal genetic resources for improved livestock productivity under harsh environmental conditions. J. Philipsson, E. Zonabend, J. Ojango, E. Strandberg
15.00-15.20 Metagenomic studies on virus dynamics at the livestock/tick/wildlife interface with special reference to African swine fever. M. Berg, C. Masembe, R. A. Okurut, P. Atimnedi, A. Fisher, R. Skilton, R. Bishop, A. Blomström, K. Ståhl
15.20-15.50 Coffee/Tea
15.50-16.20 Keynote presentation. Challenges for the African tertiary agricultural education. Prof Hamidou Boly, Coordinator Tertiary Education in Agriculture Mechanism (TEAM-Africa)
16.20-17.20 Panel discussion: Future needs for research and education in food security and land use sciences, and possibilities for strengthening collaborations between SLU and African institutions. Reflections from the day’s discussions. Rufaro Madakadze (AGRA), Ingrid Öborn (ICRAF), Eli Katunguka (Makerere University), Adipala Ekwamo (RUFORUM), Hamidou Boly (TEAM-Africa), Katri Pohjolainen Yap (Sida) and Arvid Uggla (SLU Global). Chairman: Dr Inge Gerremo, SLU Global
19.00-21.00+ BBQ Dinner at Hotel Metropole hosted by SLU Global
Day 2 (Wednesday 5 Dec)
9.00-9.15 Welcome to Day 2. Arvid Uggla
Scientific session 3 – Urban and peri-urban animal production. Chairperson: Dr Ewa Wredle
9.15-9.35 The importance of the zoonotic bacterium Brucella abortus in the milk chain in Gulu and Soroti regions of Uganda. K. Rock, D. Mugizi, J. Erume, C. Waiswa, G. Nasinyama, K. Ståhl, U. Magnusson, S. Boqvist
9.35-9.55 Feed for livestock in urban and peri-urban production: The case of Kampala, Uganda. C. Katongole, R. Lumu, K. Lawrence, J. Nambi-Kasozi, F. Bereeba, M. Presto, E. Ivarsson, J. E. Lindberg
9.55-10.15 Manure management in Kampala – a potential golden egg. A. Komakech, B. Vinnerås
10.15-10.35 An assessment of potential disease transmission at an early level in the food value chain. A-L. Blomström, C. Lalander, Vinnerås, A. Komakech, J. E. Lindberg, S. Boqvist
10.35-10.55 Coffee/Tea
Scientific session 4 – Sustainable agroecosystems. Chairperson: Prof Christina Dixelius
10.55- 11.15 Management of water resources in Ethiopian agriculture. S. Gebreyohannis, W. Bewket, K. Bishop, T. Almirew, E. Karltun
11.15-11.35 Multifunctionality of agroforestry systems. I. Öborn, J. Nyaga, Y. Nyberg, E. Barrios, S. Dahlin, M. Jonsson, B. Lager, V. Matiru, C. W. Muthuri, F. L. Sinclair
11.35-11.55 Assessing multifunctionality and climate change adaptation capacity of agroforestry systems in W Kenya. Ylva Nyberg, I. Öborn, M. Jonsson, E. Lazlo Ambjörnsson, E. Barrios, F. L. Sinclair
11.55-12.15 Impact of trees on water and nutrients dynamics in smallholder maize-based farming systems. J. Nyaga, C. W. Muthuri, E. Barrios, I. Öborn, V. Matiru, F. L. Sinclair
12.15-12.35 Farmers´perceptions of trees, soil rehabilitation and research communication G.Nyberg, B. Lemma
12.35-13.35 Lunch
13.35-13.45 Introduction and instructions to breakout sessions. Carolyn Glynn
13.45-17.00 Breakout sessions incl. coffee/tea
Evening meal at participants’ own discretion
Day 3 (Thursday 6 Dec)
9.00-9.15 Welcome to Day 3. Arvid Uggla
Scientific session 5 – Innovative crop protection I. Chairperson: Prof Eva Johansson
9.15-9.45 Innovative crop protection approaches for Uganda´s farming systems. The contribution of Makerere University. Prof Samuel Kyamanywa, Principal College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University
9.45-10.15 The importance of landscape and local structure for pest and natural enemy occurrence. B. Ekbom, M. Jonsson, C. Midega, S. Kyamanywa, J. Karungi, D. Gayi, A. Ijala, N. Backlund, L. Malmberg
10.15-10.35 Coffee/Tea
Scientific session 6 – Innovative crop protection II. Chairperson: Prof Barbara Ekbom
10.35-11.05 Keynote introduction. Gene stewardship – Optimizing the use of host plant resistance. Dr Gregory Forbes, International Potato Centre (CIP)
11.05-11.30 Integrated insect pest management in high value crops in Ethiopia: fruit and tomato. E. Seyoum, T. Dejene, M. Karlsson, M. Mulugeta, B. Mekonnen, M. Proffit, B. Aregay, T. Mulugeta, J. Axelsson, Y. Hillbur, T. Dekker
11.30-11.45 Research on push pull control of the sugarcane borer in Southern Africa. C. Okoth, D. Conlong, A. Juergens, S. Rutherford, Y. Hillbur, T. Dekker
11.45-12.05 New, dominating clones of Phytophthora infestans in East Africa. J. Yuen, A. Njoroge, D. Shimelash, G. Tusiime, G. Forbes
12.05-12.30 General discussion of sessions 5 and 6
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.30 Breakout sessions incl. coffee/tea
15.30-16.30 Closing session. Round table discussion on strategies and ways forward based on reports from breakout sessions. Chairman: Inge Gerremo
16.30-16.45 Concluding remarks. Arvid Uggla
Evening meal at participants’ own discretion
Day 4 (Friday 7 Dec)
9.00-12.00 Makerere University visit (optional)