Official day of the CLIFOOD Block Seminar 6 "Agroecosystems"
October 10, 2019, Hawassa University, Ethiopia
Venue: GH building Hall, College of Agriculture
The highlight of the Block Seminar 6 will be the public event on Agroecosystems. The official day will be opened by the president of the Hawassa University Ato Ayano Beraso Hula. Further welcome speeches will be given by Dr. Tesfaye Abebe Amdie, Scientific leader of CLIFOOD, Hawassa University, Prof. Alemayehu Regassa, Vice President for Research and Technology, Hawassa University, Dr. Nicole Schönleber, CEO Food Security Center, University of Hohenheim.
Furthermore two keynote presentations will be presented: "National land rehabilitation program: lessons from Ethiopia" by Dr. Tefera Mengistu from the Ethiopian Ministry of Environment and Forest in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and "Unsustainable agricultural practices and its impact on lake ecosystem" by Dr. Fassil Eshetu Teffera, AMU-IUC Program Manager, Assistant Professor-Aquatic Ecology, Biology Department, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia.
Program
| Location: | GH building Hall, College of Agriculture |
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome speeches by official delegates |
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome, wrap-up Day 3 and introduction to Day 4 PD Dr. Frank Rasche, Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute), Agro-ecology Section (490f), University of Hohenheim Dr. Tesfaye Abebe Amdie, CLIFOOD Scientific leader Hawassa University / Associate Professor at School of Plant and Horticultural Sciences, College of Agriculture, Hawassa University |
| 9:15 a.m. | Keynote: National land rehabilitation program: lessons from Ethiopia Dr. Tefera Mengistu, Ethiopian Ministry of Environment and Forest, Addis ababa, Ethiopia |
| 10:15 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 10:45 a.m. | Keynote: Unsustainable agricultural practices and its impact on lake ecosystem Dr. Fassil Eshetu Teffera, AMU-IUC Program Manager, Assistant Professor-Aquatic Ecology,Biology Department, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia |
| 11:45 a.m. | Official closure of block seminar |
| 12:00 p.m. | Group picture Transfer to Haile Resort Hotel |
| 12:30 p.m. | Official lunch break to all participants of the official day Haile Resort |
| 2:00 p.m. | CLIFOOD Members only: Leaving for Arba MInch from Haile Resort (with excursion stop(s) on the way) |
| 7:00 p.m. | CLIFOOD Members only: Check-in hotel Arba Minch |
| 7:30 p.m. | CLIFOOD Members only: Joint Dinner |