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Consultation Workshop on Market Oriented Agricultural Extension, 11-13 May 2010, Bangkok Thailand
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May 11th (Tuesday)

Time

Program

8.30

Registration

9.00-10.00

Opening Ceremony:
Welcome remarks by Ms. Juejan Tangtermthong, Executive Director, AFMA
Remarks by Andrew Shepherd, FAO, Rome
Official opening speech by Mr. Hiroyuki Konuma, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Introduction to the Workshop (Objectives, outputs, methodology)

Group photo

10:00-10:30

Coffee Break

10.30-11.30

Market-oriented Advisory Services
National and global trends and market oriented advisory services  
Speaker:  David Kahan, FAO, Bangkok

Re-orienting extension services to respond to global trends, Malcolm Hazelman, FAO, Bangkok

11:30 – 12.30

(10 minutes power point presentation each followed by question & discussion)

Market-oriented Extension: presentation and discussion of country experiences

Presentation #1: Thailand’s Experience
Speaker: Ms.Yupa Intrawech

Presentation #2: Philippines’ Experience
Speaker: Mr. Francisco Ramos

Presentation #3: China’s Experience
Speaker: Mr. Zhang Qiao

12.30-13.30 Lunch Break

13.30 – 14.30

(10 minutes power point presentation each followed by question & discussion)

Presentation #4:  India’s Experience
Speaker: Mr. Sanjeev Gupta

Presentation #5: Bangladesh’s Experience
Speaker: Mr. Md. Mahfooz-ul-Alam

Presentation #6: Sri Lanka’s Experience
Speaker: Dayananda Abeysuriya

14.30-15.30

FAO Training and Extension Materials
FAO agricultural marketing extension materials, Andrew Shepherd, FAO,  Rome
FAO’s farm management extension materials- David Kahan, FAO, Bangkok
Presentation on FAO-Technical Programme Experience in Nepal

Discussion

15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00-17.00

Review of FAO Materials and Identifying Gaps

Group work by country: review of materials

19.00-21:00 Welcome Dinner at Roberto restaurant, 2nd Floor

May12th (Wednesday)

Time

Program

8.30-8.45

Summary of Day 1 proceedings

By K. Singh

8.45- 10.00

Group work by sub-region: review of materials and identify further needs

10:00-10:30

Coffee Break

10.30-12:30

Feed-back by sub-region - identify priority needs in market-oriented extension training.

12:30-13:30

Lunch Break

13.30-13:45

Preparation of Proposals for Follow-up Action

Guidance in preparing a Project Proposals

13.45-15.30

Identification of issues and breakdown of participants into groups to prepare project profiles and action plans

15.30 – 16.00

Coffee break

16.00 – 17.00 Working group preparation of project profiles

May 13th (Thursday)

Time

Program

8.30-8.45

Summary of Day 2  proceedings

By K. Singh

8:45-10.00

Finalization of presentations

10:00-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-12:30

Feed-back presentations by sub-region

12.30-13.30

Lunch

13.30-15.30

Break down into country groups and prepare project profiles

Possible follow-up actions
15.30 Closing Ceremony
15.30-16.00 Coffee break

 

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