Symposium proceedings: 2nd symposium on participatory research to foster innovation

Day 1

Opening Session

• Frank Eyhorn: Driving change in agriculture – The role of research and innovation

Session A

• Melanie Paschke: New ways of early-stage scientists to contribute to the science-policy dialogue and how to prepare them.
• Maria Rosa Mondardini: Citizen Science "Zurich Style"

Session B

• Paolo Annicchiarico: Conventional and genome-enabled farmer-participatory selection in large-scale breeding programmes: a pea case study
• Amritbir Riar: Sowing the Seed of Change
• Nathalie Oberson: Participatory variety selection – Farmers testing and evaluating new cultivars of staple food crops in Chad

Session C

• Thomas Bernet: Participatory value chain development to build capital for innovation
• Anne Muriuki: Opportunities and Challenges in Participatory Research in Kenya

Day 2

• Bart Vollaard: Introduction to the Global Organic Cotton Platform – The true potential of organic cotton
• S. K. Rao: Center of Excellence – A Vision
• V. M. Bhale: Policy, education and Organic cotton in M.P.
• Fishbowl Session