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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100312
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SUMMARY:STEPS Water Seminar: Mansoor Ali
DESCRIPTION:Are there any secret millionaires in waste? The framings of real waste systems in Karachi and Dhaka. Modernisation and globalisation of waste systems and their divide with the real systems\, with Mansoor Ali\, Practical Action. \n\nMansoor Ali’s presentation (Slideshare)\nDescription flyer (pdf)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-water-seminar-mansoor-ali-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100302
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
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SUMMARY:STEPS/Sussex Energy Group Seminar
DESCRIPTION:STEPS/Sussex Energy Group Seminar – Rob Byrne\, SPRU. \nThe challenges of low-carbon development: From technology transfer to socio-technical transformation. \n Rob Byrne’s presentation (Slideshare)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/stepssussex-energy-group-seminar-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20100208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100209
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
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SUMMARY:UNESCO EPFL Conference on ‘Technologies for Development’
DESCRIPTION:UNESCO EPFL Conference on ‘Technologies for Development’. Prof. Melissa Leach\, STEPS Centre director\, gave a presentation on the New Manifesto project.\nPresentation: Sustainability\, Development\, Social Justice: Towards a new politics of innovation (Slideshare)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/unesco-epfl-conference-on-technologies-for-development-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20091217T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20091218T170059
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SUMMARY:The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) workshop
DESCRIPTION:Low-cost\, high production farming in an era of scarcity\nThe STEPS Centre hosted an informal roundtable to discuss the spread and diversification of SRI\, the conflicts that have arisen around it\, and the social\, institutional and political dynamics that underlie them. \n \nIt brought together Prof. Norman Uphoff of Cornell University\, USA\, Dr. Willem Stoop from the Netherlands and Mr. Biksham Gujja of WWF – who have all played important roles in the evaluation and dissemination of SRI; researchers from Wageningen University\, Netherlands who are embarking on a study of SRI’s development in India and Madagascar and a number of STEPS and IDS colleagues. The aim was to gain a better understanding of this evolving and multi-layered phenomenon and to sharpen the focus of research in view or in planning. \n\nDraft agenda and questions (pdf 61kb) \nSystem of Rice Intensification (SRI) meeting photoset\nPresentation: Perspectives on SRI: Biksham Gujja\n\nWhat is SRI?\nSRI – also as le Systéme de Riziculture Intensive in French and la Sistema Intensivo de Cultivo Arrocero (SICA) in Spanish – is a methodology for increasing the productivity of irrigated rice cultivation by changing the management of plants\, soil\, water and nutrients. SRI proponents say its practices lead to healthier\, more productive soil and plants by supporting greater root growth and by nurturing the abundance and diversity of soil organisms. SRI is low cost for poor farmers because it does not require the purchase of new seeds or the use of chemical fertilizer and agrochemicals. Seed costs are cut by 80-90%\, and because paddy fields are not kept continuously flooded\, there are water savings of 25 to 50%\, a major benefit in many places. Find out more \n\nWhy is SRI important?\nThe System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is eye-catching for many reasons. It is an innovation that emerged from the highlands of Madagascar and has spread to countries on at least three continents. Farmers report achieving rice yields 50-100% above their usual harvests – in some cases pushing what scientists have claimed as rice’s physiological potential – while using substantially less water for irrigation. In a context of growing scarcity and competition over water\, this in itself is noteworthy. \nThe innovation builds not on any advanced technique such as genetic modification but on how the crop is managed: transplanting young seedlings\, spacing them widely\, and keeping soils well aerated and moist\, but not flooded. And SRI was developed not in labs or research stations or by farmers in their fields but by a priest who trained as an agronomist and worked with farmers.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/the-system-of-rice-intensification-sri-workshop-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091212
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
CREATED:20120124T101447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120124T101447Z
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SUMMARY:The Publics of Public Health Conference
DESCRIPTION:Challenging new arrangements for health research and care are emerging amidst globalisation\, privatisation and the rise of new marketised and pluralized systems. What are the ‘new publics’ emerging in this context? Who is benefiting and who is losing? A conference co-convened by\, and featuring speakers from the STEPS Centre. Melissa Leach’s blogs from Kilifi\, kenya: \n\nNew public health agendas\, new publics\nAlternative narratives of public health
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/the-publics-of-public-health-conference-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091125
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
CREATED:20120124T102026Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Centre Symposium 2009
DESCRIPTION:STEPS Centre Symposium: Innovation\, Sustainability\, Development: Emerging Emerging themes\, challenges and opportunities (pdf)  \n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-centre-symposium-2009-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091102
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091104
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
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SUMMARY:STEPS Water Symposium: Liquid Dynamics I
DESCRIPTION:The first Liquid Dynamics symposium at IDS\, Brighton\, UK. \n \nSymposium report:  Liquid Dynamics: Accessing Water and Sanitation in an Uncertain Age – Symposium Report (pdf 485kb) \nRelated research & events\n\nLyla Mehta interview: “Shit happens”\, British Medical Journal podcast\, 17 September 2010.\nLyla Mehta is quoted in the British Medical Journal article Toiling for toilets\, 15 September 2010.\nEldis blog: Water and sanitation for all: the need to go beyond numbers and beyond the MDGs by Lyla Mehta and Jeremy Allouche\, 17 September 2010.\nThe STEPS water team held an event at World Water Week 2010 in Stockholm: Liquid Dynamics II.\nLiquid Dynamics II: Linking quality and access for pro-poor Sustainability\nWorld Water Week 2010 homepage\nBlogs from World Water Week 2010\n\nSTEPS water and sanitation research featured in an article entitled Water Flows\, in the Spring 2010 edition of Society Now\nCase study: The social life of water\, The Guardian\, November 2009. Part of the ESRC feature “Climate change and you”.\nThe STEPS water team held an event at World Water Week in Stockholm in August 2009\, using case studies from our peri-urban work in Delhi and Community-Led Total Sanitation.\nBlog from World Water Week in Stockholm\nPodcast of STEPS session at World Water Week\nPresentations from Stockholm\nPhotos from World Water Week\nSTEPS at World Water Week 2009\, Stockholm \n\n\nBlog from World Water Forum in Istanbul\n\nThe Hay Festival Greenprint Forum\, In collaboration with UNESCO – Earth\, Wind\, Fire and Water. STEPS Centre water and sanitation convenor speaks on the water panel. 21 May 2009\nGoing to Scale with Community-Led Total Sanitation: Reflections on Experience\, Issues and Ways Forward by Robert Chambers\, Price £ 12.95\nCommunity-Led Total Sanitation As the International Year of Sanitation\, 2008\, drew to a close\, the CLTS conference highlighted this innovative way of mobilising communities to completely eliminate open defecation. Dec 16-18 2008\nPhotos from the CLTS conference \nLiquid Dynamics: challenges for water and sanitation Comment from our researchers and partners to mark UN Sanitation and Hygiene Week 2008.\nSanitation Scandal – the priorities for World Water Week 2008\nWater: the ethics of efficiency Lyla Mehta writes about whether our food is too thirsty for Food Ethics magazine (pdf 2MB)\nWorld Toilet Day 2007 – examples of the Community-Led Total Sanitation approach \nWorld Water Day podcast (5.21 mins\, 3MB)\nThe STEPS Centre marked World Water Day 2007 with a special podcast in which STEPS member Lyla Mehta and IDS Research Associate Robert Chambers talk about what they believe are the most pressing issues for water and sanitation.\nTop five priorities for World Water Day 2007\nCoping with water scarcity – Lyla Mehta\nSpend less to achieve more – Robert Chambers\nRain-fed areas and rice farming – John Thompson\nSanitation\, suffering and safety: women and water – Petra Bongartz\nIrrigation\, contamination & food safety for the urban and peri-urban poor. Research by STEPS member Fiona Marshall\nThe politics and poetics of water scarcity – research by STEPS member Lyla Mehta\nReframing Resilience The STEPS Centre’s theme for 2008 was resilience; engaging with resilience thinking and exploring practical implications for policy in agriculture\, water\, peri-urban dynamics\, epidemics and regulation.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-water-symposium-liquid-dynamics-i-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090822
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
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SUMMARY:STEPS at World Water Week
DESCRIPTION:August 2009: STEPS event at World Water Week in Stockholm\, with case studies from our peri-urban work in Delhi and Community-Led Total Sanitation.\nBlog from World Water Week in Stockholm\nPodcast of STEPS session at World Water Week\nPresentations from Stockholm\nPhotos from World Water Week\nSTEPS at World Water Week 2009\, Stockholm
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-at-world-water-week-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090616
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090617
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
CREATED:20120120T104738Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS New Manifesto Seminar: Dr Padmashree Gehl Sampath
DESCRIPTION:Innovation\, Sustainability\, Development: A New Manifesto project seminar \nDr Padmashree Gehl Sampath of the United Nations University gave a seminar entitled ‘Promoting Knowledge Generation through Intellectual property in Late Development’ \n\nListen to the podcast \nPhotos from the seminar (Flickr)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-new-manifesto-seminar-dr-padmashree-gehl-sampath-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090611
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
CREATED:20120124T105711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120124T105711Z
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SUMMARY:Dangerous Ideas in Development: GM Crops and the Global Food Crisis
DESCRIPTION:10 June 2009: “Dangerous Ideas in Development – GM Crops and the Global Food Crisis” The STEPS Centre held an event in Parliament on 10 June 2009 as part of the Institute of Development Studies’ Dangerous Ideas in Development debates\, organised with the APG Debt\, Aid and Trade. The event launched the STEPS Biotechnology Research Archive and a new paper on Bt Cotton by Dominic Glover. Dominic\, Peter Newell of UEA and Erik Millstone were the speakers. \n \n\nPhotos from the event \nBiotechnology Research Archive\nWorking Paper: Undying Promise: Agricultural Biotechnology’s Pro-Poor Narrative\, Ten Years On\nBriefing: Transgenic cotton; a ‘pro-poor’ success? \nIan Scoones’ backgrounder\, GM Crops: 10 Years On\nDominic Glover on the Undying Promise\nGM Crops and the Global Food Crisis event\, June 10\, London\nid21 Viewpoints: GM Crops\nEldis Biotechnology Key Issues Guide
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/dangerous-ideas-in-development-gm-crops-and-the-global-food-crisis-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090305
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090306
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
CREATED:20120120T105004Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS New Manifesto Seminar: Joanna Chataway
DESCRIPTION:Innovation\, Sustainability\, Development: A New Manifesto project seminar\nJoanna Chataway\, Co-Director of the ESRC Innogen Research Centre\, Development Policy and Practice\, Open University gave a seminar entitled ‘Below the Radar’: A user and market driven account of disruptive (and constructive) innovation for low income users. \n\nView Joanna Chataway’s presentation (on Slideshare) \nPhotos from the seminar (Flickr)\nListen to the podcast
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-new-manifesto-seminar-joanna-chataway-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090117
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
CREATED:20120120T105415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T105415Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS New Manifesto Seminar: Andrew Barnett
DESCRIPTION:Innovation\, Sustainability\, Development: A New Manifesto project seminar\nDr Andrew Barnett\, Director\, Policy Practice Ltd gave a seminar entitled ‘Innovation – re-labelling research or a shift in paradigm: the current debate in agricultural research for development’. \n\nView Andrew Barnett’s presentation (on Slideshare)\n\n\nListen to the podcast \n\nPhotos from the seminar (Flickr)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-new-manifesto-seminar-andrew-barnett-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20090109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20090110
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
CREATED:20120120T111129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T111129Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Andrew Jamison
DESCRIPTION:Andrew Jamison\, Professor of technology\, environment and society at Aalborg University\, Sweden\, on the quest for green knowledge. \n\nRead Andrew Jamison’s presentation (on Slideshare)\nRead the blog\nListen to the podcast\nPhotos (on Flickr)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-andrew-jamison-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081101
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
CREATED:20120120T105554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T105554Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Fabian Scholtes
DESCRIPTION:Fabian Scholtes\, Centre for Development Research\, Bonn gave a STEPS Centre seminar entitled Moral values and Solar Panels: moral knowledge in technology-based development \nFabian Scholtes’ presentation (on Slideshare)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-fabian-scholtes-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20081030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20081031
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
CREATED:20120120T105830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T105830Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS New Manifesto Seminar: Fred Steward
DESCRIPTION:Innovation\, Sustainability\, Development: A New Manifesto project seminar \nFred Steward\, Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship\, Brunel University on Transformative Innovation for the Global Good: A shared challenge-oriented mission for the 21st Century. \n\nRead Fred Steward’s presentation (on Slideshare) \nListen to the podcast\nPhotos from the seminar (Flickr)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-new-manifesto-seminar-fred-steward-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080916
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
CREATED:20120120T110151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T110151Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Francis X Johnson
DESCRIPTION:Francis X. Johnson\, Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute on Biofuels\, Climate and Development: Emerging Issues and Challenges. \n\nRead Francis Johnson’s presentation (on Slideshare) \nRead the blog\nListen to the podcast\nPhotos (Flickr)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-francis-x-johnson-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080510
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
CREATED:20120120T110327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T110327Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: J. V. Meenakshi
DESCRIPTION:J. V. Meenakshi\, Impact and Policy Coordinator for Harvest Plus gave a STEPS Seminar on: Using Choice Experiments to Assess the Potential Success of Biofortification in Ameliorating Micronutrient Malnutrition: some evidence from Sub Saharan Africa. \n\nRead J.V. Meenakshi’s presentation (on Slideshare)\nPhotos (Flickr)\n\n\n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-j-v-meenakshi-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080507
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
CREATED:20120120T110437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120120T110437Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Wenzel Geissler
DESCRIPTION:Wenzel Geissler\, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine\, gave a STEPS Seminar on 6 May 2008 entitles: Second enclosure: the changing spaces of medical research in 21st Century Kenya. \nPhotos from the seminar (Flickr)\n \n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-wenzel-geissler-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080503
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
CREATED:20120124T111838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20120124T111838Z
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SUMMARY:Toward a Green Revolution in Africa
DESCRIPTION:Conference chaired by Kofi Annan\nThere is a clear need for a new vision for agricultural development in Africa that can deal with the complexities of agriculture in diverse settings across Africa and meet the conditions necessary to achieve more equitable benefits for Africa’s farmers. \n \nKofi Annan chaired a conference beginning on Wednesday organised by STEPS Centre affiliate the Future Agricultures Consortium in partnership with Salzburg Global Seminar\, asking whose vision should this be? How can complexity and diversity be dealt with? What can be learned from the impacts – positive and negative – of the “green revolutions” in Latin America and Asia? \n\nRead Kofi Annan’s opening speech\n“Forging a Uniquely African Green Revolution” Address by Mr Kofi A. Annan\, Chairman of AGRA Salzburg Global Seminars Austria (pdf 117kb) 30 April 2008 \n\nThe “Toward a ‘Green Revolution’ in Africa” conference\, subsequent seminar and regional meetings in Africa asked what lessons can be extracted from recent successes in African agricultural development and how can recent growth be sustained\, expanded\, and accelerated? \nHow can new investments and actors in African agriculture support efforts to align policies and political processes to support agricultural as well as broader development goals? How can innovation systems be made robust\, relevant and sustainable? How can the hardware of science and technology be linked to the software of institutions\, policy and social dynamics? How should agricultural science and technology in Africa be governed? \nHeld at Austria’s famous Schloss Leopoldskron\, the conference laid the groundwork for the broader initiative and goals described above by bringing together diverse stakeholders\, from within Africa and beyond\, who are experts in their areas\, leading thinkers\, change-makers and are\, or can influence\, senior decision-makers. \nAround 60 participants from predominantly African government\, business\, academia\, and non-governmental organisations explored a set of issues of vital concern to the future of agriculture in Africa\, and to Africa’s development agenda. This group devised the conceptual framework within which a new agricultural development agenda in Africa can be set and implemented\, and to recommend specific actions. \nIdeas and recommendations for policy adjustments\, streamlining practice\, and creating strategic alliances were captured and reviewed to identify points of agreement and priority issues for action. \nFor all of the up-to-date information on the Salzburg conference\, subsequent seminar\, see the Future Agriculture Consortium website \n\nConference newsletters\n\nDay 1: 30 April 2008\nDay 2: 1 May 2008\nDay 3: 2 May 2008 \n\n\nPress pack and photos\n\nKofi Annan calls for a “uniquely African Green revolution” to address food crisis 30 April 2008\nTranscript of Kofi Annan press conference \nPhotos from Salzburg (Flickr site) \n\n\nMedia coverage included:\n\nBBC World Service (1)\nBBC World Service (2)\nInternational Herald Tribune\nNew Agriculturalist\nReuters Africa\nThe Guardian\nAllAfrica.com (1)\nAllAfrica.com (2)\nAllAfrica.com (3)\nNew Scientist\nThe Guardian world news podcast\n\n\n \nRelated Links\n\nBlog from Salzburg\n\nFuture Agricultures Consortium\nSalzburg Global Seminar \n\n\nFurther reading\n\nFor more information and material from this event\, see: Future Agricultures Consortium\nNew Directions for African Agriculture (pdf 450kb) by Ian Scoones\, Stephen Devereux and Lawrence Haddad\nGoverning Technology Development: Challenges for Agricultural Research in Africa (pdf 330kb) by Ian Scoones\nAn African Green Revolution? Some personal reflections by Andrew Dorward
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/toward-a-green-revolution-in-africa-2/
LOCATION:United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080407
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080409
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
CREATED:20120124T112325Z
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SUMMARY:Transboundary animal disease and market access
DESCRIPTION:Transboundary animal disease and market access: future options for the beef industry in southern Africa\nIn April 2008\, over 60 delegates gathered in Pretoria to discuss practical options to unlock the potential of the southern African livestock industry. \n \nWorkshop\, Pretoria\, South Africa\, 7-8 April 2008\n\nWorkshop report (pdf 260kb) \nParticipants list (pdf 265kb)\nWorkshop Highlights: The future of beef marketing in southern Africa (pdf 787kb) \nSYNTHÈSE DE L’ATELIER: Maladies animales transfrontalières et accès aux marchés : l’avenir du secteur du boeuf en Afrique australe\n\nDelegates included representatives from the African Union and South African\, Botswanan\, Namibian\,  Zimbabwean and UK government departments\, officials from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)\, FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation)\, CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research)\, national farming unions\, business and more. \nThe results of 18 month studies across southern Africa were discussed and significant progress made towards enabling African farmers to participate in the boom in global demand for livestock products. Get in touch if you would like to know more. \n\nOpening Addresses\nWorkshop welcome and opening address (pdf 1492kb) Dr Emily Mogajane\, Deputy Director General\, Agriculture\, South Africa \nHow can Africa benefit from the livestock revolution? (pdf 365kb) \nWritten by Dr Babagana Ahmadu\, Director for Rural Economy and Agriculture\, African Union Commission\, Ethiopia. Presented at the workshop by Martin Bwalya NEPAD\, South Africa \n\nDelegate interviews:\nOur researchers and delegates at the workshop gave voice to some of the challenges and opportunites for small-scale livestock farmers in southern Africa. Watch all the interviews \n\n  \n\nPolicy briefings / Briefings Politique\nSADC region\nChallenges for the beef industry in southern Africa (pdf 786kb) \nBRIEFING POLITIQUE: Les défis de l’industrie bovine en Afrique australe (pdf 803kb)  \n \nSouth Africa\nMarket access for livestock commodities: foot-and-mouth disease as a key constraint to market access – Republic of South Africa (pdf 782kb)\n  \nZimbabwe\nMarket access policy options for FMD-challenges Zimbabwe (pdf 783kb)  \nNamibia\nVeterinary science\, transboundary animal diseases and markets: pathways for policy in Namibia (pdf 782kb)  \nBotswana\nBotswana’s foot-and-mouth disease and beef trade policy (pdf 779kb)\n\nSpeaker presentations\nOverview\n\nVeterinary challenges for Southern Africa: The case of FMD Foot & mouth disease (FMD) and market access: Challenges for the beef industry in Southern Africa (pdf 768kb) – Gavin Thomson\, SADC FMD Project\, FANR\, SADC Secretariat\, Gaborone\nInternational trade\, standards and EPAs: challenges for the southern African beef industry (pdf 155kb)– Mareike Meyn\, Overseas Development Institute\, UK\nThe international beef trade and standards: importers’ perspectives (pdf 4\,671kb) – Martin Cooke\, Ocatra Ltd\, UK\nFoot and mouth disease and market access in southern Africa: some key issues and questions emerging (pdf 250kb) – William Wolmer\, UK\n\nSouth Africa\n\nMarket access for livestock commodities: Foot and Mouth Disease as a key constraint in South Africa (pdf 312kb) –\nRebone Moerane CD: Agricultural Specialist Services Department of Agriculture and Land Reform\, Northern Cape\n\nZimbabwe\n\nMarket access policy options for FMD-challenged Zimbabwe (pdf 3\,076kb) – Ronny Sibanda\, consultant\, Ingwe Breweries\, formerly Cold Storage Company\n\nNamibia:\n\nVeterinary science\, transboundaryanimal diseases and markets: pathways for policy in Namibia (pdf 616kb) – Alec Bishi and J. A. Kamwi\, Directorate of Veterinary Services\, Windhoek\, Namibia\n\nBotswana:\n\nFoot and Mouth Disease and Beef Trade Policy: Botswana (pdf 3\,567kb) – Neo J. Mapitse\, Dept of Health and Animal Production\, Botswana\n\n\nPhotos\nSee the Pretoria workshop photoset \n\nPress pack for ‘Livestock Revolution’\n\nPress release: African farmers missing out on the global livestock revolution \nPress release: High-level backing for African farmers’ participation in global ‘livestock revolution’ \nOpening speech: How can Africa benefit from the livestock revolution? Written by Dr Babagana Ahmadu\, Director for Rural Economy and Agriculture\, African Union Commission\, Ethiopia\nPresented by Martin Bwalya NEPAD\, South Africa\nBiographies of researchers\nFast Facts\nBackground overview\n\n\nMedia coverage\n\nIRIN\, Africa: Beefing up for a Revolution\nThe Herald\, Zimbabwe: Beef Industry Under the Spotlight \nNew Era\, Namibia: VCF Hampers Market Access\nSunday News\, Zimbabwe: Commodity trade to improve beef exports \nSunday News Zimbabwe: African farmers missing out on global boom\nLandbou Weekblad\, South Africa: Afrika uit vleisrevolusie geboelie?\nLanbou Weekblad\, South Africa: Oorgrens dieresiektes bekyk\nNew Agriculturist\, UK: ‘My Perspective’ by Dr Babagana Ahmadu\nDevelopments magazine\, UK: What’s the Beef? \nVeterinary Times\, UK: page 1 / page 2 / page 3 \nMore about this project \nAllAfrica.com\nReuters Alertnet \nThe Citizen\, South Africa
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/transboundary-animal-disease-and-market-access-2/
LOCATION:South Africa
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SUMMARY:Global Uncertainties conference
DESCRIPTION:Global Uncertainties\nThe ESRC Festival of Social Science flagship event on 12 March at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. STEPS director Melissa Leach spoke on ‘Securing a safer\, sustainable and equitable world’ and wrote for the ESRC’s The Edge magazine. Spring 2008\, Issue 27 Building genuine pathways to a more secure future
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/global-uncertainties-conference-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080207
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SUMMARY:STEPS New Manifesto Seminar: Geoff Oldham
DESCRIPTION:Innovation\, Sustainability\, Development: A New Manifesto project seminar \nGeoff Oldham\, former SPRU director\, former chairman of the United Nations Advisory Committee on Science and Technology for Development\, and for five years a UK Delegate to the UN Commission on IDS/SPRU collaboration in the Early Days: ‘The Sussex Manifesto and its Aftermath’. \n\nRead Geoff Oldham’s presentation (on Slideshare) \nThe 1970 Sussex Manifesto (pdf\, 1.5MB): Science and Technology to Developing Countries during the Second Development Decade\n Read the blog \n Extract: Geoff Oldham’s talk (YouTube) \nFull-length video (blip.tv)\nListen to the podcast\nPhotos of the event (Flickr)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-new-manifesto-seminar-geoff-oldham-2/
LOCATION:IDS\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20080124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20080125
DTSTAMP:20260406T134157
CREATED:20120120T110920Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Helena Paul and Les Levidow
DESCRIPTION:Helena Paul\, Econexus\, and Les Levidow\, Open University\, on global biofuel crops; integrating an agri-energy industry\, and driving dispossession. \n\nRead Helena Paul and Les Levidow’s presentation (on Slideshare)\nRead the blog\nListen to the podcast\nPhotos (on Flickr)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-helena-paul-and-les-levidow-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071212
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071215
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SUMMARY:Farmer First Revisited
DESCRIPTION:Looking back to look forward\nIn 1987 a meeting of 50 social and natural scientists proved a defining moment in the development of farmer participation in agricultural research. In December 2007 the Future Agricultures Consortium in association STEPS and IDS hosted an international workshop\, Farmer First Revisited\, to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the original event. \n \nMany of the materials from the three-day workshop are available online\, including academic papers\, presentations and the wiki-timeline\, which can be added to indefinately. We also documented the event in various ways\, including video interviews with participants\, podcasts of speeches and a blog. All the links\, and media the coverage\, are below. \n\nFarmer First Revisted Links\n\nFarmer First website\nFarmer First Revisited blog\nWiki-timeline\nVideo: Interviews with participants (YouTube) \nPodcasts: Robert Chambers / Wale Adekunle / Final panel\nSTEPS Agriculture research\nSTEPS maize in climate change Kenya project\nFuture Agricultures Consortium\nFFR photos on Flickr \n\nMedia coverage\n\nNew Agriculturist: Points of view\nNew Agriculturist: Farmer First Revisited Podcast\nNew Agriculturist: FFR programme for African radio stations (fourth item)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/farmer-first-revisited-2/
LOCATION:Room G22\, Jubilee Building\, University of Sussex\, Brighton\, BN1 9RH\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071127
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071128
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CREATED:20120120T111253Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Bill Adams
DESCRIPTION:Bill Adams\, Dept of Geography at the University of Cambridge\, on the political ecology of biodiversity conservation. \n\nBill Adam’s presentation (on Slideshare)\n Read the blog\nListen to the podcast \nPhotos (on Flickr)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-bill-adams-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20071029
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071030
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Polly Ericksen
DESCRIPTION:Will managing food systems for resilience maker us more food secure? Polly Ericksen\, Global Environmental Change and Food Systems (GECAFS) at the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University. \n\nPolly Ericksen’s presentation (Slideshare) \nBlog post about the event
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-polly-ericksen-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20071121
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CREATED:20120124T113137Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Centre Symposium 2007 and DSA Conference
DESCRIPTION:STEPS Centre Symposium at the DSA Conference The first STEPS Centre Symposium was held alongside the Development Studies Association annual conference 2007 to tie in with the theme of ‘Connecting Science\, Society and Development. \n \nThe first STEPS Centre Symposium was held alongside the Development Studies Association Annual Conference to tie in with this year’s theme of Connecting Science\, Society and Development. The event was held at the Institute of Development Studies. \nRead about what happened at DSA 2007 with posts from all the sessions on The Crossing blog\nView the final programme (pdf 97kb) for the DSA 2007. \n\nSpeaker presentations from the DSA\nPaul Richards\, Wageningen University: Green Revolution or What? Science and Food Security for the poor (pdf 562KB)  \n  \nDSA podcasts from the IDS team:\nDSA Day one: http://media.switchpod.com//users/george/Day1DSAconference.mp3\nDSA Day two: http://media.switchpod.com//users/george/Day2DSAPodcast.mp3\nDSA Day three: http://media.switchpod.com//users/george/Day3DSAconference.mp3 \n\nSTEPS Centre programme at DSA 2007\nFind out more about the STEPS Symposium panels \nJoin us for the STEPS drinks reception on the first evening of the DSA conference\, 18 September at 6.00pm \nHear from David King\, UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser and Pedro Sanchez\, Scientific Director of UN Millennium project as well as members of the STEPS Centre and advisory committee at the main DSA plenary sessions\, including: Prof. Judi Wakhungu\, Prof. Sheila Jasanoff\, Prof. Erik Millstone and David Dickson \nSTEPS Symposium panels\, running throughout DSA 2007: \n\nPathways to sustainability: Linking technology\, poverty reduction and social justice. Tues 18 Sept\, 4pm-5.30pm\nPeri-urban dynamics and sustainability challenges. Wed 19 Sept\, 11.15am-12.45pm\nTechnologies spiralling out of control? Politics and ethics of risk and regulation of agro-biotechnology. Wed 19 Sept\, 4pm-5.30pm\nExamining the ‘pro-poor consensus’ on agricultural biotechnology: a moveable boundary between public and private? Thurs 20 Sept\, 11.15am-12.45pm\n\n\nDSA 2007 Conference \n‘Connecting Science\, Society and Development’.\nRapid advances in science and technology create both opportunities and threats\, and increasingly attract attention from policymakers\, the media and researchers. What can development studies contribute to understanding these trends\, and influencing processes and outcomes in innovations in order to ensure maximum benefit for the poor? \nThese and other questions will be addressed at this year’s annual UK DSA Conference\, hosted at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. \nSpeakers include:\nDavid King\, UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser\nSheila Jasanoff\, Kennedy School of Government\, Harvard and STEPS Centre Advisory Board member\nPedro Sanchez\, Scientific Director of UN Millennium project\nJudi Wakhungu\, African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)\, Kenya and chair of the STEPS Centre Advisory Board \nWorking groups will be held on themes including agricultural technology and development\, technological innovation\, biotechnology and the media\, Information and Communication Techologies (ICTs) and development\, and science and gender. \n\nThe DSA of the UK and Ireland represents the strongest and most coherent national platform for development studies within Europe. It provides a ‘space’ where people can meet\, exchange information\, resources and\, more importantly\, make contacts that will forge a greater understanding of the underlying causes of poverty and how best to address them. The DSA’s Annual Conference is one such forum. There are also over 20 active study groups that meet regularly throughout the year around the country on a wide variety of subjects. Visit the website on www.devstud.org.uk for more information on the Conference\, other meetings and Study Group activity.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-centre-symposium-2007-and-dsa-conference-2/
LOCATION:United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070625
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070626
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SUMMARY:STEPS Centre Launch
DESCRIPTION:Over 150 attend launch event at Portcullis House\, London\nMelissa Leach’s launch speech (pdf 63.2kb)\nVideo: Judi Wakhungu\, chair of STEPS Advisory Board\, on why STEPS is vital right now\nPress release\nSpeaker biographies\nESRC deputy chief executive Glyn Davies’ speech (pdf 12.5kb)\nBlog: join the debate\nThe launch in pictures (our Flickr photostream) \n \nWe live in an era of unprecedented environmental and technological flux; apocalyptic predictions of climate change-induced drought and floods\, avian ‘flu and HIV/AIDS pandemics\, unsafe food and scarce water supplies hit the headlines daily. Rapid change is creating new interactions between people\, environment and technology\, but also new problems\, such as novel strains of avian ‘flu and HIV drug resistances. \nThe STEPS Centre’s new approach to development seeks to respond to these challenges with natural and social scientists working together\, instead of separately. STEPS research connects\, social\, technology and environment issues\, rather than dividing them. It creates solutions that are adaptive to change\, build resilience to uncertainty and meet the priorities of poor and marginalised people in different settings. \nWith £4m of funding from the Economic and Social Research Council\, STEPS’s five-year programme of research\, with partners in Africa\, Asia and Latin America\, focuses on agriculture\, water and health. Initial projects include investigating the effects of climate change on maize crops in Kenya\, urbanisation in India and drug regulation in China and Latin America. \nProfessor Melissa Leach\, Director of the STEPS Centre explains: \n“Silver bullets for poverty reduction are failing the poor and risk failing altogether. They assume one-size-fits-all solutions can be applied across a stable world. But we live in a world of dynamic change and uncertainty. The STEPS Centre aims to tackle these challenges head on\, combining new theory with practical solutions that make science and technology work for the poor and environmental sustainability\, building on people’s own knowledge.” \n  \nGreenpeace chief scientist Doug Parr\, speaking at the launch\, said STEPS’ work was “crucial”:\n“Meeting the needs of billions of people in ways compatible with a livable planet is a moral imperative but a huge challenge to our standard ways of thinking and working\, in both North and South. Research which challenges assumptions underpinning failed\, outmoded and unsustainable models of development is crucial to making the future work.” \nDr Ian Gibson MP\, chairing the STEPS Centre launch\, said:\n“Science makes a massive contribution to our modern world. If we are to respond to the challenges of the twenty-first century\, research like the STEPS Centre’s\, that makes science and technology work for poor and marginalised people\, is essential. Economic development\, matters of health and disease\, climate change; it is hard to see where science and technology will not be a major component for poverty reduction programmes.” \n  \nJames Wilsdon\, head of science and innovation at think tank Demos\, speaking at the launch\, said:\n“The global landscape for science\, technology and innovation is changing at an astonishing pace. But while the frameworks we use for analysing these changes are good at asking ‘how much?’ and ‘how fast?’ they are useless at asking questions about direction – the diversity of outcomes to which all of this activity and investment could lead. So the STEPS Centre will fill a vital gap: it will be a place where these questions can be asked and answered. I’m excited by the Centre’s vision\, and I hope it will shake up established thinking about the relationship between science\, technology\, poverty and sustainability.” \nSTEPS will partner Demos in the second phase of the Atlas of Ideas project\, which is mapping changes in the global geography of science and innovation. \nAndrew Scott\, policy director at charity Practical Action\, also speaking at the launch\, said:\n“The STEPS centre will help us understand how we can make technology development work in the interests of people living in poverty\, rather than pander to the wants of the affluent.” \n  \n  \nProfessor Judi Wakhungu\, Executive Director of the African Centre for Technology Studies and Chair of the STEPS Centre Advisory Board said:\n“Our leaders are beginning to understand that investing in science\,\ntechnology and innovation is central in transforming the lives of the disenfranchised. Therefore the STEPS Centre launch is opportune because it allows us to seize this international political interest. It is important that STEPS works with groups such as our Centre in Africa because we both bring district perspectives which are crucial to understanding and solving these\nglobal challenges
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-centre-launch-2/
LOCATION:United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070522
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SUMMARY:Delivering public value from new technologies
DESCRIPTION:Making Innovation Work for the Poor in a Globalised World\nPart of the Delivering Public Value from New Technologies series\nA joint seminar from STEPS and Practical Action. Focusing on increasing the recognition of the role of technology in human development\, this day-long seminar put the emphasis on improving the choice people have about which technologies are developed and how they are diffused. \n \nSpeaker presentations:\n\nAndy Stirling – Innovation vectors and the politics of technology choice (pdf 216kb)\nBrian Wynne – From risk goverance to innovation governance (pdf 105kb)\nIan Scoones – Biotech in Bangalore: the politis of innovation (pdf 619kb)\nUli Beisel – DDT\, GM mosquitoes and a malaris vaccine: tracing innovation in malaria prevention and treatment (pdf 282 KB)\nAndrew Adwerah – Experiences of social entrepreneurs in East Africa (pdf 156kb)\n\n“My mission is to change the way in which science delivers benefits to society.” It was an ambitious opener to a day-long seminar on ‘Making Innovation Work for the Poor in a Globalised World’ from David Grimshaw\, international team leader of the charity Practical Action. \nSetting the tone for the day Grimshaw said Practical Action wanted the benefit science delivers to society to be less driven by “the consumer wants” and “more towards being driven by human need – the need for clean water\, the need for energy and so on.” \nDelivering Public Value from New Technologies\nThe seminar was the second in a series entitles Delivering Public Value from New Technologies supported by funding from the Economic and Social Research Council\, UK. The subject is particularly relevant in the current environment where spending on science and technology is increasing and where society’s expectations are that technology will deliver solutions that “solve” environment and development problems. \nTechnological innovations\, whether in the arenas of agriculture\, medicine\, energy or environment\, are often posed as solutions to problems of poverty\, livelihood and ill-health.Yet whether innovation actually works for the poor depends on how choices about alternative innovation pathways are made\, who participates in them\, the nature of the systems in which innovation processes are embedded\, and how these are governed. \nInnovation systems often encompass both highly globalised institutions and processes\, and a multiplicity of actors and institutions\, private as well as public. Ensuring that innovation responds to poorer peoples’ own perspectives and priorities in this context is difficult\, yet vital. \nAnd today’s seminar focused on increasing recognition of the role of technologies in human development\, with an emphasis on improving the choice people have about which technologies are developed and which are diffused. \nMaking Innovation Work for the Poor in a Globalised World\nThe STEPS Centre (Social\, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability)\, hosted this\, the second of the Delivering Pubic Value series\, with STEPS director Professor Melissa Leach chairing. \nLeach said: “We are at a point at moment where there is a great deal of optimism and hype and investment going into science and technology for poverty reduction. There is excitement about economic growth\, excitement about magic bullets for poverty reduction and a lot of private and philanthropic development money from organisations such as the Gates Fund. \n“But will technology really meet peoples’ needs on the ground\, and the complex realities of life. Who is involved in developing the technology\, and crucially\, what are some of the governance and institutional policies that are helping to chart the direction these technologies go in?” \nInnovation and the politics of technology choice: “sleepwalking into a technological future”\nAmong the speakers at the event were STEPS co-director Andy Stirling\, SPRU Science Director and Professorial Fellow\, who talked about how the pervasive culture of “anti or pro-technology” must be challenged. (view Andy’s presentation)  \nStirling said: “Innovation is being treated as a simple magnitude – just answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’\, ‘how much’ or ‘how fast’? This language of pro and anti innovation is really meaningless…innovation is not homogenous\, it can follow many different directions and we face these different directions now\, different technological pathways\, and we cant realise the potential of all options. So what we see is ‘shaping’ by networks and the least powerful actors are marginalised in the processes that are set up.” \nHe went on to explain how innovation pathways and choices can be opened up rather than locked down and locking out those without power – the poor. Among the necessary considerations is the issue of framing – the way a question is asks impacts on what answer you get. “Participatory engagement is not immune to framing. So broadening out is not enough\, it is essential\, but not sufficient.” \nStirling called for four main elements to this new approach – precautions\, inclusion\, pluralism and diversity: “We need a more precautionary approach\, we need to look at uncertainty with open eyes\, we need to be more inclusive and to address more alternative options\, we need a more plural appraisal of policy advice\, opening up to wider politics and we need diversity that fosters innovation and mitigates lock in.” \n“We lack a mature view on science and innovation. We are sleepwalking into a technological future and the interest of the most marginal groups are being ignored. Be more realistic about what innovate is and is the best way to open the door to a more pro-poor approach.” \nChallenging assumptions\nBrian Wynne\, of the Instiute for Environment\, Philosophy and Public Policy at Lancaster University talked on ‘The Absurd Idea of Addressing Global Poverty Through Risk Governance’ and tackled the idea that public is objecting to science. \n“There is the suffocation of opening up potentials- the playing field is not open. Various kinds of assumptions are embedded and privileged which are shaping the structure of our institutions. That needs to be critically addressed and changed\,” said Wynne. \nBiotech boom in Bangalore\nSTEPS co-director Ian Scoones spoke about the politics of innovation using the biotech boom in Bangalore as his touchstone. \nBangalore – ‘the knowledge economy capital’ – is home to India’s largest biotech cluster\, with an annual revenue growth of around 35% over last few years. The boom has brought big expectations. \nAnd embedded in the hype are variety of innovation and development narratives\, said Scoones. “But one has to ask how these narratives play out in terms of public value\, you have to ask ‘innovation for whom?’” \nOf his study of eight biotech research and development departments\, Scoones said: “What we increasingly saw was a disjuncture between elite science and increasingly appropriated social activity from northern based companies. The social and political dimensions of networks\, and their power relations were deeply affected in Bangalore by the social and political dimensions of networks that exist.” \nAnd of the so-called public-private partnerships\, there are many big questions about ownership\, about who is in control and who benefits from them\, according to Scoones. \n“Where does that Bangalore hype fit with the rural life and reality ? Well it doesn’t\, there is a disconnect. There is rapid urbanisation and growth in new technology centres alongside the marginalisation of people and the lack of access to this new growth. \n“The question is how\, and in what way\, can democratic politics assist in the opening up of these debates that allow the opening up of these alternative pathways\,” concluded Scoones. \nGM mosquitos and social entrepreneurs\nThe Open University’s Uli Beisel spoke on DDT\, GM mosquitoes and malaria vaccines and her research on tracing innovation in malaria prevention and treatment. While Andrew Adwerah of the Kenyan African Centre for Technology Studies spoke on the experiences of social entrepreneurs in East Africa. \nAdwerah said: “There is a market for demand-driven product development and business plans\, and there should be more resource allocation to training and R&D and more problem definition before product design. \nHe added that social entrepreneurship should be aimed at poverty reduction\, especially through income development and the success or failure of the product should be measured\, with incentives to investors – tax relief to private sectors funding research. \n\nOther seminars in the series\n\nSeminar 1: Reframing understandings about the role of science and technology in human development\nThe first of the four seminars was on 22 February 2007 at the Schumacher Centre for Technology and Development\, Bourton on Dunsmore\, Rugby\, UK. A set of disciplinary position papers\, with a focus around the key issues\, were presented\, plus discussion and inputs from practice and developing countries.\nSeminar 3: Towards new business models. How can we develop new business models or processes that would support outcomes of science-led new technologies that fulfil human need rather than market demand? 20 November 2007\nSeminar 4: Taking the research agenda forward. Building on the interdisciplinary frameworks and taking these forward into empirically based research. 14 April 2008
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/delivering-public-value-from-new-technologies-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070119
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070120
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Arild Vatn
DESCRIPTION:‘An Institutional Perspective on the Valuation of Biodiversity’ Arild Vatn\, Department of Economics and Resource Management\, Agricultural University of Norway.\nRead Arild Vatn’s paper and listen to audio clips
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-arild-vatn-2/
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