Awards 2008
Foreword
The International e-Conference on Agricultural BioSciences 2008 (IeCAB 2008) was held from June 2 - 16, 2008. It is unique in that participants exhibited their presentations and interacted entirely electronically, i.e. on the internet. One major reason behind the conception of the e-conference is a desire to reduce the costs of participation, and thereby increase the number of participants from developing countries. Participants incur no expenses for transportation, hotel accommodation, per diem, visa, etc since the conference can be attended from the office, home or any other place with internet access. The abstracts, posters and power points are exhibited online. Full papers will be published in the Journal of Applied Biosciences (ISSN 1997-5902). Links to all outputs of this e-conference can be accessed at http://www.e-conference.elewa.org/agriculture.
Recognition Awards
The three presentations listed below were selected for recognition due to their Excellence in different categories and were presented with e-Certificates. The categories awarded are:
Category 1. Technology Application. Click here to view certificate......
The title of the winning presentation is ' Genotype and Genotype by Environment (GGE) biplot analysis of fresh fruit bunch yield and yield components of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.)'.
Presenters: Okoye M.N.*, Okwuagwu C.O.* and Uguru M.I.**
Institution: *Plant Breeding Division, Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (Nifor) P.M.B 1030 300001, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria; **Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Citation:
The Technology Application category aimed to recognise scientists who identified, understood and made use of technology that has been developed elsewhere or by others, to enhance the way they carry out their own work, increase productivity, and developed new or superior technologies, e.g. crop varieties, animal breeds or new methods. This presentation was outstanding in its demonstration and application of GGE Biplot analysis. The full manuscript will be available online from the Journal of Applied BioSciences (www.biosciences.elewa.org).
Category 2: Innovation. Click here to view certificate.......
The title of the winning presentation in the Innovation Category is 'From Kolchoz systems to fee-based private agricultural extension: Achievements with a client-oriented training and advisory concept as support for private farming in Azerbaijan'
Presenters: *J.P.A. Lamers, **P.R. Feil, ***N. Bayverdiyeva, ***Y. Guliyeva and ***F. Djafarov
Institutions: *ZEF, University of Bonn, ZEF (Center for Development Research), University of Bonn, Walter-Flex Str. 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany; Email: j.lamers@zef.uzpak.uz; **Consultant, Email. Petrafeil@hotmail.de; Roemerstr.94, D-56130 Bad Ems; ***Agro Information Centre, 134, Sharifzade str., Apt 5, Az1122, Baku, Azerbaijan, E-mail: aim_office@aim-az.com.
Citation: The Innovation Category Award aimed to recognize scientists who presented ideas or concepts of new, cost-effective, captivating and self-sustaining ways of addressing emerging developmental challenges. AIM and its staff were selected for the award for demonstrating that 'a demand driven agricultural extension system' can work and have positive impact on the lives of clients and those offering the services. This can be replicated elsewhere in the developing world.
Category 3: Excellent Experimentation. Click here to view certificate...........
The title of the winning presentation in this category is 'Rehabilitation of banana farms destroyed by Xanthomonas wilt in Uganda'.
Presenters: Laban Frank Turyagyenda*, Guy Blomme*, Fred Ssekiwoko*, Eldad Karamura*, Sam Mpiira** and Simon Eden-Green***.
Institutions: *Bioversity International, Uganda Office, P.O.Box 24384, Kampala, Uganda. Email g.blomme@cgiar.org; f.turyagyenda@inibap.co.ug and e.karamura@inibap.co.ug; **National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), National Banana Research Programme, P.O. Box 7065, Kampala, Uganda, fssekiwoko@kari.go.ug and smpiira@kari.go.ug; ***EG Consulting, 470 Lunsford Lane, Larkfield, Kent, UK egc@eden-green.co.uk
Citation: This award aimed to recognize scientists who carried out simplified and cost-effective experimentation to identify suitable technologies for increasing agricultural productivity. The experiments described in this presentation showed clearly the time-course related effect of replanting bananas on the same land space after plantations are destroyed by Xanthomonas wilt.
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