This document provides guidance on running effective meetings by following Robert's Rules of Order. As the chair, key responsibilities include applying rules in an unbiased manner, ensuring controlled debate by focusing discussion and limiting speakers, adhering to the agenda, understanding how to properly deal with motions, and applying rules flexibly as needed to conduct business efficiently. Meetings are effective when debate is orderly and respectful, business is handled fairly and openly, minority opinions are heard, and the agenda is completed.
This document provides guidance on running effective meetings by following Robert's Rules of Order. As the chair, key responsibilities include applying rules in an unbiased manner, ensuring controlled debate by focusing discussion and limiting speakers, adhering to the agenda, understanding how to properly deal with motions, and applying rules flexibly as needed to conduct business efficiently. Meetings are effective when debate is orderly and respectful, business is handled fairly and openly, minority opinions are heard, and the agenda is completed.
Science Forum 2013 (www.scienceforum13.org)
Plenary Session: Regional Perspectives on Nutrition and Health Outcomes
Fredrick Grant, Helen Keller International: case study presentation
Kayley Schoonmaker, MSCSA Vice President and Jessica Medearis
Do you know where MSCSA stands on the issues? Get familiar with MSCSA’s roadmap – our platform document – in this workshop. Review MSCSA’s positions on state, federal, campus, and system level issues that impact higher education and guide the association’s advocacy work. Then, lead your team to victory as we test your knowledge in “Platform Jeopardy!”
Slavery has existed for many centuries around the world. Originally, slavery was often temporary and did not treat slaves as subhuman or deny them basic human rights. Over time, the transatlantic slave trade emerged as the most profitable system of slavery, as slave owners did not have to pay slaves or ever grant them freedom. Africans were enslaved and shipped to the Americas in extremely inhumane conditions to generate profit. Slave auctions involved disguising the physical toll of the journey and selling slaves to generate the highest bids.
1) The document discusses integrated management strategies to reduce aflatoxin contamination in crops like maize, including raising awareness, advocacy, use of resistant varieties, biological controls, improved post-harvest handling, and alternative crop uses.
2) Key challenges include low awareness, lack of regulations and enforcement, and the need to demonstrate economic benefits to encourage adoption along the entire value chain.
3) Successful strategies require involvement of multiple partners across the public and private sectors and an enabling policy environment.
Science Forum 2013 (www.scienceforum13.org)
Breakout Session 9: Farm Size, Urbanization and the Links from Agriculture to Nutrition and Health
Ken Giller
The document discusses the Humidtropics program, which takes an integrated systems approach to agricultural research across several humid tropical regions. It outlines the program's theory of change, framework, flagship projects, site selection process, and collaboration with other CGIAR research programs. The program aims to enhance livelihoods and environmental sustainability through systems research, innovation, and partnerships in target regions including West Africa, East and Central Africa, Central America and the Caribbean, and the Central Mekong.
The document outlines the Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) program led by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). It discusses WLE's intermediate development outcomes in contributing to CGIAR's system level outcomes. An example impact pathway for the Volta-Niger focal region is provided, showing how WLE research portfolios and cross-cutting themes contribute to identified development and research outcomes. Monitoring and evaluation methods and targets are described to track outcomes. Highlights are given of emerging outcomes, including CIAT and IITA contributing to the N2Africa program benefiting over 225,000 smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.
The document proposes establishing a foresight working group within the CGIAR to help align agricultural research strategies with objectives over time in response to changing conditions. It discusses the need for foresight to look at plausible future scenarios and trends to understand CGIAR's role in fulfilling its purpose. The document outlines the objectives of foresight, which would be to inform CGIAR's strategy and priority setting, contribute to identifying relevant research, and coordinate efforts for better coherence. A multi-step general foresight process is described including scanning developments, stakeholder engagement, knowledge generation, strategic planning, and evaluation.
This document summarizes the positions available for election within the Minnesota State College Student Association (MSCSA) and provides information about responsibilities, time commitments, and stipends for each position. It outlines that the Platform Committee, Governing Council, Presidents' Group, Student At-Large, and Cabinet positions are elected by the General Assembly. Candidacy packets are due March 13th and elections will take place at the Spring General Assembly and regional meetings in April.
This document discusses gender roles in agriculture and their impact on nutrition. It notes that women often have less access and control over resources like land, credit, and extension services. This can compromise women's agricultural productivity and yields, resulting in production losses and lower incomes. Mycotoxins from mold that grow on staple crops like maize and groundnuts during storage may also negatively impact nutrition by increasing gut permeability. While evidence is still limited, existing studies indicate certain mycotoxins are associated with lower child growth. The document argues that addressing mycotoxins and other gender issues in agriculture that impact women's roles could help make agriculture systems more nutrition-sensitive.
This document discusses quantitative priority setting (QPS) for the CGIAR to identify high-value activities, opportunities to increase efficient use of resources, and whether funding is sufficient. It proposes a methodology involving standardized technology evaluation templates, modeling suites, and metrics. Key points include developing common templates and models, quantitatively evaluating technologies and CRP targets, improving existing models, and identifying priority areas for tool development by specialized centers and CRPs to guide funding allocation decisions across the CGIAR. It also emphasizes the importance of identifying the right goals through a global stakeholder process that monitors progress and proposes priority changes over time.
ICEbox™ is the first comprehensive organizational system for an individual’s important documents. The system streamlines the process for storing and accessing important documents needs during a life-altering event.
ICEbox™ was created to help both individuals and businesses organize and easily access their most important documents. This is important because many individuals postpone preparation for emergencies.
The document proposes changes to the MSCSA Platform Document, which guides the association's positions. It outlines the process for revising the document, which starts internally and then gets input from the student body. Students can propose amendments in September and vote on final changes in October. Additions are underlined and removals struck through. The proposed changes include additions of support for tuition-free public college, expanded loan forgiveness programs, and financial literacy training. Opposition is expressed to restrictions on voting locations and optional student fees. Input from students on suggestions is welcomed.
The document contains three short lessons. The first lesson is about showing respect to everyone regardless of their position. A professor teaches his students about the importance of knowing even the sweeper's name. The second lesson is about helping others in need. A young man helps an elderly man whose car broke down and the man later rewards him with expensive gifts. The third lesson is about kindness and generosity. A young boy buys an inexpensive ice cream so he can leave a tip for the waiter. The document encourages sharing life's blessings with others.
SIAC has increased funding for impact assessment in the CGIAR from $0.5 million annually before 2013 to over $4 million currently. It has made progress completing many planned outputs, like developing new impact assessment methods and institutionalizing the collection of crop adoption data. However, its organization in Phase 1 favored high quality academic research over strategic prioritization and institutionalization, resulting in fragmented studies. Going forward, SIAC needs a clearer theory of change with explicit activities, assumptions and risks to better achieve its intended outcomes of institutionalizing impact assessment in the CGIAR and providing credible evidence of impacts. It also needs to ensure its work is more focused on assessing impacts relevant to the CGIAR's strategic goals.
1. Agriculture plays a key role in both undernutrition and overnutrition as well as foodborne diseases and emerging infections. Research is needed to support agricultural approaches to improving food safety from farm to fork.
2. Many health issues are associated with agriculture including 2 billion people with hidden hunger, 5 billion sickened by food each year, and 2 billion exposed to farm hazards. Diseases from zoonotic reservoirs also pose challenges.
3. A farm to fork approach is needed to shift from punishment to prevention of foodborne diseases. Research should map and measure the multiple burdens of foodborne illness and develop innovations, incentives and institutions for better management of food safety.
Science Forum 2013 (www.scienceforum13.org)
Plenary Session: Regional Perspectives on Nutrition and Health Outcomes
Fredrick Grant, Helen Keller International: case study presentation
Kayley Schoonmaker, MSCSA Vice President and Jessica Medearis
Do you know where MSCSA stands on the issues? Get familiar with MSCSA’s roadmap – our platform document – in this workshop. Review MSCSA’s positions on state, federal, campus, and system level issues that impact higher education and guide the association’s advocacy work. Then, lead your team to victory as we test your knowledge in “Platform Jeopardy!”
Slavery has existed for many centuries around the world. Originally, slavery was often temporary and did not treat slaves as subhuman or deny them basic human rights. Over time, the transatlantic slave trade emerged as the most profitable system of slavery, as slave owners did not have to pay slaves or ever grant them freedom. Africans were enslaved and shipped to the Americas in extremely inhumane conditions to generate profit. Slave auctions involved disguising the physical toll of the journey and selling slaves to generate the highest bids.
1) The document discusses integrated management strategies to reduce aflatoxin contamination in crops like maize, including raising awareness, advocacy, use of resistant varieties, biological controls, improved post-harvest handling, and alternative crop uses.
2) Key challenges include low awareness, lack of regulations and enforcement, and the need to demonstrate economic benefits to encourage adoption along the entire value chain.
3) Successful strategies require involvement of multiple partners across the public and private sectors and an enabling policy environment.
Science Forum 2013 (www.scienceforum13.org)
Breakout Session 9: Farm Size, Urbanization and the Links from Agriculture to Nutrition and Health
Ken Giller
The document discusses the Humidtropics program, which takes an integrated systems approach to agricultural research across several humid tropical regions. It outlines the program's theory of change, framework, flagship projects, site selection process, and collaboration with other CGIAR research programs. The program aims to enhance livelihoods and environmental sustainability through systems research, innovation, and partnerships in target regions including West Africa, East and Central Africa, Central America and the Caribbean, and the Central Mekong.
The document outlines the Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) program led by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). It discusses WLE's intermediate development outcomes in contributing to CGIAR's system level outcomes. An example impact pathway for the Volta-Niger focal region is provided, showing how WLE research portfolios and cross-cutting themes contribute to identified development and research outcomes. Monitoring and evaluation methods and targets are described to track outcomes. Highlights are given of emerging outcomes, including CIAT and IITA contributing to the N2Africa program benefiting over 225,000 smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.
The document proposes establishing a foresight working group within the CGIAR to help align agricultural research strategies with objectives over time in response to changing conditions. It discusses the need for foresight to look at plausible future scenarios and trends to understand CGIAR's role in fulfilling its purpose. The document outlines the objectives of foresight, which would be to inform CGIAR's strategy and priority setting, contribute to identifying relevant research, and coordinate efforts for better coherence. A multi-step general foresight process is described including scanning developments, stakeholder engagement, knowledge generation, strategic planning, and evaluation.
This document summarizes the positions available for election within the Minnesota State College Student Association (MSCSA) and provides information about responsibilities, time commitments, and stipends for each position. It outlines that the Platform Committee, Governing Council, Presidents' Group, Student At-Large, and Cabinet positions are elected by the General Assembly. Candidacy packets are due March 13th and elections will take place at the Spring General Assembly and regional meetings in April.
This document discusses gender roles in agriculture and their impact on nutrition. It notes that women often have less access and control over resources like land, credit, and extension services. This can compromise women's agricultural productivity and yields, resulting in production losses and lower incomes. Mycotoxins from mold that grow on staple crops like maize and groundnuts during storage may also negatively impact nutrition by increasing gut permeability. While evidence is still limited, existing studies indicate certain mycotoxins are associated with lower child growth. The document argues that addressing mycotoxins and other gender issues in agriculture that impact women's roles could help make agriculture systems more nutrition-sensitive.
This document discusses quantitative priority setting (QPS) for the CGIAR to identify high-value activities, opportunities to increase efficient use of resources, and whether funding is sufficient. It proposes a methodology involving standardized technology evaluation templates, modeling suites, and metrics. Key points include developing common templates and models, quantitatively evaluating technologies and CRP targets, improving existing models, and identifying priority areas for tool development by specialized centers and CRPs to guide funding allocation decisions across the CGIAR. It also emphasizes the importance of identifying the right goals through a global stakeholder process that monitors progress and proposes priority changes over time.
ICEbox™ is the first comprehensive organizational system for an individual’s important documents. The system streamlines the process for storing and accessing important documents needs during a life-altering event.
ICEbox™ was created to help both individuals and businesses organize and easily access their most important documents. This is important because many individuals postpone preparation for emergencies.
The document proposes changes to the MSCSA Platform Document, which guides the association's positions. It outlines the process for revising the document, which starts internally and then gets input from the student body. Students can propose amendments in September and vote on final changes in October. Additions are underlined and removals struck through. The proposed changes include additions of support for tuition-free public college, expanded loan forgiveness programs, and financial literacy training. Opposition is expressed to restrictions on voting locations and optional student fees. Input from students on suggestions is welcomed.
The document contains three short lessons. The first lesson is about showing respect to everyone regardless of their position. A professor teaches his students about the importance of knowing even the sweeper's name. The second lesson is about helping others in need. A young man helps an elderly man whose car broke down and the man later rewards him with expensive gifts. The third lesson is about kindness and generosity. A young boy buys an inexpensive ice cream so he can leave a tip for the waiter. The document encourages sharing life's blessings with others.
SIAC has increased funding for impact assessment in the CGIAR from $0.5 million annually before 2013 to over $4 million currently. It has made progress completing many planned outputs, like developing new impact assessment methods and institutionalizing the collection of crop adoption data. However, its organization in Phase 1 favored high quality academic research over strategic prioritization and institutionalization, resulting in fragmented studies. Going forward, SIAC needs a clearer theory of change with explicit activities, assumptions and risks to better achieve its intended outcomes of institutionalizing impact assessment in the CGIAR and providing credible evidence of impacts. It also needs to ensure its work is more focused on assessing impacts relevant to the CGIAR's strategic goals.
1. Agriculture plays a key role in both undernutrition and overnutrition as well as foodborne diseases and emerging infections. Research is needed to support agricultural approaches to improving food safety from farm to fork.
2. Many health issues are associated with agriculture including 2 billion people with hidden hunger, 5 billion sickened by food each year, and 2 billion exposed to farm hazards. Diseases from zoonotic reservoirs also pose challenges.
3. A farm to fork approach is needed to shift from punishment to prevention of foodborne diseases. Research should map and measure the multiple burdens of foodborne illness and develop innovations, incentives and institutions for better management of food safety.
