1. Workshop on Changes, Livelihoods & Policy: Village Level Studies (VLS) in conjunction with the AAEA annual meetings (23-24 July 2005)
The workshop was organized in collaboration with Yale University on Village Level Studies from July 23-24, 2005 at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, to develop joint proposals for assessing changes, livelihoods and policy in village level economies. The workshop is held in conjunction with the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meetings. The purpose of the workshop was to forge new partnerships, strengthen existing ones with US-based agricultural economists, and establish collaboration with US Universities involving faculty, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows through joint research and training programs at ICRISAT. The workshop h ighlights salient findings from new rounds of VLS and identifies priority research areas and topics for the ICRISAT-US Universities Linkage Program.
2. Brainstorming session on Food, livelihoods and HIV/AIDS (28 and 29 March 2005)
Two day brainstorming was held on 28 and 29 March 2005 at ICRISAT Patancheru on the theme “Food, Livelihoods and HIV/AIDS.” The first day was a multi-stakeholder meeting attended by representatives from agriculture, food and nutrition, rural development, micro finance, medical & public health and education sectors. The second day was a meeting with policy makers on the convergence of action towards implementation. It sought to build multi-stakeholder collaboration with focus on Andhra Pradesh. Policy makers from the state of Andhra Pradesh represented the Ministries of Rural Development, Agriculture, Family Welfare, Health, Women & Child Development, Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (APSACS), ANGRAU, CARE – India, other NGO's and ICRISAT. The meeting resulted in an agreement to establish an AP State Multi-sectoral Working Group on HIV and AIDS chaired by the Commissioner, Agricultural Production. ICRISAT would provide the research support, and the implementation in pilot villages will be community-based.
Two day brainstorming was held on 28 and 29 March 2005 at ICRISAT Patancheru on the theme “Food, Livelihoods and HIV/AIDS.” The first day was a multi-stakeholder meeting attended by representatives from agriculture, food and nutrition, rural development, micro finance, medical & public health and education sectors. The second day was a meeting with policy makers on the convergence of action towards implementation. It sought to build multi-stakeholder collaboration with focus on Andhra Pradesh. Policy makers from the state of Andhra Pradesh represented the Ministries of Rural Development, Agriculture, Family Welfare, Health, Women & Child Development, Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (APSACS), ANGRAU, CARE – India, other NGO's and ICRISAT. The meeting resulted in an agreement to establish an AP State Multi-sectoral Working Group on HIV and AIDS chaired by the Commissioner, Agricultural Production. ICRISAT would provide the research support, and the implementation in pilot villages will be community-based.