AFSNRM Program News and Updates
April 2004
New Presentations have been posted.
January/February 2004
New Presentations have been posted.
December 2002
Poverty Workshop Announcement:
Reconciling Rural Poverty Reduction and Resource Conservation
A major international workshop will be held on the campus of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, from May 2- 3, 2003.
Check out the web site for more information about the workshop, including details on paper submissions and participants.
November 2002
The two-week Ithaca component of the Bioeconomic Modeling Course for Smallholder Systems has been completed. Check the web sites below for information, updates, and photos from the successful session.
- Bioeconomic Modeling for Smallholder Systems - Public Site
- Bioeconomic Modeling for Smallholder Systems - Internal Course Web Site
A new Presentations page has been added to the AFSNRM web site. The page contains a number of Power Point presentations delivered as part of the AFSNRM program.
October 2002
- Several Microsoft
Power Point presentations delivered as part of the USAID BASIS CRSP project
have been posted on the web site.
- Check out: USAID BASIS CRSP Presentations
August 2002
The 2002-03 BASIS work plan has been filed with the BASIS ME at University of Wisconsin. The document is accessible from below, and it also catalogued in the "Publications" section of this web site.
- 2002-03 BASIS Project Work Plan, August 2002
A new web site has been created for a Bioeconomic Modeling Course. This course is being offered for scientists at FOFIFA, ICRAF and KARI who have responsibilities for policy and technology analysis. The course is administered by the Cornell University Dept. of Applied Economics and Management in conjunction with the USAID BASIS CRSP project.
- Bioeconomic Modeling for Smallholder Systems - Public Site
- Bioeconomic Modeling for Smallholder Systems - Internal Course Web Site
December 2001
Dr. Bernard Okumu receives the Outstanding Research Silver Medal from the World Bank:
Last December, Dr. Bernard Okumu of Cornell University was awarded an Outstanding Research Silver Medal by the World Bank during the Global Development Network Conference held in Tokyo (10th - 13th December 2000). This award was for his research paper entitled "Technology and Policy Impacts on Economic Performance, Nutrient Flows and Soil Erosion at Watershed Level: The Case of Ginchi in Ethiopia". The medal is announced and presented by Mr. Kiichi Miyazawa, Minister of Finance, Japan, while the Chair of the Selection Committee: Dr. Joseph Stiglitz (Stanford University) presides.
October 2001
A new web site has been created for the USAID BASIS CRSP Project, “Rural Markets, Natural Capital and Dynamic Poverty Traps in East Africa. The site contains information about the program, participant information, the project proposal, policy briefs and meeting information.
Visit the website for the program: BASIS CRSP Program
September 2001
A new web site has been created for the Rockefeller Ph.D. Training Program. The site contains information about the program, fellow background information, research topics, program news and more.
Visit the new website for the program: Rockefeller Ph.D. Program
January 2001
A multi-year Rockefeller Foundation grant will enable Cornell researchers to study ways of improving agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa.
official announcement of the Rockefeller Doctoral Training Program
