INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IPM IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IPM IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

8-12 SEPTEMBER 2002

KAMPALA, UGANDA

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

THEME:

IPM: A Strategic Tool for Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

CONVENERS:

Click on this for the Final Conference Program (PDF file)

Participants are advised to arrange for their own sponsorship, although it is anticipated that the conference sponsors will be able to at least partially support some participants. Conference registration fee is US$ 100.00. Accommodation arrangements will be handled by the Local Organizing committee and each participant is expected to pay US$ 70/day to cater for full board lodging. Local participants will be allowed to pay in local currency (Shillings) equivalent.

VENUE AND DATES:

The Conference will be held 8 – 12 September 2002. The conference venue will be Hotel Equatoria, (P. O. Box 7503 Kampala, Uganda, Tel: 256 41 250780/9, Fax: 256 41 250146, Telex: 256 41 61224). Hotel Equatoria accepts Master Card, Visa, American Express, and Dinners Club credit cards. The email address for the hotel is: equator@starcom.co.ug, or equatoria@imperialhotels.co.ug. All delegates arriving at Entebbe International Airport will be met and transported to the Conference venue and their respective hotels. For those arriving by airline please send your name and your itinerary to: acss@starcom.co.ug, or taylord@vt.edu. If you are not staying at the Hotel Equatoria, please let us know where you will be staying.

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SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS:

All papers to be presented are to be submitted prior to the Conference. The papers will be grouped under the following sub-themes:

IPM technology development and farmer participatory approaches
Economic evaluation of IPM practices including case studies
Role of indigenous knowledge in IPM
IPM post harvest strategies

A book of abstracts will be prepared and compiled prior to the Conference. Therefore, abstracts of all papers (Oral and Poster) should be submitted to the African Crop Science Journal Secretariat, Faculty of Agriculture, Makerere University (P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda; email: acss@starcom.co.ug) not latter than 15^th July 2002. Full papers to be submitted at least one month before the conference must adhere to the format (click here for the format) of the African Crop Science Journal. Both abstracts and full papers may be submitted by email or post. The language for the Conference will be English therefore all submissions should be in English and abstracts should be limited to a maximum of 250 words. Papers that are acceptable for publication will be published in a special issue of the African Crop Science Journal.

For any inquires, please contact:

Professor Adipala-Ekwamu

Chairman, Conference Program & Publicity

Crop Science Department

Faculty of Agriculture, Makerere University

Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda

Tel: 256-41-540464

Email: acss@starcom.co.ug

REGISTRATION FORM (please fill out one for each person attending):

Please select one of the following options to complete the registration form for the conference. Upon completion, please either email or send the registration to Professor Adipala-Ekwamu at above address.

MS Word version of the form for surface mailing or sending as an attachment to Professor Adipala-Ekwamu.
Rich text version of the registration form to send as an attachment to Professor Adipala-Ekwamu.
PDF version of the registration form
On-line registration form which will automatically send the information to Professor Adipala-Ekwamu
Copy and paste the following into an email message, fill it out, and send it to Professor Adipala-Ekwamu

Preliminary List of Participants as of July 15, 2002 (many participants and abstracts have to be added to the list)

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Registration Form -- International Conference on IPM in Sub Saharan Africa

8-12 September 2202, Kampala, Uganda

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What is the title and authors of your proposed presentation? Please indicate if you have preferences as to oral presentation versus poster presentations. Not required for conference registration.

Abstract -- 250 word limit -- due 15^th July 2002 -- not required for conference registration.

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Sponsored by:


Makerere University Kampala Uganda	Integrated Pest Management Collaborative Research Support Program	National Agricultural Research Organization Uganda

Link to the IPM CRSP Uganda Site

Email the Webmaster: Dan Taylor (taylord@vt.edu)

Last updated: 03 September, 2002

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