Meeting schedule for the TIGA meeting 13-14th September 2012 at ZEF, Bonn Wednesday Sept. 12, 2012 ARRIVALS Thursday Sept. 13, 2012 0830-0900 Registration and coffee 0900-0915 Welcome by ZEF director Prof. Joachim von Braun 0915-0930 Introduction to the TIGA project and its common analytical approach 0930-1730 Current state of agricultural productivity, technology innovations and food security in Bangladesh, India (Bihar, Odisha), Ethiopia and Ghana: Overview of needs and opportunities Malek Md Abdul and Amzad Hossain BRAC, Dhaka Discussion 1030-1100 1200-1330 1430-1500 1800 JvB FG Coffee/Tea P.K. Joshi, Praduman Kumar, Gaurav Tripathi, Devesh Roy IFPRI, New Delhi Discussion Lunch at ZEF Mensa Bekele Hundie EEA, Addis Ababa Discussion Coffee/Tea Samual Asuming-Brempong FARA, Accra Discussion GIS and data management workshops in SA and SSA – Introduction and planning Scheduling of common and country specific project activities Working groups: India VG Bangladesh FG Collective dinner: Restaurant Godesburg (CH and VG) 0930-1000 1000-1030 FG 1100-1130 1130-1200 VG 1330-1400 1400-1430 CH 1500-1530 1530-1600 HB VG 1600-1630 AR 1630-1730 Ethiopia Ghana CH HB Friday Sept. 14, 2012 Methods for implementing the common approach (assessment, analysis, models) 0900-1630 1030-1100 1230-1330 1430-1500 1600-1700 1700-1730 1800 Mapping marginality hotspots for TIGA – new developments Discussion Methods for implementing the common approach-Part 1 Malek Md Abdul and Amzad Hossain BRAC, Dhaka Discussion Coffee/Tea P.K. Joshi, Praduman Kumar, Gaurav Tripathi, Devesh Roy IFPRI, New Delhi Discussion Bekele Hundie EEA, Addis Ababa Discussion Samual Asuming-Brempong FARA, Accra Discussion Lunch at ZEF Mensa Methods for implementing the common approach-Part 2 Samual Asuming-Brempong FARA, Accra Discussion Bekele Hundie EEA, Addis Ababa Discussion Coffee/Tea P.K. Joshi, Praduman Kumar, Gaurav Tripathi, Devesh Roy IFPRI, New Delhi Discussion Malek Md Abdul, Amzad Hossain, Saiful Islam BRAC, Dhaka Discussion Feedback and comments from the scientific advisors Prof. Franz Heidhues and Prof. Arie Kuyvenhoven Discussion Final remarks, future plans Dinner: Place will be announced (FG) 0900-0930 VG 0930-1000 HB 1000-1015 1015-1045 FG 1015-1030 1030-1100 VG 1100-1115 1115-1145 CH 1145-1200 1130-1230 HB 1330-1345 1345-1400 HB 1400-1415 1415-1430 CH 1500-1515 1515-1530 VG 1530-1545 1545-1600 FG FG