IAI - Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research

24 October – 06 November 2004 – Nicoya, Costa Rica

Participants Speakers Organizers Presentations Photos

Scientific Workshop and Science-Policy Forum

The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) and IAI held this Institute which consisted of a Scientific Workshop and Science-Policy Forum at the Mesoamerican Institute of the National University of Costa Rica in Nicoya. The Institute focused on interactions between processes of globalization and global environmental change, and the implications of these interactions for food systems and food security.

– Announcement

– Press Release (Spanish)

Participants

IAI

Carlos A. Ruiz-Garvia
University of Concepción (Chile) – Bolivia

Carlos Icaza Lara
Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) – México

Erika Trigoso Rubio
University of Arizona, U.S.A. – Peru

Inés Margarita Torres Rivero
University of Pinar del Río – Cuba

José Pedro Castaño
University of the Republic – Uruguay

Magali García Cárdenas
State University of La Paz – Bolivia

Man Yu Chang
Federal University of Paraná – Brazil

Maria Methol
National University – Uruguay

Rodolfo Osório de Oliveira
Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) – Brasil

Sandra Mejía Mendoza
University Centro Americana (UCA) – Nicaragua

Sergio Omar Saldaña Zorrilla
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) – México

Tania Zambrano
University of Los Andes – Venezuela

CEMEDE

Herbert Yanes
Honduras

Maria Ernestina Ardón Quezada
Guatemala

IHDP

Barthelemy G. Honfoga
University of Abomey-Calavi – Benin

Charyty Kagiso Kerapeletswe
Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA) – Botswana

Marie J. Rarieya
University of Sunderland, UK – Kenya

Shuni Leonard Unganai
University of Witwatersrand (South Africa) – Zimbabwe

Kanthi Wijetunge
Ministry of Information and Media – Sri Lanka

Suruchi Bhadwal
UNFCCC – IPCC – India

Thanh Vo
Department of Science and Technology of Thua Thien Hue Province – Vietnam

Gabriela Nedita
University of Bucharest – Romania

Livia-Bizikova
Department of Science and Technology of Thua Thien Hue Province – Vietnam

Jiehua Lu
China

Lilibeth Acosta-Michlik
Filipinas

– Information about participants

Speakers

Eduardo Viola
University of Brasilia – Brazil

Karen L. O’Brien
CICERO / University of Oslo – South Africa

Mahendra Shah
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) – Austria

Paul Filmer
U.S. National Science Foundation – E.E.U.U.

Robin Leichenko
Rutgers University – E.E.U.U.

Sarah Cline
International Food Policy Research Institute – E.E.U.U.

Stefan Wirsenius
Chalmers University of Technology – Suecia

Alejandro León
Chile

Barbara Huddleston
Italia

José Maria Gutiérrez
Costa Rica

Leslie A. King
Canadá

Linda Stevenson
Japón

– Guest Lectures Information

Organizers of the Scientific Workshop

– Alexander López (CEMEDE – Costa Rica)
– Carlos Chaverri (CEMEDE – Costa Rica)
– Maarit Thiem (IHDP – Alemania)
– Valerie Schulz (IHDP – Alemania)
– Marcella O. Schwarz (IAI – Brasil)
– Gicela Zambon (IAI – Brasil)

Presentations

Science Policy Forum – November 5th, 2004 – CENAT, San José, Costa Rica

– Introductory Keynote Talk: The New Axle of Food Security, Dr. Gustavo Gordillo de Anda Abstract Article Presentation

– Topic 1: Global Environmental Change and Agriculture in Central America, Mr. Manuel Jiménez Umaña Abstract

– Topic 2: Globalization of Food Production and Consumption: A Central American Perspective, Dr. Ana Victoria Román Abstract Presentation

– Topic 3: Diversification versus Specialization: Challenges for Rural Livelihoods in a Changing World, Dr. Carlos Pomareda Article

– Concluding Keynote Talk: Retos científicos y políticos para la toma de decisiones sobre cambio climático y seguridad alimentaria, Dr. Chelston W.D. Brathwaite Abstract Presentation

– Forum announcement