Inception Meeting 3–6 March 2014, Nanning, China
Participants
Agenda
Report on field visits (link to document)
Participants
| Name |
Organisation |
Position |
| John Linton |
Natural Resources Institute |
Commercial Director |
| Prof Emmanuel Kaunda |
LUANAR Malawi |
Deputy Vice Chancellor |
| Lucky Pedro Penumlungu |
Aglupenu Investments, Malawi |
CEO |
| Dr Kofi Abban |
CSIR Water Research, Ghana |
Chief Research Scientist |
| Jacob Ainoo-Ansah |
Ainoo Ansah farms |
CEO |
| Mrs Ololade Adegoke |
SEFFA, Nigeria |
CEO |
| Obelema Ipalley Lawson |
Petroquip Nigeria Ltd |
CEO |
| Prof Martins Anetekhai |
Lagos State University |
|
| Dr Thomas Shipton |
Rhodes University / AASA |
|
| Prof Yuan Xinhua |
Freshwater Research Centre, China |
Deputy Director |
| Prof Luo Yonglu |
Guangxi Academy of Fisheries Science |
Vice President |
| Ms Liu Xuejiao |
UIBE |
PhD Student |
| Mr Zeng Shen |
Guizhou Institute of Fisheries |
Research Fellow |
| Ms Zhang Yanan |
Freshwater Research Centre, China |
MSc Student |
| Prof Xu Pao (1st day only) |
Freshwater Research Centre, China |
Director |
| Prof Gan Xi (1st day only) |
Guangxi Academy of Fisheries Science |
Director |
Agenda: 3rd March | 4th March | 5th & 6th March | 7th March
| Monday 3rd March: Arrival in Nanning, welcome and registration |
| 14:00 |
Welcome |
| 14:15 |
The Inception Conference: Objectives of the Conference & Housekeeping issues |
| 14:30 |
Introduction & brief description of our organizations |
| 15:15 |
Tea break |
| 15:45 |
Aquaculture in Africa: A review of what we proposed |
| 16:45 |
Objectives for tomorrow & close of Day 1
At the end of the first day, we should:
- All know each other
- Have a common understanding of the objectives of the conference
- Have a clear and shared understanding of our project and what it intends to do.
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| Tuesday 4th March: Developing the Research Methodologies |
| 09:00–12:30 |
Setting the Scene |
| 12:30 |
Lunch |
| 13:30–17:00 |
Developing the Research Methodology |
| |
At the end of the second day, we should:
- Have a broad understanding of the value chains that we are looking at
- Know what information we need
- Know who we need to talk to in order to get that information
- Know what tools we will use to collate and collect that information
- Have a plan for piloting this during the field work on Wednesday & Thursday
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| Wednesday & Thursday 5th & 6th March: Piloting the approach |
| 09:00–17:00 |
Field visit |
| |
At the end of the field work we will
- have a deeper understanding of the Chinese tilapia value chain.
- have identified any major gaps in our research methodologies. |
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| Friday 7th March: Review, next steps & wrap-up |
| 09:00 |
Review of Pilot Field Work and lessons learned |
| 10:30 |
Coffee |
| 11:00 |
Next Steps – Work Plan for Next Phase |
| 12:30 |
Lunch |
| 13:30 |
Other Issues
- Working with World Fish/NEPAD/EC
- Fund raising |
| 15:00 |
Coffee break |
| 15:30 |
Wrap-up and Close |
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At the end of the inception workshop we will have a clear work plan with roles, responsibilities, deadlines and outputs. |
