Expert Consultation on Managing Trans-boundary Diseases of Agricultural Importance in Asia Pacific

10-12 October, 2012

NASC Complex, New Delhi

Wednesday (10 Oct 2012)

08.30-9.00 :Registration

Venue: A. P. Shinde Symposium Hall

Inaugural Session

09:00 - 09:10 / Welcome Address / Dr. S. Ayyappan, Secretary, DARE & DG, ICAR and Chairman,
09:10 - 09:25 / Brief about Consultation / Dr. Raj Paroda, Executive Secretary, APAARI & Chairman TAAS
09:25 - 09:40 / Remarks / Dr. Raj Paroda, Executive Secretary, APAARI & Chairman TAAS
09:40 - 09:55 / Address / Shri Harish Rawat, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Agriculture, Food Processing Industries and Parliamentary Affairs
09:55 - 10:10 / Vote of Thanks / Dr. K. M. L. Pathak, DDG (AS), ICAR & Chairman, Organizing Committee

10:10 – 10:35 Group Photo, Tea/Coffee

10.40 – 12:20Technical Session I: Status and Management of Plant Trans-

Boundary Diseases

Venue: Lecture hall, IInd Floor NAAS building

Chair:Mr. Ashish Bahuguna, Secretary, DAC

Co-Chair: Dr. S. Nagarajan, Former Director, IARI

Rapporteur: Dr. A. K. Bawa, Principal Secretary, ICAR

Keynote Presentation
15 minutes / Dr. Peter Kenmore
FAO Representative in India / Trans-boundary diseases – Global scenario and India’s role in their management
15 minutes / Dr Ronnie Coffman, Cornell University, USA
(with K. Vijayaraghavan and S.D. Evangea / The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI): Managing wheat rust through collaboration.
Panel Discussion
07 minutes / Dr. Jaw-fen Wang, AVRDC
07 minutes / Dr. (Mrs.) Indu Sharma
07 minutes / Dr. V. V. Ramamurthi
07 minutes / Dr. R. K. Jain
General Discussion
Concluding remarks by Chair & Co-Chair

12:20 – 14 : 00Technical Session II: Status and Management of Animal Trans-

BoundaryDiseases

Venue: Lecture hall, IInd Floor NAAS building

Chair: Dr. Simon, ACIAR

Co-Chair: Dr. Ajit Maru, GFAR

Rapporteur: Dr. B.Pattnaik, PD-FMD

Keynote Presentation
15 minutes / Dr. Subhash Morzaria, FAO-RAP / Initiatives for the control of priority trans-boundary animal diseases in South Asia
Panel Discussion
07 minutes / Dr. Tai-Young Hur, RDA. Korea
07 minutes / Dr. M. P. Yadav
07 minutes / Dr. Arvind Kumar
07 minutes / Dr. A. K. Gahlot
General Discussion
Concluding remarks by Chair Co-Chair

14:00 – 14:30Lunch Venue: Conference Facilities, Ground Floor

14:40 – 16:10 Technical Session III: Status and Management of Fish Trans-

Boundary Diseases

Venue: Lecture hall, IInd Floor NAAS building

Chair:ShriG. C. Pati, Secretary, ADF

Co-Chair : Dr. Nguyen Van Bo, President, VAAS

Rapporteur:Dr. P. K. Sahoo, Sr. Scientist, CIFA

Keynote Presentation
15 minutes / Dr (Mrs) Indrani Karunasagar / Status and management of fish trans-boundary diseases
Panel Discussion
07 minutes / Dr. K.V.Rajendran
07 minutes / Dr. A. S. Sahul Hameed
07 minutes / Dr. S. V. Alvandi
07 minutes / Dr. J. K. Jena
General Discussion
Concluding remarks by Chair & Co-Chair

16:10 – 16:30 Tea/Coffee

16:30 – 17:30 Technical Session IV: Breakout Group Discussions for Identifying Key Issues in Plant, Animal and Fish TBDs

Facilitator (Plant): Dr. T. P. Rajendran, ADG (PP), ICAR / Rapporteur (Plant):Dr. R. K. Jain / Venue : Lecture hall, IInd Floor NAAS building
Facilitator (Animal):Dr. Mohinder Oberoi, FAO / Rapporteur (Animal) Dr. Dilip K. Sarma / Venue : Training hall, IInd Floor NAAS building
Facilitator (Fish): Dr. K. M. Shankar / Rapporteur (Fish): Dr. (Mrs.) Usha Moza / Venue : Conference hall, IInd Floor NAAS building

19:30ReceptionDinner Hosted by Secretary,DARE and DG, ICAR

Venue: NASC Lawn

Thursday (11 Oct 2012)

09:00 – 10:30Technical Session V: Priorities for Policies, Research and Regional Management of Plant Trans-Boundary Diseases

Venue: Lecture hall, IInd Floor NAAS building

Chair: Dr. R. D. Ghodake, NARI

Co-Chair: Dr. S. K. Datta, DDG (CS), ICAR

Rapporteur: Dr. Rajan

Keynote Presentation
15 minutes / Dr. S. Nagarajan / Impact of trade, travel, weather and vulnerability on the R&D and policy advocacy on the TBD’s.
Panel Discussion
07 minutes / Prof. Anupam Verma
07 minutes / Dr. Narayan Rishi
07 minutes / Dr. B. L. Jalali
Dr. V. Ragunathan, FAO Consultant
Dr. A.K. Joshi, CIMMYT, Nepal
General Discussion
Concluding remarks by Chair & Co-Chair

10:30 – 11:00Tea/Coffee Venue: Conference Facilities, IInd Floor

11:00 – 13:00Technical Session VI: Priorities for Policies, Research and Regional Management of Animal Trans-Boundary Diseases

Venue: Lecture hall, IInd Floor NAAS building

Chair: Dr. Subhash Morzaria, FAO

Co-Chair: Prof. K. M. L. Pathak, DDG(AS), ICAR

Rapporteur: Dr. R. Venkataramanan, IVRI

Keynote Presentation
15 minutes / Dr. Joseph Domenech, OIE / Standard setting, a way to translate scientific knowledge into guidelines to support disease control strategies.
Panel Discussion
07 minutes / Dr. S. K. Bandyopadhay, ASRB
07 minutes / Dr. A.S. Nanda, AHC
07 minutes / Dr. A. K. Pandey
07 minutes / Dr. D. Kulkarni
07 minutes / Dr. Dilip K. Sarma
General Discussion
Concluding remarks by Chair & Co-Chair

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Venue: Conference Facilities, Ground Floor

14:00 – 15:30 Technical Session VII: Priorities for Policies, Research and RegionalManagement of Fish Trans-Boundary Diseases

Venue: Lecture hall, IInd Floor NAAS building

Chair:Mr. Ropate Ligairi, Fiji

Co-Chair: Dr. (Mrs). B. Meenakumari, DDG (Fy.) Rapporteur: Dr. Gaurav Rathore, NBFGR

Keynote Presentation
15 minutes / Dr. A. G. Ponniah / Priorities in research, policies and regional cooperation for effective management of fish trans-boundary diseases
Panel Discussion
07 minutes / Dr. P. Jayasankar, ICAR
07 minutes / Dr. Vishnu Bhatt
07 minutes / Dr. R. Paul Raj
07 minutes / Dr. Madan Mohan
General Discussion
Concluding remarks by Chair & Co-Chair

15:30 – 16:00Tea Venue: Conference Facilities, IInd Floor

16:00 – 17:30Plenary Lectures

Venue: Lecture hall, IInd Floor NAAS building

Chair: Dr. R. B. Singh, President, NAAS

Co-Chair: Dr. N.K.Krishna Kumar

Rapporteur: Dr. R. K. Singh, Director, NRC-Equines

15 minutes / Dr. Youichi Kobori, JIRCAS / Integrated pest management strategy of citrus greening disease (Huanglongbing) in the severely infested areas
15 minutes / Dr. Slava Zeman, Australian High Commission / Management of trans-boundary animal and plant diseases by Australia
15 minutes / Dr. Ravi Khetarpal, CABI / Need for knowledge management in biosecurity
General Discussion
Concluding remarks by Chair & Co-chair

19:30 Dinner Hosted by APAARI

Venue: IndiaInternational Centre, New Delhi

Friday (12 October 2012)

09:00– 10:30 Technical Session VIII: Group Discussion for Identifying Key Regional Priorities for Management of Plant, Animal and Fish Trans-Boundary Diseases

VenueNAAS Lecture hall, GroundFloor

Facilitator:
  1. Dr. T.P. Rajendran
  2. Dr. Gaya Prasad
/ Rapporteur:
Dr. Rajan
10:30 – 12:30 / Plenary Session: Presentation of Group Recommendations and General Discussion
Co-Chairs: Dr. S. Ayyappan, Dr. Raj Paroda
Rapporteur: Dr. J.L. Karihaloo
Closing of Meeting

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 18:00APAARI AGM Venue: NAAS Lecture hall, GroundFloor

18:00 – 18:30Tea/coffee Venue: NAAS Lecture hall, Ground Floor