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Embajada del Ecuador en los Estados
Día de Ecuador - Ecuador Day
Agriculture, Development, and the Environment
October 14, 2015
Emerson Alumni Hall
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Registration and Coffee (9:15-9:30)……………………………………….………President A & B
Introduction and Welcome (9:30-10:00 am)……………………………………President A & B
Dr. Philip Williams, Director, Center for Latin American Studies
Dr. Kent Fuchs, President, University of Florida
Amb. Francisco Borja Cevallos, Ambassador of Ecuador to the United States
Academic Panels:
Panel 1: Challenges of Amazonian Development (10:00-11:45 am)………….…Classroom
• Biodiversity in Western Amazonia – Setting the Stage
Bette Loiselle, Director of Tropical Conservation and Development Program,
University of Florida
• Al Sur de las decisiones: enfrentando la crisis del siglo XXI
Fander Falconi, Coordinador del Doctorado en Economía del Desarrollo, Facultad
Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO)
• Sub-Regional Dynamics and Factors of Land Cover Change in the Ecuadorian
Amazon, 1990-2013
Rodrigo Sierra, GeoIS
Lunch (11:45 am -1:15 pm)………………………………………………………..………President A & B
Panel 2: Sustainable Development Initiatives (1:15-3:00 pm)……………..…….Classroom
Chair and Discussant, Glenn Galloway, Director, Master of the Sustainable
Development Practice (MDP) Program, Center for Latin American Studies and Center
for African Studies, University of Florida
• Butterfly Farming as a Viable Tool for Sustainable Development in Ecuador
Maria Checa, PhD candidate and MDP graduate, University of Florida
• “La Minga” for Ecuadorian Cacao, a Successful Public-Private Partnership
Alfredo Dueñas Dávalos, General Manager of the “Minga de Cacao” Project, an
Alliance between Conservation and Development Foundation and Maquita
Cushunchic Comercializando como Hermanos Foundation.
• Programa Nacional de Incentivos Socio Bosque: Conservación y Desarrollo para
el Buen Vivir
Max Lascano, Coordinator of the Socio Bosque Program (Ministry of the
Environment)
Coffee Break (3:00-3:15 pm)………………..…………………………………………Room 207-208
Panel 3: Food Sovereignty and the Future of Smallholder Agriculture
(3:15-5:00 pm)
Classroom
Chair and Discussant, Carmen Diana Deere, Professor Emerita, Latin American Studies
and Food & Resource Economics, University of Florida
• Access to Land and Food Security
Dr. Ramón Espinel, Profesor Principal y Decano de la Facultad de Ciencias de la
Vida, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL)
• La cuestión campesina hoy: perspectivas y retos
Francisco Rhon, Executive Director, Centro Andino de Acción Popular (CAAP)
• Gendered Perceptions of Land ownership and Agricultural Decision-making in
Ecuador: Who are the Farm Managers?
Pilar Useche, Associate Professor, Food & Resource Economics and Latin American
Studies, University of Florida
Cultural Event and Reception (5:15-7:00 pm)………………………………….President A & B
Presentation of Afro-Ecuadorian music by El Grupo Chota Madre