Resources

ICRPS 2018

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Monday, June 25

DAY 1

SESSION: 1

Judith Stallmann: Student Interactive Activity on Levels of Government in Their Country

SESSION: 2

Lawrence “Tony” Haygood, Jr., Mayor, City of Tuskegee, Local City Government

Harvey Maxwell, Chair, Macon County Commission, Local County Government

Anita Archie, Deputy Director, Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, Local and State Government Interactions

SESSION: 3

Robert Zabawa and Ntam Baharanyi, Tuskegee University, A Discussion of USDA Definitions of Rural and Rurality 

Ray Bollman, Brandon University, What is Rural? What is Rural Policy? What is Rural Development Policy? 

Mexico: Gabino Nava-Bernal, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, What is Rural? The Mexican Approach

Canada: Wayne Kelly, Brandon University, What is Rural? The Canadian Approach

Spain: Lourdes Viladomiu, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, What is Rural? The Spanish and Catalan Approach

Scotland: Philomena De Lima, University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness College, What is Rural? The Scottish Approach

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

DAY 2

SESSION: 4

Robert Zabawa, Tuskegee University, Ethnoscience: An Exercise in Indigenous Knowledge

Judith Stallman, University of Missouri, Quasi-Experimental Design

Ray Bollman, Brandon University, Data Set

Thierno Thiam, Tuskegee University, Research Methods in the Social Sciences

SESSION: 5

Walter Hill, Tuskegee University, The Role of the 1890 Land Grant Institutions in Rural Development Policy

Jerry Pennick, Federation of Southern Cooperatives (ret.) and Tuskegee University, The Role of Community-Based Organizations in Rural Development Policy

Dana Chandler, Tuskegee University, George Washington Carver: Exploring the Myths and Clarifying Some Criticisms

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

DAY 3

SESSION: 8

Philomena De Lima, University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness College, Intersecting Identities (race, gender, social class) and Poverty in Rural Areas (Scotland and the US) – Implications for Policy

Lidia Carvajal, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Policies Affecting Indigenous and Minorities in Rural Areas, The Case from Mexico

Wayne Kelly, Brandon University, Youth Engagement and Community Resilience

Thursday, June 28, 2018

DAY 4

SESSION: 9

Veronica Womack, Georgia College and State University, Federal/Regional Planning Authority Legislative Initiatives

Chris Beeker, III, State Director, USDA Rural Development, Effectiveness of Current Rural Development Policies on Minority Communities

Tyson Howard, Executive Director, South Central Alabama Development Commission, The Effectiveness of Regional Development Commissions on Minority Communities and Rural Alabamians

Ntam Baharanyi, Tuskegee University, From the Enterprise Zones to the Opportunity Zones: Policy Lessons Learned

Mikael Akimowicz, Brandon University, Assessing the Enterprise Zone Program in France

Matteo Vittuari, University of Bologna, Assessing the European Union—Leader Initiative

Ryan Gibson, University of Guelph, Canadian Community Futures Program

SESSION: 10

Matteo Vittuari, University of Bologna, Food (Waste) and Energy Nexus: Resilience, Challenges and Opportunities

Victòria Soldevila Lafon, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Food Regimes and Food Security

Phil Loring, University of Saskatchewan (video conference), Food Governance and Sovereignty

Desmond Mortley, Tuskegee University, Food Processing for Smallholders Lab and Demonstration

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

DAY 9

SESSION: 17

Miles Robinson, Tuskegee University, USDA and Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers

Sara Epp, University of Guelph, The Migration of Mennonite Farmers in Canada

Amadou Diop, USDA Forest Service, Regional Office, Atlanta, GA

Demetris Johnson, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

USDA Farm Service Agency Alabama State Office (invited)

SESSION: 18

Conner Bailey, Auburn University, Why Does Ownership of Land Matter? Concentrated Ownership of Timberland in Alabama

Robert Zabawa, Tuskegee University, Land Ownership and Individual and Community Wealth

Souleymane Fall and Joseph Quansah, Tuskegee University, GIS and Environmental Justice

Raymon Shange, Tuskegee University, Minority Stewardship and Management Towards Environmental Sustainability

SESSION: 19

Marco Pagani, University of Bologna, Bioenergy as a Tool for Rural Development

Gabino Nava-Bernal, Universidad del Estado de Mexico, Mexican Peasant (Campesino) Strategies to Face Climate Variability

Catherine Flowers, Equal Justice Initiative, Environmental Justice and Climate Change

Thierno Thiam, Tuskegee University, An Impossible Deal: How Our Outdated Political Institutions Fail Us on Climate Change

Thursday, July 5, 2018

DAY 11

SESSION: 20

Lidia Carvajal, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, Mexican Rural International Migration: Challenges Facing Leaving and Returning

Philomena De Lima, University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness College, The Migration- Rural ‘Development’ Nexus and Migrant Wellbeing

Kimble Forrister, Executive Director Alabama Arise (retired), Alabama Arise Citizens’ Policy Project: Advocacy for Low-income Alabamians

SESSION: 21

Mikael Akimowicz, Brandon University, Impact of Farmland Policies on Farmers’ Investment Decision-Making in Peri-Urban Areas

Marceline Egnin, Tuskegee University, Biotechnology to Feed the World

Kokoasse Kpomblekou-A, Tuskegee University, Organic Production and Small-Scale Farming