Adaptive Research Conference

The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute announces it's first adaptive research conference. The conference will give an opportunity to interested parties to give presentations of the adaptive research processes and findings. This brochure provides specifications of presentations for the conference

Date: 16 to 19 June 2003

Venue
KARI Headquarters, Conference Hall, Kaptagat Road, Loresho, Nairobi

Theme

Adaptive Research for sustainable agricultural growth: past, present and future

Objectives

Ø To review KARI's adaptive research processes
Ø To share relevant adaptive research findings and achievements
Ø To chart future strategies for KARI's adaptive research

Papers
Those wishing to present papers should submit first drafts of the papers by 14th April 2003 and the final copies of the accepted papers to be received by 23rd May 2003. Papers that do not meet the deadline shall be disqualified

All papers should be typed and double spaced and should include:
Ø title and name(s), institutional affiliation(s) and complete mailing address(es) of the author(s)

with an indication of which author is responsible for correspondence
Ø objectives, methods, results, conclusions and recommendations.

Publication of Papers
Papers presented at the conference will be published in a volume tentatively titled "Proceedings of the 1st Adaptive Research Conference".

Session Specification
Though sessions will be composed of commodity/factor, (crops, livestock, range, soil and water, socio-economics and biometrics, information documentation and dissemination), the processes of adaptive research e.g surveys, methodologies, verification/validation of technologies, adoption and impact studies must be reflected.

Manuscript Requirements
Papers must be in English, typed on A4 size paper and not longer than eight (8) double spaced typewritten pages including tables and figures. Pages should be numbered consecutively with author's names and a running title at the top of each page. Hard copies of all manuscripts should be submitted in duplicate and the diskette copies should be in Ms. Word for Windows 95 or 97.

Cover, Title, Author and Running Heads
The cover page should include the title of the paper, the names and complete mailing addresses of the authors with an indication of which author is responsible for correspondence. The name of the author to present the paper should be underlined. Include telephone, e-mail and fax numbers for ease of communication. The title of the paper should represent the content of the article and briefly

Literature Cited
Names of journals should be spelled out in their entirety followed by the Volume Number (and Issue Number where available). Page numbers should be inclusive and follow a colon after the Volume Number. For books, give the city of publication and the name of the publisher. Do not include number of pages unless you are referring to a section of the book.

Poster Session
There will be several poster sessions during the conference. Papers that may not be accommodated in the main plenary sessions may be presented in the poster sessions. All posters should fit into a poster board measuring 1682x2378mm. A good poster should:

Ø be simple, informative, visually appealing and attractive
Ø be easy to read and understand with relevant legend
Ø contain text and illustrative matter harmoniously combined to produce an effective presentation
Ø tell the complete story.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

All enquiries should be addressed to:

THE SECRETARY
1st KARI Adaptive Research Conference
KARI Headquarters
P O Box 57811,Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: 254-2-583301-20/583380
Fax: 254-2-583344
e-mail: Fhkiriro@kari.org