Schedule of Events
Wednesday, October 2
Cook Student Center, George H. Cook Room
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kendra McSweeney
Landscapes and Livelihoods: How global drug policies and criminal networks shape smallholder trajectories in Central America
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Reception
7:30 PM Dinner (invited conference participants only)
Landscapes and Livelihoods: How global drug policies and criminal networks shape smallholder trajectories in Central America
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Reception
7:30 PM Dinner (invited conference participants only)
Thursday, October 3
Cook Student Center, George H. Cook Room
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM Symposium Welcome & Introduction
SESSION 1: SMALLHOLDER RESPONSES TO GLOBAL PHENOMENA
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Catherine M. Tucker
Betting on Hope: Honduran Smallholder Coffee Producers and Cooperatives in Contexts of Climate Change, Market Volatility, and Certifications
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM Ximena Rueda
The Dream of Upgrading: How Certification Enables Access to High-quality, Direct Trade Relationships in the Cacao Sector
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM Kevon Rhiney
Smallholder Vulnerability and the Coffee Rust Epidemic in the Jamaican Blue Mountains
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM Kendra McSweeney
Narco-Capital and Smallholders in Central America
10:20 AM - 10:45 AM Panel discussion
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Coffee Break
SESSION 2: MODES SMALLHOLDER ENGAGEMENT & AGRARIAN/LAND REFORM
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Rinku Roy Chowdhury
Neoliberal Reform, Smallholder Livelihoods, and Land Systems: A Review
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM Edward R. Carr
Livelihoods, Socio-ecological Resilience, and Smallholder Transformations
11:40 AM -12:00 PM David Lansing
Ecological Rents and Smallholder Engagement with Ecosystem Service Payments
12:00 PM -12:45 PM Panel Discussion
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch
SESSION 3: PROCESS & PATTERNS OF CHANGE AT THE FRONTIER
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM Stephen Aldrich
Smallholders and Nonholders: The End-landscapes of Agrarian Reform and Ranching in the Landscape of the Brazil Nut Polygon of the Brazilian Amazon
2:05 PM - 2:25 PM Rachael Garrett
Overcoming Persistent Environmentally Degrading and Low Income Land Uses in the Brazilian Amazon
2:25 PM - 2:45 PM Antonio Castellano-Navarrete
Oil Palm in Latin America: Land and Labour Dynamics in a New Frontier
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Laura Schneider
Open for development: Land change in Arauca, Colombia After the Signing of Colombia Peace Treaty 2016
3:15 PM - 3:40 PM Panel discussion
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee Break
SESSION 1: SMALLHOLDER RESPONSES TO GLOBAL PHENOMENA
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Catherine M. Tucker
Betting on Hope: Honduran Smallholder Coffee Producers and Cooperatives in Contexts of Climate Change, Market Volatility, and Certifications
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM Ximena Rueda
The Dream of Upgrading: How Certification Enables Access to High-quality, Direct Trade Relationships in the Cacao Sector
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM Kevon Rhiney
Smallholder Vulnerability and the Coffee Rust Epidemic in the Jamaican Blue Mountains
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM Kendra McSweeney
Narco-Capital and Smallholders in Central America
10:20 AM - 10:45 AM Panel discussion
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Coffee Break
SESSION 2: MODES SMALLHOLDER ENGAGEMENT & AGRARIAN/LAND REFORM
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Rinku Roy Chowdhury
Neoliberal Reform, Smallholder Livelihoods, and Land Systems: A Review
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM Edward R. Carr
Livelihoods, Socio-ecological Resilience, and Smallholder Transformations
11:40 AM -12:00 PM David Lansing
Ecological Rents and Smallholder Engagement with Ecosystem Service Payments
12:00 PM -12:45 PM Panel Discussion
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch
SESSION 3: PROCESS & PATTERNS OF CHANGE AT THE FRONTIER
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM Stephen Aldrich
Smallholders and Nonholders: The End-landscapes of Agrarian Reform and Ranching in the Landscape of the Brazil Nut Polygon of the Brazilian Amazon
2:05 PM - 2:25 PM Rachael Garrett
Overcoming Persistent Environmentally Degrading and Low Income Land Uses in the Brazilian Amazon
2:25 PM - 2:45 PM Antonio Castellano-Navarrete
Oil Palm in Latin America: Land and Labour Dynamics in a New Frontier
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Laura Schneider
Open for development: Land change in Arauca, Colombia After the Signing of Colombia Peace Treaty 2016
3:15 PM - 3:40 PM Panel discussion
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee Break
Friday, October 4
Cook Student Center, Merle V. Adams Room
Invited Conference Participants Only
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM Workshop: Discussion, Synthesis Paper
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Workshop: Discussion, Synthesis paper
4:00 PM Conference End
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Workshop: Discussion, Synthesis paper
4:00 PM Conference End