In November, Baker headed to Japan to the Afrasian Centre for Peace and Development Studies at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, for a symposium on “The Question of Poverty and Development in Conflict and Conflict Resolution.” Scholars from three continents explored the linkages between development, poverty, conflict and its resolution in sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia. Baker’s paper was titled “Conflict or Collaboration? Understanding State-Community Relationships in Community-Based Resource Management: Lessons from Local Irrigation and Forest Management in the Western Himalaya.”
In early December, Zerbe was invited by the Center for International Governance Innovation at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada to participate in a two-day workshop exploring “International Governance Responses to the Food Crisis.” His paper addresses the intersection of agricultural biotechnology, global food governance, and the food crisis.