Programme of the 2nd ISOFAR Conference and the 4th QLIF Congress
The programme of the second ISOFAR Conference can also be downloaded as an excel file.
Details on the QLIF Congress are available here.
18.06.08, 11:15-13:00
RT1-1 Soil organic matter management
| Brock |
The Impact of Site and Management Factors on Humus Dynamics in Long-term Field Experiments |
| Hoyer |
Indicators for the Evaluation of Soil Organic Matter and their Application in Organic and Conventional Farming Systems |
| Granstedt |
Organic and biodynamic cultivation - a possible way of increasing humus capital, improving soil fertility and providing a significant carbon sink in Nordic conditions |
| Stark |
Soil biological properties and microbial community structure are altered by organic farming practices |
18.06.08, 11:15-13:00
RT2-2 Nutrient management
| Koopmans |
A Conceptual Framework for Soil management and its effect on Soil Biodiversity in Organic and Low Input Farming |
| Zanen |
Improving Soil Structure and Nitrogen Use Efficiency by Using New Technologies in Organic Farming |
| Owen |
Season-long supply of plant-available nutrients from compost and fertiliser in a long term organic vs. conventional snap bean rotations experiment |
| Baker |
Elemental Contaminants in Fertilizers and Soil Amendments Used in Organic Production |
| Malhi |
Management Strategies and Practices for Preventing Nutrient Deficiencies in Organic Crop Production |
18.06.08, 11:15-13:00
RT3-3 Agripolicy: Institutions and implementations
| Bingen |
Toward Regionalized Models of Organic Food Production and Marketing in the US: The Case of Michigan (USA), ,, |
| Hamade |
Institutions and Policy Development for Organic Agriculture in Western Balkan Countries: a Cross-Country Analysis, ,, |
| Sanders |
Impact of agricultural liberalisation on the relative importance of price premiums for the profitability of organic farming , ,, |
| Vairo |
Potential implementation problems of the EU OAP: a failure mode and effects analysis |
18.06.08, 11:15-13:00
RT4-4 Welfare indicators and welfare promotion of organic animals
| Smolders |
Assessment of skin damages in dairy cows |
| Zeltner |
Evaluation of Laying Hen Strains for biodynamic Farms |
| Knierim |
Risk factors for feather picking in organic laying hens |
| Napolitano |
Monitoring the welfare of sheep in organic farms |
18.06.08, 11:15-13:00
RT5-5 Cross-disciplinary studies in Livelihood impacts of OA
| Abreu |
Agroforestry systems and food security among smallholder farmers of the Brazilian Amazon: A strategy for environmental global crisis |
| Lukas |
Organic agriculture and rural livelihoods in Karnataka, India |
| Setboon-sarng |
Impacts of Institutional Arrangements on the Profitability and Profit Efficiency of Organic Rice in Thailand: Who Gives the Highest Share of Benefits to Organic Farmers? |
| Moreno-Penaranda |
Organic Agriculture as Livelihood Strategy: A Case Study in a Rural Community of Southern Brazil. |
18.06.08, 14.30-16:00
RT1-6 Nitrogen management
| Loges |
Nitrate leaching and energy efficiency of stockless arable systems compared to mixed farming with livestock and a conventional system on fertile soils in Northern Germany |
| Askegaard |
Legume catch crops for reducing N leaching and substituting animal manure |
| Westphal |
Winter grazing as an alternative to mulching or mowing grass clover swards |
| v.d. Burgt |
Dutch organic greenhouse production: advances in nitrogen use efficiency |
18.06.08, 14:30-16:00
RT2-7 Methods in organic quality research
| Huber |
Organic, more healthy? A search for biomarkers |
| Baranska |
The effect of medium term feeding with organic, low input and conventional diet on selected immune parameters in rat |
| Bortoleto |
-Ray Spectrometry and Chemometrics to Discriminate Organic from Conventional Grown Agricultural Products |
| Ploeger |
Authenticity tests of organic products (apples) applying sensory analysis |
| Lueck |
Effect of wheat production system components on food preference in rats |
18.06.08, 14:30-16:00
RT3-8 Understanding the organic consumer
| Midmore |
Understanding the Organic Consumer through Narratives |
| Zepeda |
The US organic food shopper: hippy, yuppie, pagan, soccer mom |
| Sirieix |
Consumers willingness to pay for Fair trade and organic products |
| Aschemann |
The EU health claim regulation and its impact on the marketing of organic food. |
18.06.08, 14:30-16:00
RT4-9 Handling of animal welfare and disease challenges
| Thatcher |
A Longitudinal Study of Mastitis on an Experimental Farm with Two Herds, One Managed Organically, the other Conventionally |
| Iepema |
Effect of colostrum type on serum gamma globulin concentration, growth and health of goat kids until three months |
| Giacinti |
Treatment of bovine subclinical mastitis with phytoterapeutic remedies during lactation |
| Wagenaar |
Mastitis incidence and milk quality in organic dairy farms which use suckling systems in calf rearing |
18.06.08, 14:30-16:00
RT5-10 Cross-disciplinary and participatory research methods: What can we learn?
| Jackson |
Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of the On-Farm Transition from Conventional to Organic Vegetable Production |
| Alföldi |
How to promote innovation and interdisciplinarity in organic food and farming research evaluation |
| Wivstad |
Learning in context - improved nutrient management in arable cropping systems through participatory research |
| Lieblein |
Research - Teaching integration in Agroecology and Organic Farming |
18.06.08, 16:30-18:00
RT1-11 Comparison of cropping systems
| Kelm |
Comparative analysis of conventional and organic farming systems: Nitrogen surpluses and nitrogen losses |
| Olesen |
Nitrogen use efficiency of cereals in arable organic farming |
| Teasdale |
Performance of Organic Grain Cropping Systems in Long-Term Experiments |
| Boldrini |
Effects of an organic and a conventional cropping system on soil fertility |
18.06.08, 16:30-18:00
RT2-12 Health and Safety of organic products
| de Wit |
Feed composition and strategies to improve poly-unsaturated fatty acid levels in organic cow milk |
| Stockmann |
Influence of cropping systems on the potential formation of acrylamide in different cultivars of wheat |
| Fischer-Arndt |
Effects of weed management strategies on quality and enteric pathogen contamination of organic lettuce |
| Särkkä-Tirkkonen |
Pilot scale application of ozonated water wash –effect on microbiological and sensory quality parameters of processed iceberg lettuce during shelf-life |
18.06.08, 16:30-18:00
RT3-13 Public procurement: constraints and barriers
| Mikkelsen |
Overcoming constraints and barriers for organic procurement in the public? - Applying the theory of loosely coupled systems to the case of organic conversion in Danish municipalities |
| Riefer |
Juveniles' organic food preferences and how parents deal with them |
| Rückert |
The successful use of organic food products in eating out: A German case study |
18.06.08, 16:30-18:00
RT4-14 Welfare and production of organic sows and piglets
| Bussemas |
Prolonged suckling period in organic piglet production |
| Früh |
Group housing of lactating sows in organic farms |
| Salomon |
Development of a mobile organic piggery |
| Vermeer |
Reducing piglet losses in organic farrowing pens |
18.06.08, 16:30-18:00
RT5-15 Consumers in a food chain perspective
| Daniel |
Consumers perceptions of combined "fair trade" and "organic agriculture" labels on food products |
| Christensen |
Are Organic Consumers Healthier than Others? |
| Zakowska-Biemans |
Consumers values and motives with regard to organic food products in Poland |
| Milestad |
Close consumer-producer links enable farmers to maintain and enhance on-farm biodiversity |
18.06.08, 18:30-20:00
RT1-16 Effect of crop management on weeds, pests and diseases
| Pearce |
Effects of husked oat varieties, variety mixtures and populations on disease levels, crop cover and their resulting yields
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| Gallandt |
Exploiting weed management benefits of cover crops requires carefully timed disturbance |
| Köpke |
Direct Seeding of Faba Beans in Organic Agriculture |
| Peigne |
Soil tillage in organic farming: impacts of conservation tillage on soil fertility, weeds and crops, |
18.06.08, 18:30-20:00
RT2-17 Bioactive compounds of organic plant products
| Hüsing |
Cultivation and analysis of anthocyanin containing types of potatoes in organic farming regarding cultivability and additional health benefits |
| Rembialkowska |
The Content of Selected Antioxidant Compounds in Bell Pepper Fruits from Organic and Conventional Cultivation Before and After Freezing Process |
| Nobili |
Bioactive compounds in tomato: effect of organic vs conventional management |
| Wisniewska |
The antioxidant compounds in rat experimental diets based on plant materials from organic, low-input and conventional agricultural systems |
18.06.08, 18:30-20:00
RT3-18 Economics and strategies on organic farms
| Lips, M, |
Do organic livestock farms in Switzerland earn higher work incomes?, |
| Lohr |
Effects of Gender on Adoption of Organic Weed Management Techniques |
| Nieberg |
Financial success of organic farms in Germany |
| Zander |
Diversification and specialisation as development strategies in organic farms |
18.06.08, 18:30-20:00
RT4-19 Organic ruminant feeding
| Mogensen |
How can the organic dairy farmer be self-sufficient with vitamins and minerals? |
| Martini |
Production of grain legume crops alternative to soya bean and their use in organic dairy production |
| Hansen, |
Conventional norms for sulphur supply not appropriate for organic farming systems? |
| Masucci |
Pisum sativum as alternative protein source in diets for buffalo cows in middle and late stage of lactation |
18.06.08, 18:30-20:00
RT5-20 Marketing from multiple perspectives
| Lamine |
Local food networks and the change of the agrofood system |
| Veysset |
Direct marketing of beef in organic suckler cattle farms: economic results and impact on breeding system management |
| Gottwald |
Innovations within the organic food sector – basis for novel business relations between agricultural and processing enterprises |
| Canavari |
Factors explaining farmers’ behaviours and intentions about agricultural methods of production. Organic vs conventional comparison. |
19.06.08, 11:15 - 13:00
RT1-21 Direct and cultural control of pests and diseases
| Betti |
Effects of homeopathic and mineral treatments on dark leaf spot caused by Alternaria brassicicola on cauliflower |
| Hospers-Brands |
Late blight management in organic potato growing: Managing resistence in relation to early tuber bulking |
| Weihrauch |
Quassia, an Effective Aphid Control Agent for Organic Hop Growing |
| Conte |
The two-spotted spider mite can be controlled by water |
19.06.08, 11:15 - 13:00
RT2-22Organic vegetable production
| Katroschan |
Mineralization of lupine seed meal and seedlings used as N fertilizer in organic vegetable production |
| Minuto |
Use of biodegradable mulching in vegetable production |
| Xu |
Organic Tomato Intercropped into Living-Mulch of Turfgrass |
| Schrum |
Organic Methods for Control of Root Rot in Pea and Spinach in Northeastern U,S, |
19.06.08, 11:15 - 13:00
RT3-23 New approaches in consumer research
| Aschemann |
Information Acquisition Behaviour of Fair-Trade-Coffee Consumers - a Survey by Means of an Information-Display-Matrix, ,, |
| Gambelli |
Evaluating trust in organic quality marks: a network approach using laddering data |
| Niessen |
Identifying the gap between stated and realised buying behaviour on organic products based on consumer panel data, ,, |
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19:06.08, 11:15-13:00
RT4-24 Animal health, product quality and strategies for organic pork production.
| Kongstedt |
Strategies for a diversified organic pork production |
| Hook Presto |
Influence of amino acid level and production system on performance, health and behaviour in organic growing pigs. |
| Abel |
Effects of a feeding strategy to increase intramuscular fat content of pork under the conditions of organic farming |
| Lindgren |
Occurence of intestinal helminths in two organic pig production systems. |
19:06.08, 11:15-13:00
RT5-25 Carbon storage and energy use
| Sukkel |
Carbon sequestration in organic and conventional managed soils in the Netherlands |
| Cooper |
Should organic farmers be rewarded for sequestering C in soil? |
| Alonso |
A comparison of energy use in organic and conventional agriculture in Spain, ,, |
| Azeez |
The Comparative Energy Efficiency of Organic Farming |
19.06.08, 16:30- 18:00
RT1-26 Organic crops
| Haase |
Impact of agronomical measures on yield and quality of organic potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L,) for industrial processing |
| Willekens |
Effect of Compost versus Animal Manure Fertilization on Crop Development, Yield and Nitrogen Residue in the Organic Cultivation of Potatoes |
| Schulz |
Effects of Farm Type and Different Intensities of Soil Tillage on Cash Crop Yields and Soil Organic Matter |
| Weber |
Searching an alternative oil crop for organic farming systems in temperate climates |
19.06.08, 16:30- 18:00
RT2-27 Plant breeding
| Galvan |
Possibilities for breeding to improve responsiveness to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in onion |
| Hildermann |
Response of old, new and organically bred winter wheat cultivars in different farming systems: concept and experimental layout in the DOK field trial |
| Bosco |
Tools for innovative organic breeding arise from rhizosphere microbial ecology |
| Horneburg |
Does regional organic screening and breeding make sense? Experimental evidence from organic outdoor tomato breeding |
19.06.08, 16:30- 18:00
RT3-28Organic Certification and Livelihood
| Zanasi, C. |
Impact of the adoption of participatory organic certification for small farmers (title may change) |
| Nelson, E. |
Participatory guarantee systems: new approaches to organic certification - the case of Mexico |
| Yuexian, L. |
The circular economy of a local organic food chain: Ziedao village in Beijing |
| Egelyng H |
Organic Agriculture: a new field of International Development Policy |
19.06.08, 16:30-18:00
RT4-29 Multi criteria assessment of livestock systems
| Sundrum |
Organic livestock production - trapped between aroused consumer expectations and limited resources |
| Oudshoom |
Is automatic milking acceptable in organic dairy farming? Quantification of sustainability indicators, |
| Müller-Lindenlauf |
Environmental Impacts and Economic Differences in Organic Dairy Farming in Germany - Modelling the Extremes |
| Boisdon, |
Impact of the drought on the fodder self-sufficiency of organic and conventional highland dairy farms |
19.06.08, 16:30-18:00
RT5-30 Biogas in organic agriculture
| Möller |
Effects of Biogas Digestion of Slurry, Cover Crops and Crop Residues on Nitrogen Cycles and Crop Rotation Productivity of a Mixed Organic Farming System |
| Stinner |
Effects of Biogas Digestion of Clover/grass, Cover Crops and Crop Residues on Nitrogen Cycles and Crop Rotation Productivity in a Stockless Farming System |
| Helbig |
Energy balance of different organic biogas farming systems |
| Anspach |
Biogas and Organic Farming: Empirical evidence on production structure and economics in Germany |
20.06.08, 9:00-10:45
RT1-31 Cropping techniques wheat
| Becker |
Improvement of winter wheat baking quality in ecological cultivation by enlargement of row spacing and undersown intercrops |
| Casagrande |
Agronomic and environmental factors explaining Grain Protein Content variability in organic winter wheat |
| Haigh |
Organic winter wheat: optimising planting |
| Hoagland |
Improving nutrient uptake in wheat through cultivar specific interaction with Azospirillum |
20.06.08, 9:00-10:45
RT2-32 Cropping systems
| Shapo |
Influence of alleycropping environment on the performance of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L,) and sesame (Sesamum indicum L,) crops in the semi-desert region of northern Sudan |
| Van der Heijden |
The significance of mycorrhizal fungi for crop productivity and ecosystem sustainability in organic farming systems |
| Schmutz |
National-scale, cross-disciplinary modelling of N leaching in organic and conventional horticultural crop rotations - policy implications, |
| Delate |
Beneficial System Outcomes in Organic Fields at the Long-Term Agroecological Research (LTAR) Site, Greenfield, Iowa, USA |
20.06.08, 9:00-10:45
RT3-33 Challenges for standards and certification
| Freyer, B, |
The Differentiation Process in Organic Agriculture |
| Koesling |
Dropping organic certification - effects on organic farming in Norway |
| Schmid |
Analysis of differences between EU Regulation (EEC) 2092/91 in relation to other national and international standards , ,, |
| Zorn |
Organic operators' satisfaction with their certification body - a survey in Germany |
20.06.08, 9:00-10:45
RT4-34 Food safety and quality management
| Murphy |
Effect of cultivar and soil characteristics on nutritional value in organic and conventional wheat, |
| Abecassis |
Quality of organic wheat-bread chain: Improvement in agronomy and food science |
| Revilla |
Organic vs Conventional Suckling Lamb Production: Product Quality and Consumer Acceptance |
| Kijlstra |
Animal welfare and food safety: danger, risk and the distribution of responsibility |
20.06.08, 9:00-10:45
RT5-35 Biodiversity assessment and management
| Kotcon |
Impact of Organic Crop and Livestock Systems on Earthworm Population Dynamics |
| Schermer |
Eco-Regions: How to link organic farming with territorial development |
| Sans |
Effects of landscape agricultural intensification and management on weed species richness in the edges of dryland cereal fields, |
| Neumann |
Comparative analysis of conventional and organic farming systems: Diversity and abundance of farmland birds, ,, |
| Manns |
Spiders as biological control with mulch |
20.06.08, 11:15 - 13:00
RT1-36 Organic wheat breeding
| Wolfe |
Wheat populations: population performance and stability inorganic and non-organic environments |
| Jones |
Wheat populations: parental performance and stability in organic and non organic environments |
| Murhpy |
Breeding for nitrogen use efficiency in organic wheat systems |
| Rolland |
Contribution to organic breeding programmes of wheat variety testing in organic farming in France |
20.06.08, 11:15 - 13:00
RT2-37 Potentials of beneficial microorganisms
| Baruffa |
Plant-probiotic microorganisms for a sustainable buffer of input reduction in organic and low-input tomato production systems |
| Mayer |
How effective are 'Effective Microorganisms'? Results from a field experiment |
| Bedini |
Influence of organic farming on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal populations in a Mediterranean agro-ecosystem |
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20.06.08, 11:15 - 13:00
RT3-38 Organic sector relationships
| Gassner |
Labour Quality Model for Organic Farming Food Chains, |
| Naspetti |
Collaborative relationships in the organic wheat supply chain: a case study on three EU Countries , ,, |
| Taniguchi |
Strategies to Induce Cooperation from Farmers in an Organic Food Supply Chain: from the Case of Bio Market, Inc., Japan |
| Paull |
Price Premiums for Organic Food from Australia and China, |
20.06.08, 11:15- 13:00
RT4-39 Organic crop Production in the tropics
| Akouégnon |
Options for improving soil fertility in the Southern part of the Republic of
Bénin: Where does Mucuna find its niche |
| Siura |
Effect of BIOL and green manure rotation on the production of organic spinach |
| Sangakarra |
Organic matter addition in organic farming – Impact on root development and yields in maize and cowpea over dry seasons. .. |
| Darlong |
Harmonizing Jhun (shifting cultivation) with organic PGS standards in northeast India |
| Zundel |
What can organic agriculture contribute to sustainable development? – Long-term comparisons of farming systems in the tropics. |
20.06.08, 11:15- 13:00
RT5-40 Working with biodiversity in OA
| Smukler |
Enhancing Biodiversity and Multifunctionality of an Organic Farmscape in California’s Central Valley |
| Langer |
Diversity as a key concept for organic agriculture |
| Stein-Bachinger |
Organic farming and biodiversity - how to create a viable farm business including conservation issues |
| Altieri |
Testing and massively diffusing agroecologically based organic conservation tillage systems for family farmers in southern Brasil |
20.06.08, 14:30 - 16:00
RT1-41 Knowledge transfer and dissemination
| Stumm |
Organic Pilot Farms in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) |
| Pugliese |
The development of an international curriculum on organic farming |
| Sarker |
Dissemination of Organic Agricultural Information: Role of Key Communicator Networks in Rural Bangladesh |
| Sherief |
Socio-psychological characteristics of farmers in the adoption of organic farming practices in coconut based homesteads of humid tropics |
20.06.08, 14:30 - 16:00
RT2-42 Plant nutrition
| Penfold |
Agronomic options for the management of phosphorus in Australian rain-fed organic broadacre farming systems |
| Rasouli |
Comparison of effect of zinc-enriched pod of phaseolus vulgaris and inner rice husk composts with zinc sulfate and zinc 14% chelate on zinc availability in maize plant in a calcareous soil |
| Seuri |
Nitrogen Utilization in Integrated Crop and Animal Production |
| Cornish |
A New Approach to Phosphorus Management |
20.06.08, 14:30 - 16:00
RT3-43 Organic Marketing and organisation in developing countries
| Moreira |
Shaded coffee: a way to increase sustainability in Brazillian organic coffee plantations |
| Javanmardi |
Consumers' awareness, demands and preferences for organic vegetables: a survey study in Shiraz, Iran |
| Sultan |
Market integration shape organic farmers' organisation |
| Olabiyi |
Assessing the world market for organic food and beverages from Nigeria |
20.06.08, 14:30 - 16:00
RT4-44 Soil fertility in mediterranean organic farming systems I (in the frame of ABM)
| Benincasa |
Poliannual results on soil N management and maize N nutrition by green manuring |
| Mazzoncini |
Effects of green-manure and organic fertiliser on organic maize (Zea Mays L,) in south Tuscany |
| Avio |
Natural biofertilizers for organic agriculture: productivity and nutrient uptake of Medicago sativa inoculated with different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi |
| Montecchio |
How Perennial Grass has Modified Distribution of Organic Carbon in a Peach Orchard in Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy) |
20.06.08, 14:30 - 16:00
RT5-45 Multi criteria assessment of experiments
| Nicholas |
A pilot socio-economic analysis of QLIF dairy projects |
| Vazzana |
Sustainability evaluation of long term organic farm systems, |
| Siebrecht |
Assessment of Farm Biodiversity with Indicators in the Context of Sustainability |
| Griffon |
On the inherent instability of the monoculture |
20.06.08, 16:30-18:00
RT1-46 Research methodology
| Leiber |
Towards cognitive holism in organic research |
| Measures |
Research into Practice: Mind the Gap |
| Eichert |
Meta-evaluation of action plans - The case of the German Federal Organic Farming Scheme |
| Oelofse |
The sustainable livelihoods approach: A frame for furthering our understanding of organic farming systems |
20.06.08, 16:30-18:00
RT2-47 Green manures and pulses
| Urbatzka |
Grain yield of different winter pea genotypes in pure and mixed stands |
| Reents |
Annual clovers and medics in living mulch systems: Competition and effect on N supply and soil fertility |
| Migliorini |
Effect of green manure on maize (Zea Mays L.) in two organic experimental agroecosystem of different age. Results from 4 years. |
| Fuchs |
Underseed with Legumes in Winter wheat with subsequent crop winter triticale – Effects on harvest and quality |
20.06.08, 16:30-18:00
RT3-48 Sustainable management
| Lodesani |
Residues in beeswax after conversion to organic beekeeping |
| Huguenin-Elie |
Sustainable management of foxtail meadows through hay making at seed maturity |
| Gebauer |
Plant genetic resources in mountain oases of northern Oman, |
| Ghorbani |
A Model for Pre-Estimation of Production of Organic Cotton in Iran; Case study of Khorasan Province |
20.06.08, 16:30-18:00
RT4-49 Soil fertility in mediterranean organic farming systems II (in the frame of ABM)
| Romanya |
N availability after long-term organic farming in irrigated and rain-fed Mediterranean semiarid grassy crops |
| Catturano |
Characterization of the organic vegetable agrosystems in a representative area in the south of Italy. .. |
| Antichi |
Leguminous cover crops: an important tool for improving resource use efficiency in organic arable cropping systems. |
| Ponti |
Compost enhances parasitization of Brevicoryne brassicae (L.) by Diaeretiella rapae (M'Intosh) in broccoli under different levels of crop diversification and plant competition |
