Events 2007
December 3-5, 2007
International Convention of Plant Genetic Resources and Agro-ecological Livestock Husbandry FITOGEN-SIGA 2007, Cuba
With the purpose of promoting the international exchange on agro-ecological livestock husbandry, animal and plant conservation, the conservation and use of the biodiversity and the sustainability of agricultural and livestock production systems, as well as the need for summarizing the knowledge of the sustainable livestock systems, The Pastures and Forages Research Institute (IIPF) of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Cuba and the Institute for Tropical Animal Husbandry (IGAT), call the producers, researchers and teachers to take part in the Convention of Plant Genetic Resources and Agro-ecological Livestock Husbandry FITOGEN-SIGA 2007, which will be held in the provinces of Sancti Spiritus, Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, Matanzas and Habana.
As a part of the meeting a Negotiation Table to coordinate projects on research and production on agro-ecological agriculture will be held. Institutions and persons from different countries are invited to bring proposals for future joint works with Cuban institutions.
- Deadline for short and extended abstracts: August 2007
- Confirmation on papers acceptance: October 15, 2007
Announcement (PDF)
November 19-21, 2007
Conference 'Food in Future Climate - Conference on Organic Food Systems' in Norrköping, Sweden
For the the tenth time the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture CUL at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU
arranges a Conference on Sustainable Food Systems and Organic Agriculture. The conference is held every other year and the last conference was in 2005.
The conference of 2007 'Food in Future Climate - Conference on Organic Food Systems' will largely be focusing on issues concerning the on-going climate change in relation to sustainable, organic food production.
For the first time the conference offers an entirely new section for international visitors. This section will be focusing on the global issues of sustainable food production and the seminars will be held in English.The aim of the international section is to exchange research results, political and practical experience in a multinational and multidisciplinary forum. The conference is open to anyone who´s involved in the system of food production and consumption.
November 7-9, 2007
Symposium on plant breeding for organic and sustainable, low-input agriculture, Wageningen
The first EUCARPIA symposium on Organic Plant Breeding - Plant breeding for organic and sustainable, low-input agriculture: dealing with genotype-environment interactions - took place in Wageningen in November 2007. EUCARPIA is the European Association for Research on Plant Breeding.
One of the major constraints in organic farming is that farmers still largely depend on crop varieties produced for conventional farming systems with high inputs of artificial, mineral fertilisers and chemicals for crop defence. Therefore, the organic sector urgently requires breeding programmes for robust varieties, which are better adapted to low-input conditions, with traits such as improved root systems, stronger interspecific competition ability (weed suppression) and yield stability. The symposium explored alternative strategies to overcome these constraints, hereby also using insight and knowledge from agronomic fields working at a higher aggregation level (i.e. crop level).
The event was organised in cooperation with Cost Action 860 (COST860 - Sustainable low-input cereal production: required varietal characteristics and crop diversity, SUSVAR), the European Consortium of Ecological Plant Breeding ECOPB, ISOFAR and the the Graduate School Production Ecology & Resource Conservationand Wageningen University.
The Proceedings are avilable at the Organic Eprints Archive.
Announcement (PDF)
Registration form (PDF)
Flyer (PDF)
Lammerts van Bueren, E.; Goldringer, I.; Scholten, O. and Østergård, H., Eds. (2007) Plant breeding for organic and sustainable, low-input agriculture: dealing with genotypeenvironment interactions. Book of Abstracts. Proceedings of the Eucarpia symposium of Working Group Organic Plant Breeding, Wageningen, The Netherlands, November 7-9, 2007. Wageningen University, Plant Sciences, Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Chair Organic Plant Breeding, NL-Wageningen
- Contact: Edith Lammerts van Bueren, Professor Organic Plant Breeding, Wageningen University, Plant Breeding Department, P.O. Box 386. 6700 AJ Wageningen, the Netherlands, E-mail edith.lammertsvanbueren@wur.nl, Tel. +31 343 523869/523860
November 8–10, 2007
14th Technical Conference on Research and Experimentation in Organic Agriculture, Plasencia (Cáceres), Spain
The SEAE (Sociedad Española de Agricultura Ecológica) holds a conference on the research and experimentation in the field of Organic Agriculture in Spain.
26-29 June 2007
Seminar "Challenges and limitations in organic farming" in Copenhagen
From June 26 to 29, 2007, the 23rd Congress of the the Nordic Association of Agricultural Scientists NJF will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark. The programme inlcudes a seminar on "challenges and limitations in organic farming".
The topic deals with some of the fundamental challenges in organic farming. The organic farming practices are governed by regulations for the specific country and by the growing conditions. The main aim in organic farming research is to improve the sustainability with respect to production, environmental effects, economy, and human and animal welfare. However, these intentions may counteract each other and the regulations may in some cases impede improvements of the sustainability. Therefore, all improvements within single disciplines must be evaluated in a whole-system and long-term context, and the weak links must be identified to improve the sustainability.
Keynote speakers include Christine Watson from the Crop & Soil Group of the Scottish Agricultural College, and Stephen Roderick of the Organic Studies Centre, Duchy College, UK.
- Homepage http://www.njf2007.dk/
April 24, 2007:
2nd International Symposium on Organic viticulture: „Regulations for organic enology“ in Stuttgart/Germany
The German Organic Winegrowers Association (ECOVIN) and the German Winegrowers Association (DWV) are jointly organising the 2nd International Symposium on Organic Viticulture during the Intervitis Interfructa 2007 .
Scientists and experts are invited to submit their proposals for oral presentations regarding the themes listed below (15 minutes talk + 5 minutes discussion; see Call for Papers). The final date for receipt of abstracts is August 15, 2006.
Suggested topics for presentations:
1. National and international standards
2. Standards of organic associations
3. Research activities
4. Interface vineyard / cellar
5. Reports and practical experiences
Links
Publications on Organic Wine in the Organic Eprints Archive
Contact
Deutscher Weinbauverband e.V. (DWV) · Heussallee 26 · D-53113 Bonn · Germany, Clemens von Eltz (DWV), Fon +49 228 94 93 25-16, Fa: +49 228 94 93 25-23
March 20-23, 2007
3rd International QLIF Congress "Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems" at the University of Hohenheim, Germany
The Congress "Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems" to take place March 20 – 23, 2007, is the 3rd in a series organized as part of the EU funded Integrated Project (IP) Quality Low Input Food (QLIF).
The 2007 congress is organised by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL in cooperation with the University Hohenheim. The Congress is supported by the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research ISOFAR.
The congress will be organized in parallel with the 9th Scientific Conference on Organic Agriculture in the German speaking countries, entitled «Between tradition and globalisation», organized by the University of Hohenheim. This conference will have sessions held in German and English.
- Further Info: Congress Homepage
- Contact: Helga Willer, FiBL
March 20-23, 2007
9th Scientific Conference on Organic Agriculture, University of Hohenheim, Germany
The9th Scientific Conference of the German Speaking Countries will take place March 20-23, 2007. This conference is supported by ISOFAR.
The conference language is German. There will, however, be also sessions in English since many foreign students and researchers are working at the University of Hohenheim due to the new study programme on Organic Food Chain Management and the university’s emphasis on international research.
Additionally the annual conference of the European Research Project Quality Low Input Food (QLIF) will take place at the same time as the German Scientific Conference on Organic Agriculture in Hohenheim.
- Contact:
Dr. Sabine Zikeli,
University of Hohenheim,
70593 Stuttgart, Germany
Tel. +49 711459-3248. Fax +49 711 459-3869. E-mail: organicfood@uni-hohenheim.de
September, 10-14 2007
International Summer School: Biodiversity supporting crop protection in Volterra, Italy
Within the education activities planned in the Network of Excellence ENDURE (European Network for the Durable Exploitation of Crop Protection strategies), funded by the European Commission (6th RTD Framework Programme), an International Summer School for PhD students will take place.
The topic of the first Summer School (Volterra, Italy, September 10-14, 2007) is "". This Summer School is aimed to a maximum of 15 PhD students from any country working on a research project related to the possibility of exploiting biodiversity (at any level/scale) for designing improved and more environmentally-friendly crop protection strategies. The Summer School will be run by internationally renowned experts belonging to ENDURE partners and to other Universities/research institutions in Europe and overseas. More details as well as the requirements for applying can be found on: http://summerschools.endure-network.eu Costs for participation in the Summer School will be covered by ENDURE (see details on the Summer School website). The deadline for receipt of online applications is 20 June 2007. Any specific questions related to the Summer School must be directed to: endure.summerschool@sssup.it I would be happy if you could circulate this info as much as possible and especially to potentially interested PhD students in your institution and elsewhere.
