Events 2004
14 - 15 October 2004
Quality of Organic Production and its Improvement. International Conference to Mark the 80th Anniversary of the Lithuanian University of Agriculture
Contact:
Institute of Environment, LUA, Studentų g.
11 – 259a, LT – 53067, Akademija, Kauno r., Lithuania
tel. +370 37 75 22 02
E-mail
11 – 12 October 2004
International scientific conference „Ecological stock-raising: The present and the future“
The goal of the conference is to spread results of European scientific research of ecological stock-raising to Lithuania and to stimulate tighter international scientific communication.
Further Information:
Department of Social Sciences, LVA, Tilžės 18, 47181Kaunas
Lithuania
E-mail oder E-mail
Internet
The registration
form (.doc) can be downloaded from the ISOFAR-Homepage.
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- 10 October 2004
Homeopathy in organic herds. Congress of the International Aassociation of Veterinary Homeopathy (IAVH)
Venue:
Bildungsstätte des Bayerischen Bauernverbandes,
Rieder Str. 70, D-82211 Herrsching am Ammersee, Germany, Tel:
+49 8152/938-000, Fax: -224
Contact:
Bioland Erzeugerring Bayern e.V., z.H. Dominik
Stauss, Auf dem Kreuz 58, D-86152 Augsburg, Tel: +49 (0)
821/34680-132, Fax: +49 (0) 821/34680-120
E-mail
24 - 26 September 2004
Third International IFOAM Conference on Biodiversity and Organic
Agriculture
“The role of Organic Agriculture for Biodiversity: Current
Contributions and Future Possibilities”
The relationship between biodiversity, nature protection and organic agriculture -- including the impact of genetic engineering on biodiversity and organic agriculture - will be examined through keynote presentations, plenary sessions, and workshops. In order to make the resultant knowledge accessible to a broader audience, the proceedings of the conference shall be synthesized into a publication produced in concert by the organizers.
Organized by IFOAM in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation BfN and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Venue:
Nairobi, Kenya UNEP Headquarters
Contact:
Biodiversity Conference, c/o Intermational
Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, Charles-de-Gaulle-Strasse
5
53113 Bonn, Germany, Tel. +49 228 9265 10, Fax: ++49-228-92650-99
E-mail
22
- 24 September
1st QLIF Training Workshop - Healthy Soil, Healthy Crops, Healthy People
The aim of the two-days workshop is to transfer both theoretical background knowledge and practical skills in the use of new techniques and experimental approaches.
Participants will be PhD students and junior scientists/post-doctoral researchers. There is a maximum of 40 participants.
For the first Workshop of the European Projekt Quality Low Input Food, activities are focused around three themes:
- Soil quality; how to assess; the role of long-term trials
- Soil life; relation to soil quality, how to assess
- Soil quality - crop quality - healthy nutrition. Research approaches
Venue:
The workshop will be held in the Netherlands
at the Wageningen International Conference Centre (WICC)
7
- 11th September 2004
6th Scientific Conference of IFOAM Asia, supported by ISOFAR
IFOAM-Asia holds 6th Scientific Conference and General Assembly every 2 years with the objectives of providing a forum to all IFOAM members and non-members for exchanging and sharing information, knowledge & experience on organic agriculture. The focus of the 6th conference will be on safe food and benign environment for Asian community as the theme. The venue is Yangpyung county, Republic of Korea. The conference is supported by ISOFAR.
The 6th IFOAM-Asia Scientific conference and General Assembly is organized by Research Institute of Organic Agriculture in Dankook University, Korea, Korean Organic Farming Association, Yangpyung county / Korea, IFOAM-Asia. It is conducted by Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Dankook University, Korea.
The sixth conference comprises workshops, technical sessions on soil fertility, organic seeds, farmer participatory research in organic agriculture and rural development. The poster and organic product exhibition will be another event. The conference will reflect the development of organic agriculture in Asia and it provides a forum for sharing experiences and knowledge among people from different disciplines including farmers.
5 - 7 July 2004
First World Conference on Organic Seed - Challenges and Opportunities for Organic Agriculture and the Seed Industry, Rome, Italy
Conference Goals
- Create a platform for international information and knowledge exchange between the organic movement and the “conventional” seed sector
- Focus on scientific/technical aspects related to organic seed issues
- Evaluate regulatory requirements and related issues for organic seed
- Provide a platform for networking and cooperation
26 - 27 April 2004
1st EISfOM Seminar: Development of European Information Systems for Organic Markets, Berlin Germany
The European Information System for Organic Markets (EISfOM) is a concerted action funded by the European Union. The main objective is to develop a framework for collection and processing of reliable and comprehensive data on organic production.
The first EISfOM seminar 'Development of European information systems for organic markets' will focus on the development, harmonisation and quality assurance of data collection and processing systems (DCPS) in the field of organic agriculture.
28 April - 1 May 2004
1 st Int.Congress on Organic Animal Production and Food Safety, Kusadasi, Turkey, Pine Bay Holiday Resort Hotel
The main topics are:
- Organic production in future farms
- Feeding and breeding strategies in organic milk production
- Feeding and breeding strategies in organic meat production
- Feeding and breeding strategies in organic egg production
- The importance of organic animal food production for the food safety and human health
- The requirements of cooperations and activities for the improvements and controlling of the organic animal foods
- The national regulations on the basic principles of organic animal production and its applications
20 - 22 April 2004
Conference on Organic livestock and cropping, UK
From the 20th to the 22nd April 2004 the conference “Organic Farming - science and practice for profitable livestock and cropping” will take place at Harper Adams University College, Newport, Shropshire, UK.
Further information:
British Grassland Society
e-mail
Conference
Homepage
29 - 31 March 2004
First World Congress on the Safety of Organic Foods
From 29 to 31 March 2004 the First World Congress on the “Safety of Organic Foods - Meeting the Challenges of Safety and Quality for Fruits, Vegetables, and Grain” is taking place at Michigan State University. Abstracts must be received by December 5th 2003. The congress is organised by the National Food Safety and Toxicology Center.
29 March - 3 April 2004
3rd International IFOAM Organic Coffee Conference
Conference Themes
- The current state of organic coffee production, bottlenecks and the research agenda to improve organic coffee production
- The current state of organic coffee markets, bottlenecks and strategies for the future
- To present the certified organic coffees in order to stimulate
market uptake
To inform the coffee sector of the developments in organic coffee
25 - 27 March 2004
2nd SAFO Workshop: Development of organic livestock farming: potential and limitations of husbandry practice to secure animal health, welfare and food quality, Witzenhausen Germany
The workshop will focus on the challenge of improving animal health and welfare and food quality and safety on organic farms through husbandry practise and without the routine use of veterinary inputs. Sessions will focus on existing problems, the contribution that breeding, feeding and housing can provide in to the overall system and how the different elements are brought together at the farm level.
3–5 February 2004
11th International Conference on Cultivation Techniques and Phytopathological Problems in Organic Fruit-Growing
This conference, which will take place in Weinsberg, Germany, represents a continuation of ten previous meetings and is intended to bring together active researchers and advisers involved in organic fruit growing to discuss latest results and methods. The main object is the coordination of research and to organise joint research projects. The conference is organised by Fördergemeinschaft ökologischer Obstbau e.V., Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau and EUGROF – the European Group of Researchers on Organic Fruit-Growing. Abstracts may be handed in by November 15th 2003.
