Events 2006
December 14 - 15, 2006
Delivering sustainability within profitable farming systems - is it possible?
in Warwickshire, UK
This conference is organised by the Association of Applied Biologists AAB in conjunction with the British Society of Animal Science.
The conference invites papers on the following topics.
1. Agriculture and the environment –policies: an overview
2. Crop breeding and targets
3. Cropping systems - managing inputs and resources
4. Cropping systems and below ground biodiversity
5. Sustainable livestock systems
6 The economics of different farm management/cropping systems
October 23 and 24, 2006
Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland
(March 7, 2006) The first Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting (ABIM-Lucerne 2006) will take place at the KKL Culture and Convention Center Lucerne, Switzerland on Oktober 23-24 2006. With the sponsorship of the European Commission, the meeting is being organised by the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) and the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL).
ABIM-Lucerne provides an annual meeting place specifically adapted to the needs of the biocontrol industry.
September 18-20, 2006
What will Organic Farming deliver? COR 2006, in Edinburgh, UK
This conference is organised by the Association of Applied Biologists in conjunction with COR - the Colloquium of Organic Researchers.
Organic farming systems are increasingly recognised throughout the world as a realistic alternative to intensive industrial agriculture. Consequently there is also an increasing amount of research activity both formal and informal linked to the study of organic farming systems. This biennial conference aims to provide a forum where approaches to, and unresolved issues arising from research in organic farming systems can be aired and new thinking enabled.
The themes identified for the main platform sessions are consequently broad; the widest possible interpretation should be made about topics suitable within each of the following themes: Health, Profit, better environments.
September 17-21, 2006
A systems approach to organic research COR 2006 postgraduate course, Edinburgh, UK
The aim of the course is to encourage new researchers (especially postgraduate students) in the field of organic food and farming to think about their work in a broader multi-disciplinary, systems framework and to identify
possible links with other research taking place in the UK and internationally.
The course is integrated with the COR 2006 conference: What will organic farming deliver? The course will emphasise three issues:
1. Understanding the systems and multi-disciplinary context which makes individual research projects relevant
2. Exploring appropriate research methods in the main subject areas
3. Learning about current research and networking with other researchers
August 23-25, 2006
1st IFOAM International Conference on Animals in Organic Production, University of Minnesota, USA
This conference will focus on important issues concerning organic livestock and animal husbandry. It will concentrate upon health and food safety in organic livestock production systems, marketing trends, innovation in organic livestock production systems and livestock breeding strategies. Key figures from around the world will present the diversity of organic livestock systems, including opportunities and challenges on the horizon.
Conference Info at the Homepage of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements IFOAM
June 1, 2006
ISOFAR Workshop: Energy self-reliance in organic farming - is it feasible?
Fossil energy resources are limited and expected to become more expensive in the future. At the same time the accelerating fossil energy use results in enhanced greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. Although organic farming aims at using renewable sources of energy, fossil energy constitute a dominant energy supply in large part of global organic farming.
The workshop is held on 1 June 2006; 9.00 am - 12.00 pm at Odense Congress Centre in Denmark. The time and location will enable participants in the Joint Organic Congress to participate in the workshop.
Detailed Information is available at the Homepage of the Joint Organic Congress to take place at the end of May 2006.
Registration to the workshop is possible via http://www.organic-congress.org/registration.html
May 30 - 31, 2006
Congress on European Organic Farming Research in Odense, Denmark
In May 2006, researchers representing all aspects of European research in organic food and farming will present their work at a joint congress to be held in Denmark. The congress will combine public meetings as part of EU supported projects in collaboration with the biannual Danish congress, which usually attracts more than 600 participants.
Homepage
of the Joint Organic Congress 2006
Conference Papers in the Organic Eprints Archive
List
of European funded research projects at the German organic
farming research portal forschung.oekolandbau.de
April 5 -7, 2006
Final conference of the European CHANNEL project in Budapest
(February 13, 2006) The European funded CHANNEL project aims at opening channels of communication between the associated candidate countries and the EU in ecological farming. The programme can be downloaded at the project homepage. Registration is possible on-line.
- Contact: Prof. Dr. Làszlò Radics, Corvinus University Budapest
February 28 - March 2, 2006
1st International Organic Apple & Pear Symposium,
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Symposium is organized under the auspices of the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC) and the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), in collaboration with Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC), Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network (ACORN) and the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers Association (NSFGA). It consists of three days scientific exchange (oral and poster sessions), including an excursion to AAFC Kentville research facilities, all located within the scenic Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. Refereed papers will be published in an issue of Acta Horticulturae.
Conference papers at the homepage of the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC)
February 17, 2006
International Meeting on organic wine vinification and certification issues
(February 13, 2006) The organic wine project ORWINE will be presented at BioFach, Nürnberg, Germany, during an international meeting open to all interested in the subject. The meeting will take place February 17 from 4 to 5 pm in room Helsinki.
This EU funded project has recently started and aims at drafting recommendations for the EU regulation on wine. This first presentation intends to gather international producers and buyers needs and to establish a workable base for future communication and interaction with stakeholders.
Programme
- Cristina Micheloni, AIAB, Italy: Description of the project and how stakeholders can get involved
- Marie Christine Monnier, ITAB, France: Organic wine in France
- Uwe Hofmann, Ecovin, Germany: Organic wine in Germany
- A. Triantafillidys, Italy; Organic wine in Italy
- Chair: Otto Schmid, FIBL, Switzerland
- More about the ORWINE project
