Testing, claims and consumer perspectives
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| 09.10 - 09.20 am |
Africa perspective:
Fortunate Hofisi Nyakanda (Zimbabwe) and Olugbenga O. AdeOluwa (Nigeria)
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| 09.20 - 09.30 am |
Greece perspective:
Vakali Aristoteles [pdf 17KB] - Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) in northern Greece - Knowledge and Attitude of Organic Farmers
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Impacts and analysis
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| 09.30 - 09.40 am |
Hewlett [pdf pdf 13KB], Soil Association
The Economic Impacts of GM Contamination Incidents on the Organic Sector
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| 09.40 - 09.50 am |
Fagan [pdf 11KB], Global ID
GMOs and Organics - An Analytical Perspective
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Scientific Papers
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| (Papers from Pick and Turrini were accepted as scientific papers, however will be presented in this session of the Systems Values Track) |
Consumer perspectives
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09.50 - 10.00 am
| Pick [pdf 11KB] University of Kassel (Organic) Consumers and their impact on food and farming systems in North America and Germany – Examples relating to GMO issues
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| Risks |
| 10.00 - 10.10 am |
Turrini [pdf 14 KB], University of Pisa
Experimental systems to monitor the impact of transgenic corn on keystone soil microorganisms
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Discussion: What is behind the organic claim, risks perceptions regarding gmo’s?
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| 10.45 - 11.15 am |
Break |
| New techniques |
| 11.15 - 11.25 am |
Billmann [pdf 10KB] / Thommen on protoplast fusion: a short objective presentation on the technicalities of protoplast fusion and consequences of a ban in OA. |
| 11.25 - 11.35 am | Prof Sansavini Silviero [pdf 14KB]on cisgenesis; explain the technology and potential consequences of a ban for Organic Agriculture.
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| 11.35 - 11.45 am | Speiser [pdf 10KB] nanoparticles in Organic Production?Issues and opinions.
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11.45 - 12.00 am | Haring [pdf 15KB],other new techniques; short objective explanation on the technicalities of the methods and potential consequences of a ban in Organic Agriculture.
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| 12.00 - 13.00 pm | Discussion on new techniques in relation to OA
[Please note that there is a workshop on Nanotechnology in the afternoon]
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Posters
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(Generally, posters will come to hang at the general poster place. Those persons interested could take 1 additional posters and hang it in the meeting room, so that they can be presented in the break)
• Kotschi [pdf 15KB], How transgenic crops impact on biodiversity
• Paull [pdf 11KB], Nano-in-food - Threat or Opportunity for Organic Food?
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