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Wednesday, June 18th 14.30 – 18.00 pm
Location: Palazzo Carandini Language: English
| EU supported organic and low-input
agriculture research in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6): scientific
support to policies and quality products |
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14.30 - 14.50 pm
| Introduction to the session: organic farming research in FP6 and trends in FP7 - M. Timothy Hall, acting Director E Biotechnologies, Agriculture, Food, DG Research, EU Commission, Brussels |
14.50 - 14.55 pm
| A success story: joining Member States'efforts, the ERA-Net CORE-Organic - M. Morten Lautrup-Larsen, Deputy Director DFFE, Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, DK |
15.10 - 15.30 pm
| Measuring and implementing animal welfare, the role of organic farmers: the WELFARE QUALITY project - Prof. Harry Blockuis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE |
15.30 - 15.50 pm
| Revising the legislative framework to organic farming, a scientific support to EU policy; the EEC/2092/91 Revision project - Ms Lizzie M. Jespersen, DARCOF, University of Aarhus, DK |
15.50 - 16.10 pm
| Implementing national and European Action Plans: the ORGAP project - M. Otto Schmid, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, FiBL, CH |
16.10 - 16.30 pm
| Bridging the gaps between new Member States in organic farming research: the CHANNEL project - Prof. Lázló Radics, Corvinus University, HU | | 16.30 - 17.00 pm | Coffee Break |
17.00 - 17.30 pm
| Innovating in plant protection and reducing environmental impact: the REPCO project - M. Jürgen Köhl, Plant Research International, NL |
17.30 - 17.40 pm
| High quality produce from environmentally safe, sustainable methods: a
contribution of organic farming to the ISAFRUIT project - Dr. Olle Callesen, DIAS, University of Aarhus, DK |
17.40 - 18.00 pm
| Durable pest control strategies, a potential application to organic farming: the ENDURE network - Dr Paolo Barberi, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa (SSSUP), IT |
18.00 pm
| Panel discussion with all speakers: EU funded research, a strong support to the development of organic farming in Europe - Prof. Giulio Cozzi, Università di Padova, IT | |
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