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Friday June 20th
Coordinator: Louise W.M. Luttinkholt Location: Faculta' di Giurisprudenza/Faculty of Law - Aula Magna Language: English
| Program |
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14.30 - 14.40 pm |
Opening of the module by Moderator, prof Edith Lammerts van Bueren, making the link with the GMO workshop in the morning |
| 14.40 - 14.55 pm |
Benedikt Haerlin [pdf 11KB], future foundation for agriculture: Planet Diversity the event parallel to the Convention on Biodiversity, May 2008: report and manifesto |
| Experiences from the field |
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14.55 - 15.10 pm |
Emilia Romagna Region, Borghi [pdf 21 KB] Preservation of biodiversity in the Emilia-Romagna Region: sustainable development and social promotion. |
| 15.10 - 15.25 pm |
India, Greennet, Ramprasad [pdf 13 KB] Seed sovereignty and small farmers |
| 15.25 - 15.40 pm |
Spain, Red de Semillas, Gonzalez [pdf 21 KB] The use of lacal crop varieties in Organic Agriculture. Strengths and Weaknesses |
| 15.40 - 15.55 pm |
Latvia and Costa Rica, Aistara [pdf 13KB]Seeds of Kin, Kin of Seeds: Organic Seed Production and Social Networks in Latvia and Costa Rica |
| 16.00 - 16.30 pm |
Break - opportunity for posters to present |
| US situation |
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16.30 - 16.45 pm |
OMRI, Baker [pdf 19 KB] Organic Seed in the United States: Challenges and Opportunities |
| European perspective |
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16.45 - 17.00 pm |
Farm Seed Opportunities project, Chable “Farm Seed Opportunities”, a European program: what are the future prospects for organic varieties and seeds? |
| 17.00 - 17.10 pm |
Toscany seed law, Susanna Cenni |
| 17.10 - 17.25 pm |
Big picture message: Manifesto on the future of seeds, commission on the future of food and agriculture, Vandana Shiva |
| Discussion and closing |
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Posters belonging to this session (generally, posters will come to hang at the general poster place. Those persons interested could take an additional posters and hang it in the meeting room, so that they can be presented in the break):
• Ugas R [pdf 10KB], Lena M., Fujimoto A.: Underexploited Andean and commercial East Asian
• Vegetable amaranth cultivars (Amaranthus spp) contribute to a better human nutrition
• Bejo seed – Van de Crommert [pdf 13 KB]: 10 years organic vegetable seed production at Bejo Zaden
• Fleck M. [pdf 15KB] : Biodynamic Vegetable Breeding by Kultursaat e.V. (Germany) Independent Plant Breeding for Organic Farming |
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