Agroecology Europe Forum Planning
| Agroecology Europe Forum Planning | ||||
| Wednesday 25 October | Talks or impluses | Author | Organiser/Convenor | |
| 11.00-13.30 | Registration | Forum Secretariat | ||
| 13.30-14.00 | Welcome speach, opening remarks and presentation of Forum programme | Alexander Wezel (Agroecology Europe, ISARA, France), Stephane Bellon (Agroecology Europe, INRA, France) | ||
| Welcome address of the local organiser and vice-president of Agroecology Europe | Alexander Wezel (Agroecology Europe; ISARA-Lyon, France) | |||
| Welcome address of the president of Agroecology Europe | Stephane Bellon (Agroecology Europe; INRA SAD, France) | |||
| Opening remarks from FAO | Remi Cluset (FAO, Italy) | |||
| Forum programme | Alexander Wezel (Agroecology Europe; ISARA-Lyon, France) | |||
| 14.00-15.30 | World café | |||
| Break | ||||
| 16.00-17.30 | Session 1: Agroecology and Food Sovereignty | Janneke Bruil (Cultivate!) (NL), Sarah Schneider (Misereor)(DE), Stanka Becheva (Friends of the Earth) | ||
| 1 | Building agroecology for food sovereignty: the peasant movement’s perspective | Lynne Davis ( European Coordination of La Via Campesina and goat farmer, Uk) | ||
| 2 | What role for researchers in supporting agroecology as a path to food sovereignty? | Michel Pimbert (Coventry University, England) | ||
| 3 | Connecting Agroecology Europe with farmer and peasant networks | Jan Douwe van der Ploeg (University of Wageningen, the Netherlands) | ||
| 4 | Lessons from the agroecology movement in Brazil | Paulo Petersen (AS-PTA, Brazil) | ||
| 17.30-18.45 | Poster Session | Guided poster session | ||
| 18.45 | Buffet dinner | |||
| Thursday 26 October | Organiser/Convenor | |||
| 8.30-10.00 | Session 2: Co-evolution of organic agriculture and agroecology | Paola Migliorini (Agroecology Europe, UNISG, IFOAM AgriBioMediterraneo, Italy), Victor Gonzálvez (SEAE, Spain) | ||
| 1 | The role of agroecology for the future of the European organic movement | Eric Gall (IFOAM EU, Belgium) | ||
| 2 | UK Farmers’ Transitions to Agroecological Systems: What Route to Redesign for Agroecosystems? |
Susanne Padel (Organic Research Centre, England) | ||
| 3 | Practicing Agroecology in Vermont, 25 years of lessons learned on the farm | John Hayden (The Farm Between, Vermont, USA) | ||
| 4 | Convergences, divergence and specificities between Agroecology and Organic Agriculture in Italy | Paola Migliorini (Agroecology Europe, UNISG, IFOAM AgriBioMediterraneo, Italy) | ||
| 5 | Agroecology in Spain: co-evolution of scientific discipline, organic practices and social movements | Victor Gonzálvez (SEAE, Spain) | ||
| 8.30-10.00 | Workshop 1: Structural Change or Land grabbing: the rapid transformation of the agrarian family farm system in Europe and the role of agroecology | Stephanie Domptail (University of Giessen, Germany) Bernd Müller (Friends of the Earth, University of Giessen, Germany), Daniel Mühlleitner (Friends of the Earth, Center for Land Research, Birkenfeld, Germany) | ||
| 1 | Land restructuration or land grabbing: Towards a working concept of land grabbing for western Germany | Stephanie Domptail (University of Giessen, Germany) | ||
| 2 | Key facts and figures about land restructuration in Western Germany | Daniel Mühlleitner (BUND, Germany) | ||
| 3 | Land restructuration and its impacts on subsistence economy and the farmer-environment relationship; Concepts and examples | Bernd Müller (University of Giessen, Germany) | ||
| 4 | Where agroecology comes in: the case of the Bündnis Junge Landwirtschaft e.V in Brandenburg, Germany | Bernd Müller (Reimerhof, Germany) | ||
| 8.30-10.00 | Workshop 2: Exploring agroecology principles | François Delvaux (CIDSE, Belgium) | ||
| Table 1 | “Agroecology as a way of bringing social justice” | Pedro Guzman (Red Nacional de Agricultura Familiar – Colombia) | ||
| Table 2 | “Agroecology as a tool to empower women” | Lynne Davis (La Via Campesina) | ||
| Table 3 | “Economic viability of agroecology” | Judith Hitchman (Urgenci : the international Community-Supported Agriculture network) | ||
| Table 4 | “Climate resilience and agroecology” | Michel Pimbert (Coventry University, UK) | ||
| Table 5 | “Youth, agriculture and rural areas” | Krishnakar Kummari (MIJARC – International Movement of Catholic Agricultural and Rural Youth) | ||
| Break | ||||
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| 10.30-12.00 | Session 3: Development of Agroecological practices | Paolo Barberi (Agroecology Europe, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy) | ||
| 1 | Crop Rotation Nexus | Srđan Šeremešić (University of Novi Sad,Serbia) | ||
| 2 | Influence of cover crop management techniques on soil ecosystem services | Serena Magagnoli (Dipartimento di scienze agrarie, University of Bologna, Italy) | ||
| 3 | Outscaling innovative practices on farm: promising approaches to foster the design of agroecological farming systems | Chloé Salembier (INRA/AgroParisTech, Thiverval Grignon, France) | ||
| 4 | Malagasy farmers’ view on the use of Stylosanthes guianensis for weed management in no-till rain-fed rice cropping systems | Antsa Rafenomanjato (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy and CIRAD-SPAD, Antsirabe, Madagascar) | ||
| 5 | The role of agroecology in designing sustainable food systems: the experience of the periurban rural area of Gallecs (Barcelona, Catalonia) | F. Xavier Sans Serra (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain) | ||
| 10.30-12.00 | Workshop 3: How transition to agroecology questions knowledge production and learning dynamics | Helene Brives (ISARA-Lyon, France), Nathalie Girard (INRA, France), Daniele Magda (INRA, France) | ||
| 1 | A social experiment on an experimental farm station : exchanging and sharing knowledge and experiences to support the agro-ecological transition toward more autonomous farming systems | Juliette Anglade (INRA, Mirecourt, France) | ||
| 2 | Fostering Transitioning: A Model of Facilitating Agroecological Practice Adoption in the US | Erin Silva (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA) | ||
| 3 | Innovation in groups: production and transfer of knowledge | Anne-Claire Kubala (Fédération Régionale des CUMA, France) | ||
| 10.30-12.00 | Workshop 4: Permaculture Design vs. Design in Agroecology. Same, same but different? | Immo Fiebrig (Coventry University, United Kingdom) | ||
| 12.00-13.00 | General Assembly | |||
| 12.00-13.00 | Poster session | |||
| Lunch Break | ||||
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| 14.00-15.30 | Workshop 5: Agrobiodiversity to support agroecology | Anna-Camilla Moonen (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy) | ||
| 1 | An innovative approach to enhance biodiversity on farmland: A credit point system | Sibylle Stöckli (Research Institut of Organic Agriculture, FiBL, Switzerland) | ||
| 2 | Traditional water meadows – a perfect management option to combine ecological and economical values | Constanze Buhk (University Koblenz – Landau, Germany) | ||
| 3 | Bacteria and fungi in agricultural landscapes: almost invisible but the engine of plant production | Karin Pirhofer Walzl (Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany) | ||
| 4 | Agroecosystem diversification: Digging deeper | Florine Degrune (Berlin, Germany) | ||
| 5 | A participatory approach between researchers, farmers and beekeepers to define a common point of view about semi-natural habitat and agro-ecosystem service | Simone Marini (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa (Italy) | ||
| 6 | Crop diversity and rotation may increase reptile biodiversity in an agroecosystem | Yaron Ziv (Ben-Gurion University, Israel) | ||
| 7 | Weeds and field margins: the other side of the coin | Tommaso Gaifami (University of Florence, Italy) | ||
| 14.00-15.30 | Workshop 6: Participatory Action Research for Agroecology Territories | Claire Heinisch , Joséphine Peigné , Perrine Vandenbroucke (ISARA-Lyon, France) | ||
| 1 | Agroecological Innovations for Resilience and Sustainability of Alpine Livestock Farming Systems | Marzia Ranaldo (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy) | ||
| 2 | Co-designing a decision-support tool with farmers as the basis for collective action and participatory approach | Mary Guillaume (Gembloux, Belgium) | ||
| 3 | Toward agroecology territory: the challenge of enrolling multiple staheholders in participatory action research | Perinne Vandenbroucke (ISARA, France) | ||
| 14.00-15.30 | Workshop 7: Public policies for agroecology and the CAP | Stanka Becheva (Friend of the Earth) | ||
| 1 | Social movements assessment of public policies needed to support agroecology | Lynne Davis (European Coordination La Via Campesina, UK) | ||
| 2 | Lessons learned to overcome key obstacles for political change | Pedro Guzmán (National Network of Family Farming (RENAF), Colombia) | ||
| 3 | How to motivate local decision makers and key figures in Europe to implement and promote agroecological practices | Melinda Kassai (Butterfly Development, Pro-Cserehat Association, Hungary) | ||
| 4 | Brazil’s groundbreaking National Agroecology Policies | Paulo Petersen (AS-PTA & Brazilian agroecology association, Brazil) | ||
| 14.00-15.30 | Workshop 8: Digital and technological revolution in the agricultural sector: Fitting in the Agroecological approach? | Vasileios Gkisakis (Agroecologiki SP, Greece) | ||
| 1 | De la souveraineté technologique des paysans : reflexions et perspectives | Nicolas Sinoir (Pôle InPACT National, France) | ||
| 2 | Digitalized soil health self assessment: a SPADE-TEST app from the collaboration with farmers from Italy and Greece | Mariateresa Lazzaro (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy) | ||
| 3 | Managing Crop varieties data: an app for on farm data collection | Livia Ortolani (Rete Semi Rurali, Italy) | ||
| 14.00-15.30 | Workshop 9: Agroecological issues of organic cropping systems: importance of long term field experiments | Marion Casagrande (ITAB, France), Daniele Antichi (University of Pisa, Italy), Cesare Pacini (University of Firenze, Italy), Stefano Canali (CREA, Italy) | ||
| 1 | Co-evolution of agroecology and organic agriculture through long term experiment design and development | Paola Migliorini (Agroecology Europe, UNISG, IFOAM AgriBioMediterraneo, Italy) | ||
| 2 | Stakeholder inclusion in long term experiments | Marion Casagrande (ITAB, France) | ||
| 3 | Decision making rules and system redesign in long term experiments | Daniele Antichi (University of Pisa, Italy) | ||
| 4 | Fundraising, project opportunities and network for long term experiments | Stefano Canali (CREA, Italy) | ||
| 5 | What are the characteristics of a LTE to be designed according to agroecological principles | Cesare Pacini (University of Florence, Italy) | ||
| Break | Organiser/Convenor | |||
| 15.30-16.00 | Side event | Chocolate tasting with Cacao Forest project (30 min, in French) | Cacao Forest members, French chocolate chef | |
| 16.00-17.30 | Workshop 10: Becoming an agroecologist through phenomenon based and action oriented education: Making the transition | Geir Lieblein (University of Life Sciences, NMBU, Norway) | ||
| 16.00-17.30 | Workshop 11: Agroecology and Agroforestry | Maria Rosa Mosquera-Losada (EURAF, Spain), Anastasia Pantera (TEI of C.Greece), Nuria Ferreiro-Domínguez (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain) | ||
| 1 | The future of agro-forestry local breeds pig farming in Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes | Antoine Marzio (DIVAPORC, France) | ||
| 2 | Cacao Forest: Innovating together for the sustainable cocoa of the future | Pierre Costet (Valrhona, France) | ||
| 3 | Transition to agroforestry: current challenges and opportunities for the adoption of agroforestry as carbon sequestration strategy | Sara Burbi (Coventry University, United Kingdom) | ||
| 4 | High Value Tree Agroforestry Systems in Europe: from tradition to modern environmental and socio-economic needs | Anastasia Pantera (TEI, Greece) | ||
| 5 | The potential of agroecology and silvopasture to enhance the resilience of grassland systems in the island of Ireland | Rodrigo Olave (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI),Northern Ireland) | ||
| 6 | Agroecology and Agroforestry: including woody vegetation in agricultural systems | Maria Rosa Mosquera-Losada (EURAF, Spain) | ||
| 16.00-17.30 | Workshop 12: Transdisciplinary approaches to sustainable agrifood systems | Claire Lamine (INRA, Avignon, France) and Pedro Lopez-Merino | ||
| 1 | Permaculture in urban garden in Lyon | Louis Renier (University of Lyon, France) | ||
| 2 | The local committee for sustainable food in Lyon | Dounia Besson (City of Lyon, France) | ||
| 3 | Urban community gardens to achieve social justice | Martina Tuscano (INRA, France) | ||
| 4 | An exploratory assessment tool to evaluate the environmental, health, social and territorial impact of our plate | Pedro Lopez-Merino (INRA, France) | ||
| 5 | Food and agroecology policies in Brazil | Terena Peres, (UNB Brazil – INRA France) | ||
| 16.00-17.30 | Workshop 13: Building the narrative and making the case for agroecology | Janneke Bruil (Cultivate!) (The Netherlands), Friends of the Earth and La Via Campesina | ||
| 1 | Building an agroecological peasant identity through the use of video in Brazil | Margriet Goris (Universty of Vicosa, Brazil) | ||
| 2 | Elements for a narrative on agroecology discussed at the 2016 European Forum on Food Sovereignty and Agroecology | Stanka Becheva (Friends of the Earth Europe, Belgium) | ||
| 16.00-17.30 | Workshop 14: Development of small scale agroecological entrepreneurship | Vasileios Gkisakis (Agroecologiki SP, Greece) | ||
| 1 | Food startups with an agroecological twist in Hungary | Katalin Rethy (Hungary) | ||
| 2 | Consultancy of the International Agroecology Action Network | Cori Keene (IAEAN) | ||
| 17.30-19.00 | After work drink and music | Chatting with Forum participants | ||
| Friday 27 October | Organiser/Convenor | |||
| 8.30-10.00 | Session 4: Making the transition | Alain Peeters (Agroecology Europe, RHEA, Belgium) | ||
| 1 | A “research-embedded-in-action” framework to foster agroecology | Marco BERTAGLIA (European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy) | ||
| 2 | Ten Year For Agroecology (TYFA) – a scenario exercise exploring the feasibility of an agroecological Europe | Xavier Poux (Legouvé, France) | ||
| 3 | Farming novelties: our way forward | Vincent Delobel (Fermes Novatrices, Belgium) | ||
| 4 | Can we avoid extractivism while doing research in agroecology? A critical view on co-optation and institutionalisation of agroecology. | Sofia Baltazar (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium) | ||
| 5 | Guide for agroecology in viticulture, a tool for the sector | Carine Herbin (Institut Français de la Vigne et du Vin, France) | ||
| 8.30-10.00 | Workshop 15: Perennial Grains | Erik Steen Jensen (SLU, Sweden); Christophe David (ISARA, France) | ||
| 1 | Perennial grains A good alternative for Agroecology? | Christophe David (ISARA, France) | ||
| 2 | The ecology of perennial grains: First results with intermediate wheatgrass (Kernza) in sole and intercrop | Linda-Maria Martensson (SLU, Sweden) | ||
| 3 | Perspectives on perennial grain crop differ between organic and conventional farmers | Valentine Debray (Les jardins de Lucie, France) | ||
| Break | Organiser/Convenor | |||
| 10.30-12.00 | Workshop 16 (Follow-up): Making the transition | Sabine Zikeli (Agroecology Europe, University of Hohenheim, Germany) | ||
| 1 | Feed autonomy enables the transition of mixed farms to agroecology: economic impact and associated ecosystemic services in a Limousin cattle and poultry farm in Belgium | Jacques Faux (Wasmes-Audemetz-Briffoeil, Belgium) | ||
| 2 | Sustainable Intensification: Agroecological appropriation or contestation? | Les Levidow (Open University, Milton Keynes) (UK) | ||
| 3 | Can combined food/non-food cropping systems facilitate transitions to agroecological systems in Europe? | Jens Dauber (Thünen Institute of Biodiversity, Braunschweig, Germany) | ||
| 4 | Greater diversity and higher incomes found on study of agroecological farms in Western Guatemala | Rose Hogan (Trocaire, Irland) | ||
| 5 | Involving farmers in measuring impact of agroecological farming systems | Anshuman Das (Welthungerhilfe, India) | ||
| 10.30-12.00 | Workshop 17: Legumes in European cropping systems for climate change adaptation | Ralf Bloch (Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, ZALF, Germany) | ||
| 1 | Novel Approaches for Legume Cropping Systems under Climate Change | Johann Bachinger (Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, ZALF, Germany) | ||
| 2 | Exploring Soybean Cropping Systems as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy | Ralf Bloch (Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, ZALF, Germany) | ||
| 3 | The use of Participatory Learning and Action methodologies for Agroecology: conducting research on living mulches in central Italy | Fernando Pellegrini (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy) | ||
| 10.30-12.00 | Workshop 18: Rural-urban linkages in agroecology | Janneke Bruil (Cultivate!, The Netherlands), Urgenci and RUAF | ||
| 1 | Consumers as co-producers: The role of urban citizens in advancing agroecology through collaboration with farmers | Judith Hitchman (Urgenci: the international network for community supported agriculture) | ||
| 2 | Creating new markets for agroecology in Europe | Lynne Davis ( European Coordination of La Via Campesina and goat farmer, Uk) | ||
| 3 | The experience of Ecuador: 250.000 families who want to eat healthy agroecological food | Janneke Bruil (Cultivate!, The Netherlands) | ||
| 10.30-12.00 | Workshop 19: Young agroecologists: trajectories and professionalisation | International Agroecology Action Network (IAEAN) | ||
| 1 | Endogenous emancipation of young peasants | Margriet Goris (Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brasil) | ||
| 2 | Other speakers: | Raphael Paut (INRA, France) | ||
| 3 | Maaike Happel (Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby, Denmark) | |||
| 4 | Carlo Bettineli (comun’Orto, Italy) | |||
| 5 | Sébastien Roumegous (Collectif Agroécologie, France) | |||
| 6 | Florian Delespesse (Froidefontaine / Réseau des GASAP, Belgium) | |||
| 12.00-13.00 | Concluding remarks Forum | Stephane Bellon (Agroecology Europe, INRA, France) | ||
| Lunch Break | ||||
| 13.30-17.30 | Farm and Field visits | Organiser of visits | ||
| Visit 1: Organic horticulture and CSA system | Aurelie Ferrer (ISARA) | |||
| Visit 2: Farmer tools construction | Fabrice Clerc (Atlier Paysanne); Josephine Peigne (ISARA) | |||
| Visit 3: Integrated crop-livestock farm (including demonstration of the CAPSELLA participatory smartphone app for soil quality evaluation) | Jean-Francois Vian (ISARA) | |||
For Agroecology Europe: Paolo Bàrberi (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, IT), Stéphane Bellon (INRA SAD, FR), Paola Migliorini (University of Gastronomic Science, IFOAM AgriBioMediterraneo, IT), Alain Peeters (RHEA, BE), Alexander Wezel (ISARA, FR, DE), Sabine Zikeli (University of Hohenheim, DE)From other NGOs: Janneke Bruil (Cultivate! (offspring of ILEIA), NL), Sarah Schneider (Misereor, DE), Oxfam Solidarité (Stéphane Parmentier, BE), Maria Dolores Raigón, Victor Gonzálvez (SEAE, ES), others to be confirmed
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