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Title

Visions for a Sustainable agriculture 2018

Dates

2-4 May 2018

Organizer(s)

A course in collaboration with the MAS-ICM of University of Neuchâtel, and the CUSO Doctoral Programs in Ecology & Evolution (E&E) and Molecular Plants sciences (MPS)

 

Prof. Ted Turlings, University of Neuchâtel (CH)

Speakers

Romano DeVivo, Syngenta (CH)

Segenet Kelemu, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya

Ulrich Kuhlmann, Plantwise, CABI (CH)

John Pickett, Rothamsted Research (UK)

Lucius Tamm, FiBL (CH)

Salvatore Di Falco, University of Geneva (CH)

 

Other speakers will be announced soon

 

Description

Content

During the workshop you will be confronted with the challenges that researchers and policy makers are facing in their efforts to assure food security for future generations in a sustainable manner.

The focus will be on developing countries and the workshop will also be attended by students from the masters module Sustainable Agriculture and by foreign students that participate in the Masters of Advance Studies in Integrated Crop Management (MAS-ICM, in collaboration with CABI, Delemont).

 

 

1st day:

Morning: Introduction (explaining CABI's activities in sustainable agriculture and introducing the Plantwise program). MAS-ICM students will present the agricultural challenges in their respective home country. They will present in groups of two (six 15-minute presentations).

Afternoon: Three of the invited experts will present their visions for a sustainable agriculture in presentations of 30 minutes each. There will be 10 min for discussion after each talk.

 

2nd day:

Morning: The remaining four invited experts will present their visions (30 minutes plus 10 min discussion.
Afternoon: Roundtable discussion with experts and the students (three groups, topics will be chosen during the workshop).

 

3rd day:

Morning: the students prepare their final presentations in which they address the main challenges and possible solutions (six presentations in total).
Afternoon: the students give their group presentations (six 15-minute presentations). In these presentations you will present your ideas on how sustainable agriculture may be achieved, taking into account the things you learned during the presentations and discussions.

 

Program (coming soon)

Location

University of Neuchâtel

Map

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Credits

1.5

Evaluation

Full attendance and active participation

Information

When?
2-4 May 2018
08:55-17:00

 

Where?
University of Neuchâtel
Faculty of sciences , UniMail , Emile-Argand 11. 


Questions?
Marta Bellone
@: [email protected]
Phone: +41 (0)26 300 88 91

Expenses
Reimbursement:

PhD students of the DPEE are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses by train (half-fare card, and 2nd class). Please send the original tickets along with the reimbursement form to:

 Marta Bellone
 Doctoral Program in Ecology and Evolution
 
PER04 building
 University of Fribourg
 Rue Albert-Gockel, 3
 CH-1700 Fribourg

 

NEW from 2018: NO reimbursement of your meal expenses

 

Regarding reimbursement of accommodation, please contact the coordinator of the doctoral program (ecologie-evolution(at)cuso.ch) BEFORE the beginning of the course. NO reimbursement of accommodation without the agreement in advance of the course of the coordinator fo the doctoral program.

Registration

Through the website of the Doctoral Program in Organismal Biology before April 18, 2018

Places

40

Deadline for registration
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