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Title

Visions for a Sustainable Agriculture 2017

Dates

2-4 May 2017

Organizer(s)

Dr. Christiane Bobillier, University of Neuchâtel

Speakers

Romano DeVivo, Syngenta, Switzerland
Celia Harvey, Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans, Conservation International
Ylva Hilbur, IITA, Nigeria
Ulrich Kuhlmann, Plantwise, CABI, Switzerland
John Pickett, Rothamsted Research, UK
Johan Six, ETH, Zurich
Lucius Tamm, FiBL, Switzerland

Description

Objective
To learn about and reflect on the challenges for a sustainable agriculture that provides food security for future generations

 

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 Advanced Studies in Intergated 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.

Location

University of Neuchâtel, UniMail, Emile-Argand 11

Information

Schedule
8.55-17.00

 

More information about the course
Please look at the doctoral program DP-biol website.

Expenses

Reimbursements

CUSO MPS students:
Train ticket, 2°class, half-fare from your institution to the place of the activity.
Common Lunch is organized - please do not send any meal reimbursement.
Accomodation: if you plan to stay in Neuchâtel for the nights of the 2nd and 3rd please contact the coordinator Debora Zoia in advance.

 

Reimbursement form attached with original tickets has to be sent to the MPS coordinator Zoia Debora at University of Lausanne, Department of Molecular Plant Biology, Biophore - quartier UNIL-Sorge, 1015 Lausanne. For any question concerning reimbursement please contact Debora Zoia at plants[@]cuso.ch

Registration

Through the doctoral program DP-biol webpage.
For any question concerning registration please contact Christiane Bobillier at Organismal.Biology[@]unine.ch Deadline for registration: 20 April 2017

Places

40

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