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Title

[ANNULÉ] Visions for a Sustainable Agriculture 2020

Dates

CANCELED (4-6 May 2020) POSTPONED TO 2021

Organizer(s)

Ted Turlings, Prof., UNINE
Pilar Junier, Prof., UNINE
Betty Benrey, Prof., UNINE

Speakers

Segenet Kelemu, Dr., Director General & CEO of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Kenya
Manuele Tamò
, Dr., International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Benin
John Pickett
, Prof., Cardiff University, UK
Ulrich Kuhlmann
, Plantwise, CABI, CH
Lucius Tamm
, Dr., FiBL, CH
Claudio Screpanti
, Dr., Syngenta, CH
Johan Six
, Prof., ETHZ, CH
Salvatore Di Falco, School of Economics and Management, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Other speakers will be announced soon.

Description

THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELED.
A NEW COURSE WILL BE ORGANISED IN 2021.

 

 

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).

Program

Schedule: 8h45 - 17h00

 

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) on how sustainable agriculture may be achieved, taking into account what learned during the speakers contributions and discussions.

 

DETAILED PROGRAM AVAILABLE SOON

Location

University of Neuchâtel, Faculté des sciences, UniMail, Emile-Argand 11, Room Building F, Aula Louis-Guillaume (ALG, 2nd floor)

Information

The course is organized in collaboration with the MAS-ICM of University of Neuchâtel & CABI Delémont, the Doctoral Program in Organismal Biology of Neuchâtel (DP-Biol), and the CUSO Doctoral Programs in Ecology&Evolution and Microbial Sciences.

 

Please visit the DP-Biol webpage for detailed information (and registration).

 

Access: MAP

Expenses

Reimbursements:

Reimbursements for CUSO MPS Students: Train ticket, 2°class, half-fare from your institution to the place of the activity.
NO reimbursement for your meal expenses.



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 the CUSO MPS coordinator Debora Zoia.

Registration

3 places available for CUSO MPS Students. The registration is free for CUSO MPS students.

Please register through the DP-Biol webpage

Deadline for registration: To define

Places

40

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