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The Institute for Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, together with its partners within the Marie-Curie Programme and ATSAF will conduct the

Second Green Week Scientific Conference:

„Enhancing the Capacities of Agricultural Systems and Producers“

in Berlin on the 16^th and 17^th of January, 2008

Objectives of the conference

The conference will provide a special forum for eligible researchers to build contacts with their peers from across Europe and leading researchers. Young scientists are expected to play an active role at the conference. The second Green Week Scientific Conference will have a systems focus, looking at the rural sector as a whole and examining important factors of change. Natural as well as socio-economic issues will be discussed.

Conferences are closely linked to the summer schools and training courses which will enable junior researchers to gain access to state-of-the-art knowledge and methods, employing a variety of proven and innovative work forms.

Topics

Under the conference's main theme "Enhancing the Capacities of Agricultural Systems and Producers", the following topics will be discussed:

Marketing chains and food quality management
Co-existence of GMO production and conventional agriculture
Participation, co-operatives and producer groups
Land markets, access to credit, farm planning and financing
Agricultural labour
Environmental monitoring, natural resource management
Strategies for sustainable agriculture such as precision agriculture and organic farming

Conference Structure

The conference will combine selected topical lectures from senoir scientists with workshops where junior researcher can present and discuss their current work and receive feedback from their peers and the discussants.

Proceedings will be published electronically as well as in book form.

Resource Persons

Eminent senior scientists from Europe and the United States of America will present their research findings.

They will be ready to discuss issues raised by the participants and give critical comments to the papers presented.

Konrad Hagedorn (Humboldt-Universität, Germany) and Armin Werner (Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Germany) will be among the principal speakers.

Participants

Young researchers, particularly doctoral students and postdocs from European countries are invited to present and discuss their research projects and findings. Members of the EU 27 may apply for funding. Funding for a limited number of participants from other countries as well as Germany is also available. Proceedings will be published electronically as well as in book form.

Conference fee

The conference participation fee is 50 Euro.

Time schedule

Interested researchers should submit abstracts of their papers by September 30^th. Full papers must then be submitted by October 31^st.

Further Information

For additional information please contact the 2008 Conference co-ordinators:

Christian Rupschus (christian.rupschus(at)agrar.hu-berlin.de)
Caroline Schäfer (caroline.schaefer(at)agrar.hu-berlin.de)

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