V International Conference on organic farming in Belarus will take place on 22 February 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. The programme is available here.
Venue: Conference Center IBB (Gazety Pravda avenue 11, Minsk, Belarus)
Conference Organizers: Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus, NGOs Agro-Eco-Culture, Centre of
Environmental Solutions, Ecohome.
Programme*
9:00 – 10:00 | Conference Registration | |
10:00 – 11:30 | Session 1 | |
Welcoming speech of organizers | ||
Welcoming speech of the representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Republic of Belarus |
T.M. Karbanowich
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Organic agriculture in Belarus: results of the development and plans for the future |
representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the republic of Belarus |
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Development of organic agriculture in EU and Ukraine |
Eugene Milovanov Chairman of Organic Federation of Ukraine |
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Family farms as a base of sustainable agriculture. The Rights of Peasants: The role of Eastern Europe in the negotiation process of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and other people working in rural areas |
Ramona Duminicioiu Member of the Coordination Committees for: Asociația Eco Ruralis (Romania) European Coordination Via Campesina (Europe) |
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Permaculture for resilience of agriculture and ecosystem restoration |
Olga Shchyglinskaya NGO “Agro-Eco-Culture” |
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11:30 – 12:00 | Coffee break | |
12:00 – 13:45 | Session 2 | |
Agriculture and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development |
Vasilina Akhramovich FAO, National Correspondent in Belarus |
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Organic-PLUS: Agroecology and the development of organic food systems all across Europe |
Ulrich Schmutz Coventry University Centre for Agroecology, United Kingdom |
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New agricultural paradigm in XXI century. Farming in an Energy Descent Future |
Andrew Mc Million Norwegian Seed Savers, Green Party, Norway |
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Modern trends in organic agriculture – innovation in practice |
Prof. Jozef Tyburski University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland |
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13:45 – 14:45 | Lunch |
14:45 – 16:30 | Parallel sections: | |
Секция 1 – Organic certification in Belarus: practical issues for producers |
Moderator – Liubomir Klepach Certification in organic agriculture Sergey Galashevskyy, head of Organic Standard, Ltd., Ukraine Discussion |
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Section 2 – Market of organic products in Belarus. Opportunities for producers and consumers |
Moderator – Dmitry Lutaev Sustainable agriculture in France and Belarus: from farmers’ products to the development of regions – E. Bounos, head of France Group, Ltd. Discussion |
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Section 3 – Practical approaches and the results of scientific research in organic agriculture |
Moderator –Natalia Porechina Presentations – see below |
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16:30 – 17:00 | Closing Session |
* Some changes in the programme are still possible
Presentations Section 3
15:00 – 16:30
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Practical approaches and the results of scientific research in organic agriculture | |
Results of research on potato cultivation in Belarus using organic farming methods |
D.D. Fitsuro The Scientific and Practical Centre of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Potato, Fruit and Vegetable Growing |
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Influence of poultry litter on agrochemical and agrophysical properties of sod-podzolic soil |
T.F. Persikova Belarusian State Agricultural Academy |
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Ecological optimization of agro landscapes – the way to sustainable agriculture |
I.K. Kutolowskiy NGO “Ecohome” |
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Organization of agricultural schools in rural areas | I.N. Zmachinskaya
Teaching and educational complex |
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Family dairy farm as the basis of the regional household economy – problems of profitability and industrialization |
P.P. Galiuk Family farm |
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Technologies of organic production on the example of OJSC “Nesyata-Agro” |
Ch.A. Romanovskiy Belarusian State Technological University |
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Presentation of certified organic microfertilizer and organic disinfectant produced in Belarus (Minsk City Technopark) |
I.V. Latushkina LLC “Argentum Group” |
You can download the programme here: Program of Conference 22 Feb 2018
This conference is organized within the framework of the project ” Sustainable agriculture development for water protection “, financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB)
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