European Responses to Changing Global Needs 27-29 April 2005, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Conference programme

Tuesday, 26 April 2005

15.00 - 21.00   Registration

 
Wednesday, 27 April 2005

Theme of the day: 
Global challenges and responses of Agricultural Research for Development (ARD)

07.30 - cont.   Registration
08.45 - 10.15   Plenary session 1: Changing global needs for ARD
  • Welcome Addresses
  • Principles and priorities for ARD
  • ARD responding to changing global needs
  • Responses to changing ARD needs
10.15 - 10.45 Coffee break
10.45 - 12.15 Plenary session 2: Stakeholder perspectives on the ARD agenda
  • Farmer organization perspective
  • NGO perspective
  • Small and medium enterprise perspective
  • Global player perspective
  • Donor perspective
  • Plenary discussion
12.15 - 13.45 Lunch break and poster session
13.45 - 15.15 Plenary session 3: Introducing the Draft Conference Issues Paper
  • EFARD: looking back, looking ahead
  • Presentation of EFARD Conference Draft Issues Paper
  • Group discussions
15.15 - 15.45 Coffee break
15.45 - 17.15 Plenary session 4: Mechanisms for coordinating ARD responses
  • Overview to ARD coordination mechanisms
  • Presentations of EIARD, EFARD, ECART, ERA-ARD, EARD InfoSys+, ICRA and NATURA
  • Plenary Discussion
17.15 - 18.30 Poster session (poster attended by authors) and booth exhibition
18.30 - 20.00 Welcome reception and poster party

 
Thursday, 28 April 2005

Theme of the day: Innovations through partnerships in Agricultural Research for Development (ARD)

08.45 - 10.15 Plenary session 5:
ARD partnerships to foster poverty alleviation, food security and sustainable development
  • From commodity research to integrated research
  • Rural community and civil society involvement in ARD partnerships
  • ARD in a globalized world economy
10.15 - 10.45 Coffee break
10.45 - 12.15 Parallel sessions:
ARD approaches and experiences in practice (I)
  • Linking agriculture and forestry to management of natural resources
  • Conservation and improvement of plant genetic resources
  • Modelling approaches for simulation of land use and management
  • Rural innovation, traditional knowledge systems, capacity building and extension
  • Land reform and agricultural reorientation in countries in transition
  • Food quality, food safety, and trade regulations
12.15 - 13.45 Lunch break and poster session
13.45 - 15.15 Workshop sessions:
Innovations through ARD partnerships
  • North-South research partnerships: Guidelines, Challenges, Success Stories and the Way Forward
  • Research Partnerships in the CGIAR Challenge Programmes
  • Bringing Stakeholders Together: Sustainable Natural Resource Management and Poverty Reduction. Experieces from Bolivia, Bangladesh and Mali
  • Research at the Iinterface of Aagricultural Productivity, Practices and Health Status of Rural Communities in Dev. Countries
  • Transdisciplinary Learning and Capacity Development for Innovation in the Rural Environment
  • Can Organic Agriculture Contribute to Income Generation for Smallholders in the South?
  • Agriculture and Environment - Mutual Dependencies and Threats
  • Partnerships for Bridging the Food Production Chain
  • Access to International Agriculture, Science and Technology Information
  • Competing Claims on Natural Resources
  • The Research and Information Needs of Development Actors in the Field of "Water for Food"
15.15 - 15.45 Coffee break
15.45 - 17.15 Parallel sessions:
ARD approaches and experiences in practice (II)
  • Land and water management for sustainable agriculture and forestry
  • Sustainable livestock systems
  • Rural development and agriculture for poverty alleviation
  • Agricultural market integration, subsidies, and world trade
  • Food security and human nutrition
17.30 - 18.00 Transfer to Swiss National Museum
18.00 - 20.00 Guided tour through the exhibition "Worlds of Knowledge" and transfer to Conference Dinner
20.00 – 23.00 Conference Dinner Restaurant Uto Kulm, Uetliberg

 
Friday , 29 April 2005

Theme of the day:
The future agenda of Agricultural Research for Development (ARD)

08.45 - 10.15   Plenary session 6:
Promoting ARD in Europe and the South
  • ARD in the 7th Framework Programme of the European Commission
  • ARD agenda of Regional Fora
  • Including ARD into the Poverty Reduction Strategy
10.15 - 10.45 Coffee break
10.45 - 12.15 Plenary session 7:
The way forward
  • Strengthening the ARD contribution of the new EU member countries
  • Report of group discussions about draft conference issues paper
  • Conference wrap-up with inputs by institutional representatives and the plenary
12.15 - 13.45 Lunch break
14.00 - 15.15 Parallel technical excursions
Departure for excursions: 14.00
  • Research Institute for Organic Agriculture, Frick
  • Swiss Federal Research Station for Agroecology and Agriculture, Zurich
  • Syngenta Crop Protection, Stein
19.00 Return to Zurich City

 
Saturday , 30 April 2005

08.00 - 18.00 Parallel post - conference excursions
  • The Grisons: Rural Development in an alpine region
  • Central Switzerland: From agricultural production systems to tourism
  • Emmental: Stability and change in a rural area
18.00 Return to Zurich City