CONGRESS PALACE - IFEMA, Madrid (Spain) October 1^st_ 2^nd 2001

PROGRAM

Monday, October 1^st

Entrance Hall

16:30-20:30

Registration and Poster Display

Tuesday, October 2^nd

Auditorium

Rooms A + D + E

Room B

Rooms F+G+H

Room I

8:00

Registration at Entrance Hall and Poster Display

9:30

Opening Session

CA Global Improvements

Chairman:  Dr  P. Koohafkan (FAO, Italy)

Vice-chairman & Session organiser:  Dr  V. Jordan

10:00

Agriculture and Natural Resource Management. The Role of CA (Dr  L. Fresco, FAO)

10:30

Food production and New Challenges in the World Agriculture (Professor J. Lamo, Ex-Minister for Agriculture, Spain)

11:00

Coffee Break

11:30

Rural Development and CA (Professor Dr R. Tamames, UC Madrid)

12:00

Global environmental impact of CA (Dr D. Reicosky, USDA)

Farmer Experiences with CA

Chairman: Mr M. Hamell (DG Environment-EU, Brussels)

Vice-chairman & Session organiser: Profesor Dr F. Tebrügge (GKB, ECAF)

12:30

South America I (Dr C.  Crovetto)

Oceania (Dr J. Baker)

Poster Session for Papers of Proceeding Vol. II, Chapters 1 to 5

12:50

Africa (Mr T. Ahima)

European Union (Prof. Ms G. Cruz)

South America II  

(Dr V. Trucco)  

13:10

Asia (Ms N. Farooq)

Spain (Mr A.Tapia)

13:30

Lunch

15:00

Opening of the Poster Session (Room I)

International Networks for CA

Chairman: Mr. T. García Azcárate (DG Agriculture-EU, Belgium)

Vice-chairman & Session organiser: Dr Wolfgang Sturny

FAO-CIRAD-CIMMYT

Network for CA in

Developing Countries

Chairman: Dr F Dauphin

15:45

FAO (Dr J. Benites)

CIRAD (Dr L. Séguy)

WANTFA (Dr N. Young)

Poster Session for Papers of Proceeding Vol. II, Chapters 1 to 5

16:15

GTZ (Dr K. Steiner)

RELACO (Dr M. da Veiga)

CENTRAL ASIA,

(Dr A. Kurishbayev)

Dr F. Forest

Dr L. Harrington

Dr L. Seguy  

(This session might

 last until 20:00)

16:45

CIMMYT (Dr L. Harrington)

ACT (Dr M. Bwalya)

ASIA (Dr M. Ahamd)

17:15

CAAPAS (Dr M. Pereira)

ECAF (Dr L. García-Torres)

APDC  (Dr J. Landers)

CONGRESS PALACE - IFEMA, Madrid (Spain) October 3^rd 2001

PROGRAM

Wednesday, October 3^rd

Auditorium

Rooms A + D + E

Room B

Rooms F+G+H

Room I

CA Recent innovations I

Chairman: T. Bachman (FAO)

 Vice-chairman & Session organiser: Prof. Dr Mario

Carvalho (APOSOLO,ECAF)

Adaptation of the agricultural industry to CA

Chairman: Dr J. Baker (CINTRE, Australia)

Vice-chairman & Session organiser: Dr Klaus D. Johansen (FRDK, ECAF)  

CA Recent innovations II

Special Session for

Spanish farmers

Chairman: Dr V. Trucco (President AAPRESID)

9:00

Conservation Tillage and related technologies (Dr R. Derpsch)

Agricultural equipments and Mechanisation (Dr K. Saxton)

Poster Session for Papers of Proceeding Vol. II, Chapters 6 to 10

9:20

Cover crop management (Dr A. Calegari)

Equipment in small farms (Dr F. Ribeiros)

Cropping systems (Dr A. El Titi)

Dr F. García Olmedo

 (UP  Madrid)

9:40

Mineral and organic fertiliser management  (Dr M. Vieira )

Integrated Pest Management for CA (Dr A.  Leake)

Agriculture / Livestock in CA (Dr P. Mueller)

Ms G. Álvarez (Spanish Ministry for Environment)

10:00

Weed management (Dr J. Nalewaja)

Precision Agriculture in CA, (Dr B. Basso)

Mr F. Gómez Jover (Spanish Ministry for Agriculture)

10:20

Coffee Break

10:50

Promotion of CA: The Role of Private Sector

Chairmen:

Dr Richard Fowler (ARC-CGI) and Dr Gottlieb Basch (APOSOLO, ECAF)

Poster Session for Papers of Proceeding Vol. II, Chapters 6 to 10

·     History and Development of CA. The view of Monsanto. (Dr H. Grant)

·     Perspectives for CA. (Dr B. Graziet, Syngenta)

·     The Direct Seeding Machinery. (To be confirmed)

·     Fertilizer Industry view of CA. (To be confirmed)

·   Governmental Support for Promoting CA Industry. (Mr V. Aginin, Vice Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation)

13:00

Lunch

CA influence on Environment I

Chairman: Mrs I. González Doncel (Spanish Ministry for Environment)

Vice-chairman & Session Organiser: Dr Michele Pisante (AIGACoS, ECAF)

Perspectives and Policies for

Development I

Chairman: Professor Jules Pretty (University of Essex, UK)

Vice-chairman & Session organiser: Dr Theodor Friedrich (FAO)

Perspectives and Policies for Development II

and

CA influence on Environment II

14:30

CO₂ emissions & carbon sequestration (Dr D. Reicosky)

Globalisation and CA: The case of Mercosur (Dr R. Peiretti)

Strategies for promoting CA, (Dr F. Dauphin)

Offered paper session  

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Poster Session for Papers of Proceeding Vol. II, Chapters 6 to 10