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FiBL at BIOFACH 2019

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

The potential to unify the measurement of organic consumption behaviour across countries

11 am to 11.45 am, Room Helsinki (NCC East), BIOFACH exhibitor presentations

The organisers will give an overview of existing survey tools used at national level to measure organic consumption behaviour. The potential of a unified survey tool will be discussed.

Presenter

  • Bernadette Oehen, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, Switzerland

Speakers

  • Claudia Meier, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, Switzerland
  • Dorian Flechet, Agence Bio, France
  • Alexis Carey, Organic Trade Association

Link

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Organic policy and sector development in Central Eastern Europe, Ministerial overviews

11.00 am to 12.30 pm, Room Budapest (NCC East), BIOFACH Congress

Ministers, deputy ministers and business sector representatives of selected CEE countries will present their organic policies and results achieved.

Presenter

  • Dr. Dóra Drexler, Managing Director, Ungarisches Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau ÖMKi, Hungary

Speakers

  • Dr. István Nag, Ministry of Agriculture, Hungary

Link

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How is fraud (not) addressed nowadays?

11.30 am to 12.30 pm, Room Istanbul (NCC East), BIOFACH Congress

With organic markets growing exponentially worldwide, the organic sector is again confronted with potential food fraud. The speakers will present in brief statements their approaches to address organic fraud, tackling also the role of residue testing as a fraud prevention and detection measure, at source and when entering the market.

Presenter

  • Bo van Elzakker, Louis Bolk Instituut, The Netherlands

Speakers

  • Beate Huber, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL, Switzerland
  • Karst Kooistra, Sourcing Development, Director
  • Dr. Jochen Neuendorff, Gesellschaft für Ressourcenschutz mbh
  • Michael Bain, European Court of Auditors, Principal Manager

Link

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Embedding diversity in food value chain: Strategies to valorize agrobiodiversity

3 pm to 3.45 pm, Room Oslo (NCC East), BIOFACH Congress

Increasing agrobiodiversity is essential to rise the resilience and health of our food systems. To achieve this it is important to look at consumer preferences and define a suitable marketing strategy. In the session, we present different approaches for the valorisation of food diversity and the results of two representative surveys on consumer preferences for food diversity in the EU.

Presenter

  • Bernadette Oehen, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL, Switzerland

Speakers

  • Claudia Meier, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL, Switzerland
  • Philipp Holzherr, Pro Specie Rara

Link

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The World of Organic Agriculture

4 pm to 4.45 pm, Hall Shanghai (NCC East), BIOFACH Congress

The latest data on organic agriculture world-wide, regulations and organic markets will be presented and the 20th edition of The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics and Emerging Trends 2019" the yearbook on global organic agriculture will be launched.

Presenter

  • Louise Luttikholt, IFOAM - Organics International Head Office

Speakers

  • Dr. Helga Willer, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL, Switzerland
  • Julia Lernoud, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL, Switzerland
  • Beate Huber, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL, Switzerland
  • Amarjit Sahota, Ecovia Intelligence
  • Monica Rubiolo, SECO

Link

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The European Market for Organic Food

5 pm to 6 pm, Hall Shanghai (NCC East), BIOFACH Congress

The latest (2018) data and trends for four selected European markets will be presented including the overall trend in Europe.

Presenter

  • Dr. Susanne Padel, The Organic Research Centre, UK

Speakers

  • Diana Schaack, Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft mbH
  • Dr. Francesco Solfanelli, Universitá Politecnica delle Marche
  • Dr. Helga Willer, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL, Switzerland
  • Dorian Fléchet, Agence bio
  • Martin Sawyer, Soil Association

Link

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Thursday, February 14, 2019

Organic Breeding

10 am to 10.45 am, Meeting Point Organic right from the start (Entrence "Mitte"), Meeting Point Organic right from the start

Why does organic farming necessarily need more varieties from organic breeding?

Presenter

  • NN

Speakers

  • Prof. Dr. Urs Niggli, Direktor, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL, Switzerland

Link

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Global Organic Market Overview

10 am to 11.30 am, Hall St. Petersburg (NCC East), BIOFACH Congress

The global organic market develops dynamically. Organic 3.0 postulates further growth, inclusiveness and orientation towards a more differentiated sustainability products market. We deepen the market information from the IFOAM – Organics International/FiBL statistics book and reflect about trends and strategic market positioning.

Presenter

  • Louise Luttikholt, IFOAM - Organics International

Speakers

  • Dr. Helga Willer, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL, Switzerland
  • Laura Batcha, Organic Trade Association, USA
  • Jianping Xing, Chief Operating Officer / Organic and Beyond Corporation (OABC), China
  • Dr. David Amudavi, Executive Director / Biovision Africa Trust
  • Julia Lernoud, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL, Switzerland

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Regulatory Aspects of the Organic International Trade

12 pm to 12.45 pm, Hall Shnaghai (NCC East), BIOFACH Congress

An exchange with experts and stakeholders from all the world starting from the New EU Organic Regulation and the latest developments related to the US standards. The session will also explore the possibility of a multilateral agreement which would facilitate the trade of organic products among all the countries.

Presenter

  • Emanuele Busacca, IFOAM EU

Speakers

  • Alia Atitar de la Fuente, EU Kommission
  • Michael Reynaud, Ecocert S.A.
  • Beate Huber, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL, Switzerland

Link

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Welchen Mehrwert bieten Bio und Vegan?

3 pm to 3.45 pm, Room Oslo (NCC East), BIOFACH Congress

Vegane Lebensmittel haben in den letzten Jahren weitere Verbreitung gefunden. Doch welche Erwartungen haben Verbraucher an vegane Biolebensmittel? Und wie kann die Biobranche auf den Vegan-Trend reagieren? Um Antworten zu erhalten, wurden Befragungen mit Verbrauchern sowie Akteuren aus Landwirtschaft, Herstellung und Handel durchgeführt. Ergebnisse werden präsentiert und zur Diskussion gestellt.

Presenter

  • NN

Speakers

  • Eric Gall, IFOAM EU Group
  • Ralf Mack, Bioland e.V., Germany
  • Lin Bautze, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Switzerland

Links

Friday, February 15, 2019

Science Day organized by TP Organics

10 am to 3 pm, Room Oslo (NCC East), BIOFACH Congress 

TP Organics’ Science Day will shape the new Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda for organic and agroecology in Europe. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss priority topics to address current research needs. Policy makers taking part in the event will provide feedback and highlight the opportunities for organic in the EU’s new Research and Innovation Programme Horizon Europe.

Presenter

  • Bram Moeskops, Senior Scientific Coordinator, TP Organics
  • Silvia Schmidt, Food Policy Officer, IFOAM EU

Speakers

  • Dr. Hanns-Christoph Eiden, Präsident, Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE), Germany
  • Dr. Helga Willer, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, Switzerland
  • Acuña Miguel Angel de Porras, Co-Director, FiBL Europe
  • Prof. Dr. Raffaele Zanoli, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
  • Karin Ulmer, Senior Policy Officer, ACT Alliance EU
  • Lizzie Melby Jespersen, Manager, LMJ Eco-consult

Links

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Impact, measuring organic performance

10 am to 11.30 am, Hall Shanghai (NCC East), BIOFACH Congress

Turnover and areal are common measures to look at progress of organic. However, how do we measure the contribution of organic agriculture, e.g. to the SDGs? Can everything we’d like to see as impact be measured? How do we look at performance? What needs still to be done to get the full picture. Where are the limitations and where is organic performing differently from what is commonly believed?

Presenter

  • Louise Luttikholz, IFOAM - Organics International Head Office

Speakers

  • Dr. Christian Schader, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL, Switzerlan
  • Dr. Verena Seufert, Postdoctoral researcher, Land Use Change and Climate Laurence Beck, Director for Sustainability, Quality and R&D / Wessanen Nederland Holding B.V.

Link

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Weshalb ist die Bio Züchtung so wichtig für den Bio Landbau?

1 pm to 2.30 pm, Room Budapest (NCC East), BIOFACH Congress

Wo steht die Bio Züchtung heute? Wo liegen die Chancen und Risiken bzw. was sind die Herausforderungen in der Zukunft? Kann sich die Bio Züchtung gegenüber den großen Saatgutmultis noch behaupten? Weshalb haben es Sorten, Rassen aus der Bio Züchtung so schwer, sich am Markt durchzusetzen? Was müsste für eine bessere Marktdurchdringung unternommen werden?

Presenter

  • Marcus Johann, Bioverita

Speakers

  • Elke Röder, Bundesverband Naturkost und Naturwaren (BNN) e.V., Germany
  • Lukas Nossol, dennree GmbH
  • Dr. Felix Prinz zu Löwenstein, Bund Ökologische Lebensmittelwirtschaft (BÖLW), Germany
  • Prof. Dr. Urs Niggli, Direktor, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL, Switzerland
  • Boris Voelkel, Voelkel GmbH

Link

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Internal Control Systems, relevance, status and future perspectives

1 pm to 2.30 pm, Room Istanbul (NCC East), BIOFACH Congress

Internal Control Systems (ICS) are an important tool for certification of smallholders. The importance of ICS will increase with the new EU regulation where ICS will also be possible within the EU from 2021 onwards. The results of study on the importance and effectiveness of ICS for the global organic trade will be presented followed by a panel discussion on pathways for its further development.

Presenter

  • Beate Huber, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL), Switzerland

Speakers

  • Florentine Meinshausen
  • Toralf Richter, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL), Switzerland
  • Johan Blockeel, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL), Switzerland

Link

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International breeding projects outside the EU

4.45 pm - 5.30, Meeting Point Organic right from the start (Entrance Mitte), Meeting Point Organic right from the start

Practical example Cotton in India

Presenter

NN

Speakers

  • Dr. Monika Messmer, Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau, Switzerland

Link

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