May 10-11, 2012: First international workshop of the Italian Organic Agriculture Research Group in Ancona, Italy

The first international workshop of the Italian Organic Agriculture Research Group (GRAB-IT) entiteld "Organic farming: a sustainable model for transition in the Mediterranean" will take place in Ancona, Italy, on May 10 and 11.

Papers are welcomed from all fields of organic farming covering a wide range of topics including:

Mediterranean organic farming and new consumption models;
The impact of climate changes on soil management and defence of cultural practices in Mediterranean crop and livestock production;
Organic Aquaculture and sustainable fishing in the Mediterranean regions;
Nutritional and organoleptic quality of the organic product in the Mediterranean area;
Transition towns and organic farming in the Mediterranean regions;
The role of renewable energies in the Mediterranean organic farming;
Economic policies for Mediterranean organic farming;
Energetic and ethical efficiency and management of human and social resources in the organic supply chain;
Multifunctionality of organic farm (landscape and biodiversity maintenance, education, recreation, etc.)

The language of the workshop is English.

The workshop is carried out by GRAB-IT in cooperation with the International Society of Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR), the Mediterranian Agronomic Institute in Bari (IAM Bari), and the IFOAM Mediterranean Group Agrobiomediterraneo.

Further information

Workshop website

www.grab-it.it/ancona2012/home.html

Venue

Faculty of Agriculture
Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali (D3A)
Università Politecnica delle Marche
via Brecce Bianche
60131 Ancona