Scientific Programme EGF 2011

29.08.2011 (Monday)

• Welcome addresses
  • Ignaz Knöbel, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Austria
  • Erich M. Pötsch, General Secretary of EGF 2011, Austria
  • Piotr Stypiński, President of EGF, Poland

Opening session

Chairman: J. Isselstein (GE)

• Mountainous farming in Europe
  Alan Hopkins
  GES Consulting, Exeter, United Kingdom
• Grassland farming in Austria – status quo and future prospective
  Buchgraber K.¹, Schaumberger A.¹ and Pötsch E.M.^{1
  1}AREC Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Austria

Session I: Meeting the challenge of grassland management in disadvantaged areas

Chairpersons: G. Nagy (H) and V. Lind (N)

• Agricultural changes in the European Alpine Bow and their impact on other policies
  Tasser E.¹, Leitinger G.², Pecher C.¹ and Tappeiner U.^{1,2
  1}Institute for Alpine Environment, European Academy Bolzano, Italy
  ²Institute of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
  
• Climate change and impact on European grasslands
  Trnka M.^1,2, Bartošová L.^1,2, Schaumberger A.³, Ruget F.⁴,
  Eitzinger J.^2,5, Formayer H.⁵, Seguin B.⁴ and Olesen J.E.^{6
  1}Mendel University Brno, Czech Republic
  ²Global Change Research Center AS CR, v.v.i, Brno, Czech Rebublic
  ³AREC Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Austria
  ⁴INRA, France
  ⁵University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
  ⁶Aarhus University, Dept. of Agroecology, Tjele, Denmark
  

Coffee break and poster session 1

• Operating limits to mechanisation in mountain areas
  Sauter J.¹ and Latsch R¹

  ¹Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station, Ettenhausen, Switzerland

• Patterns of land use and ownership and their influence on pasture quality in the mountains of Northern Spain
  
  Vázquez, I.¹, Puente, L. de la.¹ and Busqué, J.^{2
  1}Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
  ²Centro de Investigación y Formación Agrarias, Gobierno de Cantabria, Spain
  
• Managing the summer alpine pastures in a context of recurrent droughts
  Nettier B.¹, Dobremez L.¹, Talichet M.², Romagny T.³, Le Pottier V.^{1
  1}Cemagref, Domaine Universitaire, France
  ²Suaci Alpes du Nord, St Baldoph, France
  ³ADEM, Die, France
• Herbage selection and landscape utilisation by suckler cows on a sub-alpine pasture
  Meisser M.¹, Chassot A.² and Freléchoux F.^{3
  1}Research Station Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil, Switzerland
  ²Research Station Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux ALP, Posieux, Switzerland
  ³Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Lausanne, Switzerland
• A physiological approach to reduce population densities of Colchicum Autumnale L. in extensively managed grasslands
  Jung L.S.¹, Eckstein R.L.¹, Donath T.W.¹ and Otte A.^{1
  1}Institute of Landscape Ecology and Resource Management, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany

30.08.2011 (Tuesday),

Session II: Organic, low-input and alternative grassland farming systems

Chairpersons: B. Tonn (GE) and S. Hejduk (CZE)

• Merits of full grazing systems as a sustainable and efficient milk production strategy
  Thomet P.¹, Cutullic, E.¹, Bisig W. ², Wuest C. ³, Elsaesser M.⁴, Steinberger S.⁵ and Steinwidder A.^{6
  1}Swiss College of Agriculture, Zollikofen, Switzerland
  ²Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP, Switzerland
  ³Dairy Farmer, Matamata, New Zealand
  ⁴Bildungs- und Wissenszentrum Aulendorf, Germany
  ⁵Bavarian Federal Institute for Agriculture, Grub, Germany
  ⁶AREC Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Austria
• The future of organic grassland farming in mountainous regions of Central Europe
  Steinwidder A.¹, Schneider M.², Wachendorf M.³, Starz W.¹ and Pötsch E.M.^{1
  1}Agricultural Research and Education Centre Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Austria
  ²Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon, Zürich, Switzerland
  ³University Kassel, Organic agricultural Science, Department of Grassland Science and Renewable Plant Resource, Witzenhausen, Germany

Coffee break + poster session 2

• Which types of farms for managing mountain grasslands in the future? A prospective approach
  Veysset P.¹, Rapey H.^{2
  1}INRA Centre de Clermont-Ferrand–Theix, France
  ²UMR Métafort, Cemagref Clermont-Ferrand, France
• Designing sustainable systems for dairy farming – a flexible approach to modelling multi-functionality in agriculture
  Hovstad K.A.¹, Fystro G.², Hegrenes A.³ and Norderhaug A.^{1
  1}Norwegian Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research, Norway
  ²Norwegian Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Research, Arable Crops Division, Norway
  ³Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute, Norway
• Environmental impacts of Swiss milk production in the mountain region
  Alig M.¹, Baumgartner D. U.¹, Mieleitner, J. ¹ and Nemecek T.^{1
  1}Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART, CH-8046 Zürich, Switzerland
• Feather production responses of farmed geese to diets containing ad libitum fresh chopped grass
  Nagy G.¹, Mihók S.¹ and Gyüre P.^{1
  1}Debrecen University, Debrecen, Hungary
• Bio-energy from semi-natural grasslands? Socio-economics and risk assessment of alternative grassland utilisation in disadvantaged areas
  Blumenstein B.¹ and Möller D.^{1
  1}Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany

31.08.2011 (Wednesday)

Session III: Grassland as a source of biodiversity and public goods

Chairmen: G. Peratoner (I) and T. Köster (EST)

• Establishment and use of High Nature Value Farmland
  Krautzer B.¹, Bartel A.², Kirmer A.³, Pötsch E.M.¹, Feucht B.⁴, Tischew S.³, Wieden M.⁵, and E. Rieger^{1
  1}Agricultural Research and Education Centre Raumberg-Gumpenstein, Austria
  ²Austrian Environmental Agency, Vienna
  ³Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
  ⁴Rieger Hofmann Company, Germany
  ⁵Association of Wild Seed Producers, Germany
• Plant functional traits and nutrient gradients on grassland
  Schellberg J.¹ and Pontes L. da S.^{1
  1}Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn, Germany
  ¹Agronomic Institute of Paraná, Ponta Grossa-PR, Brazil

Coffee break + poster session 3

• Survey of the biodiversity-productivity relationship in Swiss summer pastures
  Schneider M.K.¹, Homburger H.¹ and Lüscher A.^{1
  1}Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART, Zürich, Switzerland
• Natural and use value of meadow communities of mountain and lowland regions
  Kryszak A.¹, Kryszak J.¹ and Strychalska A.¹
  1Department of Grassland and Natural Landscape Sciences, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 38/42, 60-627 Poznań, Poland
• Can β-diversity drive dry pastures conservation priorities?
  Burrascano S.¹, Anzellotti I.¹, Carli E.¹, Del Vico E.¹, Facioni L.¹, Pretto F.¹ and Blasi C.^{1
  1}Dept. of Environmental Biology – Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
• Grassland biodiversity in a mountainous PDO cheese area in France: do organic and cheese production systems provide higher biodiversity?
  Orth D.¹, A. Gueringer A.², Landré F.² and Balay C.^{1
  1}UMR Métafort, Vetagro Sup, France
  ²UMR Métafort, Cemagref Clermont-Fd, France
• Restoration of ruderalized secondary grassland in the National park of Western Carpathian Mountains
  Novák J.¹, Nemeš J.¹, Obtulovič, P.^{1
  1}Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovakia

Closing Session
Synthesis of EGF 2011