Symposium - Crop diversification: new perspectives beyond agronomy

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Mini Symposium

Crop diversification:
New perspectives beyond agronomy

 20 October 2022

Aurora, room B9110 (Wageningen Campus, building 127)

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Scope

Various policy initiatives in Europe and the Netherlands strive to move the agricultural system towards greater crop diversity in time and space as a means to revert biodiversity decline, mitigate and adapt to climate change, and enhance socio-economic resilience of the food system. This mini-symposium will feature presentations highlighting four perspectives on crop diversification: crop diversification as a change of the socio-technical system; as a change in the relation between researchers and farmers; as a change in technology; and as a change in the way research projects can support the transition. The mini-symposium is organized on the occasion of Lenora Ditzler’s PhD thesis defence on 21 October 2021.

Programme

13.30 

 Dr Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy (INRAE)
 Cropping system diversification : a matter of sociotechnical  system transition. The example of the legume-based cropping  systems

14:00 

 Dr Margot Leclère (INRAE)
 Lessons from the implementation of a participatory and multi- actor design approach to support crop diversification in Northern  France
 

14:40

 Dr Katherine Legun (WU)
 What can a plant be to a robot? Diverse ontologies in agriculture  and the challenges of programming autonomous robotics through co-design

15:00

 Break

15:30

 Dr Dirk van Apeldoorn (WU)
 On strip cropping developments in the Netherlands – a brief look  back and a look forward to two large new projects

16:00

 Discussion:
Grand challenges emerging from the presentations

16:30

 Lenora Ditzler MSc (WU)
Preview of and invitation to the PhD defences on the next day

16:45  Drinks
17:45  Closing

 

 
Fees
  FEE
All participants Free of charge
PE&RC Cancellation Conditions

If you do not show up at the event, a fee of € 25,- will be charged.
Note: If you would like to cancel your registration, always inform us (please note that you will be kept to the cancellation conditions).

Organizers

Dr Walter Rossing
Email: walter.rossing@wur.nl

Dr Claudius van de Vijver (PE&RC)
Email: claudius.vandevijver@wur.nl

Registration

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