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December 2005 • No. 3

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Joint Organic Congress

QLIF Congress 2006

QLIF Research News

Organic milk as a high value product

Effects of management practices on the composition of nutritually relevant compounds and sensory quality of crops

Consumer attitudes to food quality and safety

QLIF Training and Exchange Workshop

International QLIF Training and Exchange Workshop

QLIF Communication

Improving communication on organic research

Communicating European research 2005

Organic Eprints expands the number of editors and users

New Technical Manager for QLIF

Open doors at Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux

Effect of management practise on lettuce quality

Notes & Correspondance

New organic principles

SOAR summer School 2006

Keynotes from seminar on environmentally friendly food production systems

Suggestions for EU regulation

First scientific conference at FQH

Evaluating inputs for organic farming - a new system

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Congress Topic 2:

Improving quality of crops, soil and environment

The topic will include sessions on improvements of organic plant production, and how this production affects soil quality and the environment. Furthermore, the connection between organic production methods and nutritional content of plant products will be examined.

The topic is organized by the EU research projects QLIF, REPCO, ENVIRFOOD and INTERCROP with contribution from from Organic Input Evaluation and SUSVAR. Topic coordinators are Lucius Tamm, Jürgen Köhl and Erik Steen Jensen.

The topic consists of three themes:

  • Crop systems and soils
  • Protecting plant health
  • Plant breeding and seed production

Coordinators of the three themes, as described below, are Lucius Tamm, Jürgen Köhl and Erik Steen Jensen.

Potential contributors to the individual themes (either oral or poster presentations) should look at the full descriptions offered through the links entitled 'More'.

Deadline for submission of papers is March 1st, but a short submission form should kindly be filled out before February 15th (see Congess website).


Crop systems and soils
Organic farming seeks to develop crop systems that generate a healthy soil for the growth of healthy plants. The theme explores optimisation of soil properties of relevance for plant nutrition and disease suppression. Also, the role of crop diversification strategies is assessed. More...
Tamm
Protecting plant health
Diseases and pests in organic farming may be controlled by strategies such as crop rotation and diversification. Yet, for certain crops this is not sufficient. Development of novel techniques and crop protection products with low risk are urgently needed and highlighted in the theme. More...
Köhl

Plant breeding and seed production
After decades of relying on conventionally bred varieties, the organic sector is increasingly aware of the need for better adapted, robust varieties and organically propagated seeds. Exiting results from research show newly developed strategies and the challenges for the future. More...
Jensen