EUCARPIA Symposium

Symposium on Breeding for Diversification

The Symposium on "Breeding for Diversification" will be organized by the EUCARPIA Section Organic & Low-input Agriculture, ECO-PB, DIVERSify, INSUSFAR, HealthyMinorCereals, LIVESEED, and ReMIX and will be held on 19 - 21 February 2018 at University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany

Species mixtures can support in the design of productive, diversified, resilient and environmentally friendly agro-ecological cropping systems less dependent on external inputs than current systems and acceptable to farmers and actors in the agri-food chain. This symposium will discuss breeding and management strategies for diversification both in conventional and organic agriculture in arable or forage crops or agroforestry.

Deadline for submission of Abstracts for posters and oral presentations and Early Bird registration is 15 December 2017. 

Confirmed speakers on the announcement.