09:00

Registration and Coffee

09:15

Welcoming words (SDC – GPFS)

09:25

Agroecology Research - Status quo and Perspectives (FiBL, Urs Niggli)
Agroecology - Policy environment and trends in policy development (FAO, Caterina Batello, tbc)

10:00

Organic Farming Evidence – Research Findings

• What is the contribution of organic agriculture to sustainable development? - Results of 10 years long-term farming systems comparisons in Kenya, India and Bolivia on productivity, economic viability, soil fertility, resource use efficiency, biodiversity, (FiBL, Gurbir Bhullar, Monika Schneider, Noah Adamtey)

• Organic agriculture in Kenya and Ghana: results from fields studies on crop diversity and management practices (FiBL, Christian Schader, Irene Kadzere)

• Strategies for feeding the world more sustainably with organic agriculture (FiBL, Adrian Müller)

11:15

Coffeebreak

11:45

Agroecological and Food Systems Approaches – Research Findings

• Potentials and limits of agroecology in Africa – lessons learnt from research and development (FiBL, Gian Nicolay)

• Towards Food Sustainability: Reshaping the Coexistence of Different Food Systems in South America and Africa (FoodSAF) (CDE, Uni Bern, Stephan Rist)

• Pesticide use in the tropics: Differences between organic and conventional smallholder farming (Eawag / Swiss TPH, Philipp Staudacher)

• Sustainable Agroecosystems: From Science to Practice (Sustainable Agroecoystems Group, ETH Zurich, Wilma Blaser & Johan Six)

13:00

Lunch

14:00

From research results to policy influence

• How to influence policies with research results? (Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF), Claudia Zingerli)

• Perception of a policy maker (Ministère de l'Agriculture, de la pêche et des ressources hydrauliques de la Tunesie, Samia Maamer, Directrice Générale de l'agriculture Biologique)

14:45

Translating results into action through policies: Fishbowl-style discussion

15:45

Closing remarks (DEZA & FiBL)