Workshop "Importance of Healthy Soil in Agriculture and Food Systems"
2 December 2022
This workshop aims to provide an insight to the importance of healthy soils in agriculture and food systems. Examples of sustainable agricultural practices in Sweden will be presented. Discussions will focus on the needs (i.e. competency, supporting regulatory/financial/institutional frameworks etc.) to scale up sustainable agricultural practices for healthy soil and human prosperity.
This workshop is organised within the EIT Food financed GrowWorkshop and PostHarvest projects and in collaboration with Lund University BIOECONOMY Graduate Research School, Swedish Agricultural University, SLU, Bjuv Food Valley and Krinova.
When: 2 December 2022
Where: TBA
Target Group: key actors in the primary production of the food supply chain (i.e. farmers, SMEs, start-ups), as well as public/private professionals and students within the agri-food sector
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:20 Introduction - EIT Food GrowWorkshop project. A policy priority in Europe: Healthy Soil – Its importance in agriculture and food systems
Deniz Koca, Assist. Prof., Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, Lund University
09:20 – 09:40 What is healthy soil?
Håkan Wallender, Prof., Department of Biology, Lund University
09:40 – 10:00 Carbon sequestration potentials in Swedish agricultural soils
Lova Brodin, Project leader, Svensk Kolinlagring & CEO, Miljömatematik
10:00 – 10:20 Coffee Break
10:20 – 10:40 Conservation agriculture in practice
Jan Jönsson, Manager, Ly-Ros Farm
10:40 – 11:00 Advisory services from Swedish Board of Agriculture for farmers in practicing sustainable agriculture
Stina Olofsson, Project leader, Plant Nutrition and Environment Advisory Unit, Swedish Board of Agriculture (Rådgivningsenheten växtnäring och miljö, Jordbruksverket)
11:00 – 11:20 Role of advisory services from Academia in sustainable agriculture
Christina Lundström, Researcher, National Competence Centre for Advisory Services, Swedish Agricultural University (Kompetenscentrum rådgivning – RådNu, SLU)
11:20 – 11:50 Panel discussions
11:50 – 12:00 Conclusions
Deniz Koca, Lund University
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
For questions, please contact deniz [dot] koca [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (deniz[dot]koca[at]cec[dot]lu[dot]se)
Please send you registration no later than Wednesday, 30 November 2022, at noon (12 am).