Workshop Future Agriculture

Workshop on Future Agriculture – Future Scenarios
Thursday June 16, 10.30-12.00 in the main Auditorium

Preliminary programme

10.30 Welcome, Annika Åhnberg (facilitator)
10.35-10.55 Key-note presentation.Challenges for future agriculture and land use.
Professor Jan Bengtsson, SLU
10.55-11.20 Short reflections on important aspects of future food and farming systems. Scientists from different disciplines will give their perspectives as a starting point for the discussion (selected among submitted abstracts).
11.20-11.50 Future agriculture in the Nordic-Baltic region - opportunities and threats. Discussion between stakeholders and scientists on how to further develop and implement sustainable food production - highlight good examples, identify knowledge gaps, and need for policy. What is missing for the implementation of sustainable food production systems – knowledge, market or policy incentives?
11.50 -12.00 Summary and conclusion