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INFASA Symposium Presentations (2006)

Presenter abstracts and biographies are available in the Symposium program (PDF - 1.2 mb).

• Opening Remarks from INFASA Co-Chair (PPT - 3 mb)
  Dr. Fritz Häni, Head, Agroecology Program, Swiss College of Agriculture (SHL)

Keynote Presentation

• Agricultural Sustainability Indicators: a Global and Developing Country Perspective - Why and Why Not? (PPT - 11.5 mb)
  Hans R. Herren, President, Millennium Institute

• An OECD Perspective on Using Agri-Environmental Indicators for Policy Analysis (PPT - 204 kb)
  Wilfred Legg, Policies and Environment Division, Agriculture Directorate, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Experience with the Use of Assessment Tools on Farms and at Institutions (Case study presentations)

• Measurement and Assessment Tools for Sustainable Agriculture in the U.K. (PPT - 2.4 mb)
  Dr. Kathy Lewis, Head, Agriculture and Environment Research Unit (AERU), University of Hertfordshire, U.K.

• The Assessment of Farm Sustainability Using the Farm Sustainability Indicators Method (IDEA) (PPT - 1.3 mb)
  Mr. Frédéric Zahm, Researcher, Cemagref, France

• Tackling Sustainability Deficits on Dairy Farms in Northeastern China with RISE (Response-Inducing Sustainability Evaluation) (PPT - 9.4 mb)
  Dr. Christoph Studer, Tropical Crop Production and Natural Resources Management, SHL

• Sustainability Assessment of Producer Groups in Brazil (PPT - 264 kb)
  Eduardo Sampaio, Agronimist, private consultant and representative of Utz Kapeh, Brazil

• Unilever and Sustainable Agriculture - Measuring Improvement (PPT - 782 kb)
  Mr. David Pendlington, Sustainable Agriculture Co-ordinator, Unilever, Netherlands

• Development of an Environmental Management System for Farms and its Introduction into Practice (PPT - 724 kb)
  BjörnKüstermann, Department of Plant Sciences (Organic Farming), Technical University Munich, Germany

• Using Agri-Environmental Indicators in Policy Development - The Canadian Experience (PPT - 4 mb)
  Mr. Greg Strain, Director, Agri-Environmental Policy Bureau of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

• Sustainability Indicators: Key Tools for Implementing and Developing Swiss Agricultural Policy (PPT - 836 kb)
  Mr. Vinzenz Jung, Economic Adviser, Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG)

Panel Discussion

• Perspectives of Nestle on Implementation of Sustainability Assessment Tools (PPT - 596 kb)
  Dr. Hans Jöhr, Corporate Head of Agriculture, Nestlé

Synthesis

• Symposium and Workshop Synthesis (PPT - 243 kb)
  Dr. Fritz Häni, SHL and Dr. László Pintér, IISD

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