Farming without agro-chemicals, Brussels - Main contents

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date	March 6, 2019 14:00
city	Brussels, Belgium
location	Altiero Spinelli building (ASP) i
attending	(Anthea) McINTYRE i et al.
organisation	Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA)

Can we grow without using herbicides, fungicides and insecticides?

14:00 - 14:15 Welcome

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  Anthea McIntyre, MEP and STOA Panel Member

14:15 - 14:45 Presentations of the scientific assessment

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  Dany Bylemans
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  Barbara De Coninck
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  Wannes Keulemans

Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven

14:45 - 15:15 Presentations Panel Discussants

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  A viewpoint from conventional agriculture,

  Anne van Drunen Littel, Steward Redqueen, for the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA)

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  The stance of organic farmers,

  Isabella Lang, IFOAM, the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements

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  Consumer perception,

  Marleen Onwezen, Research Institute for Economic Research, Wageningen UR

15:15 - 16:15 Discussion

16.15 - 16:30 Closing remarks by Anthea McIntyre, MEP

Location: European Parliament Brussels - Altiero Spinelli Building (ASP) 5E2

Last updated: 05-03-2019