Hosted by PAN Europe IBMA and IOBC.
Where: Slovenian Parliament & Online Webstreaming
When: 20 October 2022 09:00 - 12:00 CET
Language: Slovenian/English
Programme: The meeting will be chaired by Natalija Svrtan.
09:00: Start of the meeting
- Welcome by Natalija Svrtan, Pesticide Action Network Europe - 5 minutes
- Welcome by Cvetko Zupančić, Chair of the Commission for Agriculture, Forestry and Food of the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia - 5 minutes
09:10: Keynote speeches: European and Slovenian institutions together in ecological support to Slovenian agricultureMaša Žagar, acting director of the Directorate for Agriculture - 10 min
- Maša Žagar, acting director of the Directorate for Agriculture - 10 min
- Pathways towards a pesticide-free agriculture in Europe - Dr. Christian Huyghe, Scientific Director of Agriculture, INRAE (online) - 10 min
- Can we ensure food security and self-suffficiency without conventional agriculture - Branko Tomažič, Vice Chair of the Commission for Agriculture, Forestry and Food of the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia - 10 min
09:40: Pathways towards pesticide-free future
- Franc Bogovič, Member of the European Parliament - 10 min
- SPRINT project and case study in Slovenia - Dr. Matjaž Glavan, Biotechnical faculty University of Ljubljana - 10 min
- Breaking the pesticide dependency treadmill by moving towards biodynamic vegetable growing - Zvone Černelič, the organic vegetable farmer. - 10 min
- The potential of the organic sector in Slovenia - Aleš Fister, organic farmer - 10 min
10:25: Towards a pesticide-free agriculture in Slovenia with the uptake of alternatives such as biocontrol
- Applying functional (agro-)biodiversity as a tool to increase orchard resilience - Lene Sigsgaard, University of life science Copenhagen (online) - 10 min
- Biocontrol solutions proven to work in Slovenian agro-environment - Dr. Jaka Razinger, Kmetijski Inštitut Slovenije - 10 min
- Biological control solutions and their benefits - their essential role for a full agroecological transition working with nature - Jennifer Lewis, IBMA (online) - 10 min
10:55: Solutions for nature-friendly and economically efficient farming methods
- Beginnings of biodynamics in Slovenia - Meta Vrhunc, Založba Ajda Vrzdenec - 10 min
- Reducing the use of chemically synthetic pesticides without reducing the yield - Marija Marinček, President of NGO Zveza društev ekoloških kmetov Slovenije - 10 min
- Brand DEMETER - Dr. Mihael Kasaš, President of NGO Združenje Demeter Slovenija - 10 min
- The potential of organic agriculture as a method for protecting nature and the environment in Slovenia - Prof. dr. Martina Bavec, University of Maribor, Slovenian ambassador of organic farming - 10 min
11:35: Debate with participants
11:55: Closing word by David Cary
