BVLE ABER conference on agro ecology
Agro-ecology is emerging as an approach to respond to the mounting problems resulting from an increasingly globalized and industrialized agro-food system. For instance, the authors of the International Agricultural Assessment of Knowledge Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) see agro-ecology as “the best strategy for rebuilding agriculture and ending rural poverty and hunger” (Holt-Giménez & Altieri, 2012). The defenders of this approach present it as an alternative to the so called industrialized agro-food system. It is also being presented as a solution to solve the growing food, fuel and climate crises.
Today, the purpose of agro-ecology is to move beyond being a just technical revolution at the farm scale and to embrace social and institutional issues as well. Following Stassart et al. (2012), the agro-ecological discipline may now be considered as “the study of the relationship between food production and the wider society”.
From an socio-economic and institutional point of view, the question rises if and how agro-ecology could contribute to reshaping power relations in the current agro-food system. At a broader level, it might also catalyze other transformations in society.
Three experts will give their insights on the multiple dimension of this “bottom-up” dynamic of the agro-ecological movement, followed by a debate in which we hope you actively participate!
“The socio-economic and institutional challenge of agroecology”
14.00 – 14.15
Welcome
Etienne Verhaegen (UCL)
14.15 – 14.45
Towards Ecological Intensification of World Agriculture
Prof. Pablo Tittonell, Wageningen UR (NL)
14.45 – 15.15
How political is agroecology? An invitation to reclaim the political economy dimensions of food systems
Gaëtan Vanloqueren, Université catholique de Louvain
15.15 – 15.30 Coffe break
15.30 – 16.00
Agroecology a tough exercise in multidisciplinarity and comparaisons
with previous "revolutions"
Prof. Dirk Reheul, Universiteit Gent
16.00 – 17.00
Debate
October 22, 2013 13:30 - 17:30 (GMT +00:00 UTC)
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Participants (52)
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Antoinette Dumont
company: Université Catholique de Louvain-la-neuve (UCL)
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Kris Van Nieuwenhove
company: SALV
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Yanne Goossens
company: KULeuven
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Alain LAIGNEAUX
company: Belgian Development Agency BTC
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carlotta Ebbreo
company: Université Catholique de Louvain La Neuve
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Valérie Bastin
company: SPF Economie, Direction industries agroalimentaires
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gwen laureys
company: OMGEVING
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Eva Snijders
company: Departement Leefmilieu, Natuur en Energie
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Hielke Van Doorslaer
company: Oxfam-Wereldwinkels
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Atti Tchabi
company: Oxfam-Wereldwinkels
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Bert Van Gils
company: ILVO - Instituut voor landbouw- en visserijonderzoek
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Marco Contiero
company: Greenpeace
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Gisele Henriques
company: CIDSE
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Nathalie Janne d'Othée
company: CNCD-11.11.11
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Jaak Nelissen
company: FOD Economie
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Kristof Volckaert
company: Trias
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Jo Dalemans
company: Broederlijk Delen
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Bavo Verwimp
company: Vlaamse Landmaatschappij
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Ine Vervaeke
company: provincie Vlaams-Brabant
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Sybille Mazay
company: SPF Economie
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Jeroen Watté
company: Wervel vzw
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Triest Quentin
company: UCL - Bioengineering (student)
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Geert Rogiers
company: Vlaamse Landmaatschappij
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François Delvaux
company: Entraide & Fraternité
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Georges Vandermeulen
company: FOD Economie
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Marco Quattrola
company: University of Gent
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Maarten Roels
company: UGent
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Alessandra Manganelli
company: Politecnico di Milano
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Joris Relaes
company: kabinet Minister-president Kris Peeters
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Federica Bono
company: KU Leuven
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Stéphane Parmentier
company: Oxfam-Solidarity
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Michael Van Zeebroeck
company: Vlaamse Overheid, Afdeling Monitoring en Studie
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Laura Van Vooren
company: ILVO
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Erwin Wauters
company: ILVO - Social Sciences Unit
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Bruno Henry de Frahan
company: Université catholique de Louvain
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Ludwig Lauwers
company: ILVO
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Bernd Annaert
company: K.U.Leuven
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Fleur Marchand
company: ILVO
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Ricardo Romero Perez Grovas
company: CIMMYT-KULeuven
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Hilde Wustenberghs
company: ILVO - Social Sciences
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Pieter Vlaeminck
company: KU Leuven
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Tessa Avermaete
company: KU Leuven
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Peter Blancquaert
company: European Commission
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Wies De Troch
company: FOD Economie
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Lieve De Cock
company: ILVO
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Dirk Van Guyze
company: SALV
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Wies De Troch
company: FOD Economie
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Steven Van Passel
company: Hasselt University
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Gabriël Ysebaert
company: Departement LV
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Guido Van Huylenbroeck
company: UGent
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