28 May to 2 June 2006 in connection with the Joint Organic Congress (JOC)
4 ECTS: 120 hours. Intensive week: 50 hours, reading and writing assignment: 70 hours. 1 ECTS is 30 hours (NOVA).
Venue Dansk Folkeferie, Middelfart Oddevejen 8, 5500 Middelfart
Research in organic food and farming is an expanding discipline in Europe, and the European Union has financed a growing number of research projects in organic farming. In May 2006, researchers from at least ten EU-funded research projects in organic food and farming join the same congress and present their results. This PhD course will acquaint students with the latest results from research in organic agriculture, as PhD students will attend selected presentations at the congress and use the acquired knowledge to work out hypothesis on how organic farming and food production may contribute to rural development in Europe.
Planning team Henning Høgh Jensen, KVL Vibeke Langer, KVL Egon Noe, DIAS Marie Trydeman Knudsen, DIAS Sofie Kobayashi, KVL
Preliminary course description
Programme for the intensive week (pdf)
Pre-course assignment This will be in the form of a poster, which you should present at the course (not at the congress). You should present your perceptions and understanding of organic food and farming, rural development, and your own research in this context.
Guidelines for pre-course assignment (pdf).
Literature for the assignment
Darnhofer, I. 2005: Organic Farming and Rural Development: Some Evidence from Austria. Sociologica Ruralis, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 308-323.
European Commission, 2004: The Common Agricultural Policy Explained. Directorate Genral for Agriculture.
IFOAM, 2005: Principles of Organic Agriculture.
Pugliese, P. 2001: Organic Farming and Sustainable Rural Development: A Multifaceted and Promising Convergence. Sociologica Ruralis, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 112-129.
van Plough, J.D., A. Long and J. Banks, 2002: Rural development: The state of the art. In: Living Countrysides. Rural Development Processes in Europe: The State of the Art. Elsevier bedrijfsinfomatie, Doetinchem, The Netherlands, pp 8-17.
Key-note Speakers Dr. Nic Lampkin, Senior Lecturer, Director, Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies The University of Wales Aberystwyth, UK. www.irs.aber.ac.uk/research/expertise/nhl.shtml
Patrizia Pugliese, The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (MAIB), Italy
Dr. Karlheinz Knickel, Institute for Rural Development Research, Frankfurt, Germany. www.ifls.de (CV)
List of participants Aida Stikliene, Lithuanian Agriculture University, Lithuania Andreas Åkerström, SLU, Sweden Daiva Sileikiene, Lithuanian Agriculture University, Lithuania Frederick Kwame Teye, Helsinki University, Finland Gunta Grinberga, Latvia University of Agriculture, Latvia Ingrid Bender, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia Jim Rasmussen, KVL, Denmark Katrin Uurman, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia Kirstine Flintholm Jørgensen, DIAS, Denmark Lina Šarunaite, Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture, Lithuania Lone Hymøller, DIAS, Denmark Malgorzata Szulc, IRMM, Belgium Marie Trydeman Knudsen, DIAS, Denmark Marie-Louise Risgaard, Denmark Merete Møller Nielsen, KVL, Denmark Mette Weinreich Hansen, Technical University of Denmark Naja Steen Andersen, Risø/KVL, Denmark Natalia Muguerza, KVL, Denmark Nicolas Bastin, France Rasa Valiukėnaitė, Lithuanian Veterinary Academy, Lithuania Sandra Burger, Austria Skirmantě Balnytě, Lithuanian Agriculture University, Lithuania Tairi Albert, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia Therese Sundberg, SLU Sweden Tina Skau Nielsen, DIAS, Denmark Viktoras Liorančas, Lithuanian Veterinary Academy, Lithuania Zita Kriauciuniene, Lithuanian Agriculture University, Lithuania