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INTRODUCTORY PLENARY MEETING ÚVODNÍ PLENÁRNÍ ZASEDÁNÍ

Focuses on current topics:

• Organic farming within the EU, Czech Republic , Slovakia and Austria and the new Rural Development Programme
• Action plans for organic farming within the EU, Czech Republic , Slovakia and Austria and their implementation
• GMO – the lasting threat for organic farmers
• Pesticides – pollution of the Danube river and new options for non-chemical protection of plants
• Council Regulation No. 2092/91 in relation to health and animal welfare in organic farming

Neumeister, L. - Action plans for the development of organic farming in the Danube river basin – the results of the workshop

Smolka, S. - Movements towards pesticide reduction – the current state of EU policy discussions

CONFERENCE A: NON-CHEMICAL PROTECTION OF PLANTS

Hajšlová, Jana - Products from organic and conventional farming: Assessment of safety

Hluchý, Milan - Systems of biological pest control in the Czech Republic

Hluchý, Milan - Influence of biological and chemical pest control on populations of aphids and aphidofagous invertebrates in maize

Kromp, Bernhard, Šarapatka, Bořivoj - Self-regulations in agri-ecosystems and landscape management for sustainable production

Kühne, Stephan - Application of plant protection products in organic arable farming

Navrátilová, Miloslava - Authorized biological plant protection products and the possibilities of using them in the Czech Republic

Neumeister, Lars - Pesticides and water pollution: Environmental fate and pollution prevention measures

Wyss, Eric - Plant protection strategies in organic farming: case studies on insect pests and diseases in fruit, wine and vegetable production

CONFERENCE B: ANIMAL HEALTH IN ORGANIC FARMING

Legal basis for organic farming of domestic livestock

Hagmüller, W. - EU regulation 1804/99 (animal production in organic farming)

Striezel, A. - Veterinary treatments for organic farm animals. Experience with veterinary homeopathy and other natural therapies

Domestic Livestock Feeding in organic farming

Juršík, J. - The principles of swine nutrition in organic farming

New reports from parasitology research

Maurer, V., Hertzberg, H. - Approaches to parasite control on organic farms

Stöger, E. - Treatment of farm animals on Austria organic farms

Free-range

Leeb, Ch. - Extensive husbandry systems in organic (pig) farming: Implications for animal health and welfare and environmental impact

Mátlová, V., Hejátková, V. - Evaluation of production systems in organic sheep farming

CONFERENCE C: DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT OF ORGANIC FARMING WITHIN THE EU

Hopfner, M., Ritzinger, E. - Rural Development in Austria from 2007 onwards

Schlüter, M. - IFOAM EU Group – representation of interests for organic farming in Europe

Staniszewska, M. - Rural development plan in Poland in 2004

Trebatický, R. - Measures within the framework of the programme for rural development as confidence-building measure for consumers

Wetzstein, J. - Organic farming and agri-environmental programmes in Bavaria (present and perspectives from 2007, consultancy and situation in the Bioland Association)