Symposium on Livestock Farming Strategy

Dialogue on the development of sustainable livestock farming

The symposium is part of the project "sustainable livestock farming strategy",  funded by the Ministry for Environment, Agriculture, Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. The symposium on livestock farming strategy includes presentations by international experts from selected European countries (e.g. Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark) and an expert survey.

Programme

9.30 am - Registration and coffee

10.00 am - Impulse für eine zukunftsfähige Nutztierstrategie in Nordrhein-Westfalen - Dr. Heinrich Bottermann - Ministry for Environment, Agriculture, Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

10.40 am - Sustainable livestock strategy in Spain. - Dr. Guillermo Ramis Vidal, University of Murcia. Spain

11.20 am - What is the Safe Operating Space for EU livestock? - Emeritus Prof. Dr. Allan Buckwell, Rural Investment Support for Europe (RISE)

12.00 pm - Lunch

13.00 pm - The Dutch programme to accelerate sustainable livestock farming. - Jeroen van Bruggen, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, The Netherlands, - Dr. Brigitte Goosens, Better Life Label

13.40 pm - Animal welfare in relation to legislative initiatives in Denmark. - Birte Broberg, Ministry of Environment and Food, Denmark

14.20 pm - Discussion and summary

15.00 pm - End

Registration

Participation is limited. Please register via e-mail with Sonja.Keller@h-brs.de, subject „Registration Symposium Livestock", until 20th March 2019.

This event will be conducted in German and English with simultaneous interpreting.