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19th Congress 2013, POLAND

Congress Program & Plenary Presentations

Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW21-26 July, 2013

2 WIESŁAW ZAPĘDOWSKI

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY:

STRATEGIC SPONSOR:

THE EUROPEAN FUND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT

OF POLISH VILLAGES


WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES – SGGWWULS-SGGW, with its nearly 200-year tradition is one of the oldest and the larg-est universities in Poland where tradition and modernity meet. The campus has a historic part, with an 18th century palace, and a modern part where all faculty buildings and dormitories are situated. On our 70-hectare main campus we have 12 dormitories, modern library, sports centre (with tennis courts, sports hall and a swimming pool), language centre, veterinary clinic and much more. Over 1,300 university teachers and instructors provide knowledge and practical skills to students. At present, the university consists of 13 faculties; there are 27,000 students enrolled. WULS-SGGW has been declared number one in the rankings of life science universities in Poland, and has always been in the top of Polish universities. WULS –SGGW was acknowledged as „The most innovative and creative university in Poland at creating job perspectives”.

Study programmesThe range of the academic programmes is systematically enlarged and currently includes 34 study programmes within which there are 130 areas of specializations. Academic programmes are offered at the bachelor, master and doctoral levels, there is also a postgraduate International MBA Program in Agribusiness Management.

Research and education is carried out at 13 Faculties:• Faculty of Agriculture and Biology,• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,• Faculty of Forestry,• Faculty of Horticulture, Biotechnology and Landscape Architecture,• Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering,• Faculty of Wood Technology,• Faculty of Animal Science,• Faculty of Economic Sciences,• Faculty of Food Sciences,• Faculty of Human Nutrition and Consumer Science,• Faculty of Production Engineering,• Faculty of Social Sciences,• Faculty of Applied Informatics and Mathematics,

International CooperationInternational collaboration plays an important role in University activities by contributing to the expansion of research and standardization of teaching programmes. Overall, the University collaborates with 170 interna-tional partners from all continents. On the annual basis, about 1400 University employees and students travel internationally (including about 200 students participating in international practical training programmes). WULS-SGGW is a member of prestigious international organizations such as the Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS), European Universities Association (EUA), Interuniversity Consortium for Agricultural and Related Sciences (ICA) and many others. The University is active among Polish minorities in Lithuania, Ukraine and Belarus by offering modern education programmes and highly qualified experts. Since 1990 WULS-SGGW has actively participated in the European programmes as a university from an associate, a candidate and since 2004 from an EU Member state. Currently, the staff of WULS-SGGW participate in European educational programmes (Erasmus, Erasmus Mundus, CEEPUS, Leonardo da Vinci, Grundtvig, Jean Monnet, Tempus) and research programmes (6 and 7 Framework Programme, EUREKA, COST, Culture).For international students, we also offer seven master programmes (of duration of three or four semesters) and 11-semester programme Veterinary Medicine leading to a lekarz weterynarii (equiv. to brit. Veterinary Surgeon) degree, all taught exclusively in English.

The master programmes, taught in English, are as follows: Environmental Protection, Economics, Informatics and Econometrics, Forestry, Horticulture, Environmental Engineering, Food Technology and Human Nutrition, Consumer Affairs, Veterinary Medicine.

For details see: http://www.sggw.pl/?lang=en


CONTENTSINFORMATION FOR DELEGATES..............................................................................................................9

MAP OF WULS-SGGW CAMPUS ..............................................................................................................10

HONORARY, ORGANIZING AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ..............................................................14

IFMA COUNCIL MEMBERS .......................................................................................................................15

CONGRESS HISTORY .................................................................................................................................16

CONGRESS PROGRAMME ........................................................................................................................18

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS PARALLEL SESSIONS PROGRAMME .........................................................23

INVITED SPEAKERS BIOGRAPHIES ......................................................................................................32

PLENARY PRESENTATIONS

THE POST-SOCIALIST TRANSITION IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE: THE LESSONSLeszek Balcerowicz .............................................................................................................45

CHINA’S FARM POLICIES AND TURNING THREE LOST DECADES INTO THREE MIRACULOUS ONES: ARE THERE LESSONS FOR AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD?Scott Rozelle .......................................................................................................................56

CORPORATE FARM MANAGEMENT IN CENTRAL EUROPETomasz Zdziebkowski .........................................................................................................57

TRANSFORMATION OF POLISH AGRICULTURE – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURERobert Kowalski, Edward Majewski ..................................................................................58

TRANSFORMATION OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION – FOR BETTER OR WORSEWiesław Zapędowski ...........................................................................................................67

WHAT’S THE POINT OF (AGRICULTURAL) ECONOMICS?David Harvey .......................................................................................................................72

UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL AGRICULTURE THROUGH AGRI BENCHMARKYelto Zimmer .......................................................................................................................81

BIOLOGIZATION AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURESławomir Gacka, Roman Izdebski, Stanisław Kolbusz .......................................................83

NEWEST DEVELOPMENTS IN PLANT BREEDINGEdward S. Gacek ..................................................................................................................99

AFLATOXIN: QUALITY INSTITUTIONS IN THE GROUNDNUT VALUE CHAIN IN GHANA Wojciech J. Florkowski, Shashi Kollavali .........................................................................102


SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SUPPLY FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY THE SESAM VISIONPeter Pickel.........................................................................................................................113

USING STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY TO MANAGE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF FARMINGBertrand De Launay ..........................................................................................................117

FARMING IN ARGENTINA – FARMERS CREA GROUPS David Hughes ....................................................................................................................118

NEW ZEALANDAndrew Macfarlane ............................................................................................................120

REALITIES, CHALLENGES AND ACTION PLANS FOR THE SMALLHOLDER DAIRY FARMER IN AFRICAAlastair Paterson ................................................................................................................126


INFORMATION FOR DELEGATES

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS PRESENTATIONS

Contributed paper and concurrent sessions are allocated 20 minute time slots. This is strictly 15 minutes of speaking and 5 minutes of question time and for movement between rooms for next session. Please respect time constraints.

POSTERS

To be on view in the Crystal Hall throughout the Congress with a dedi-cated session on Wednesday at 8.00 am.

FIELD TRIPS

Buses will depart from SGGW campus in front of the Crystal Hall at 8.00 am. You will be given Field Trip information booklet before departure.

MOBILE PHONE

As a courtesy to speakers and other delegates, please ensure that all mobile phones are switched off during the congress sessions.

DRESS CODE

The standard of dress code for the Congress is Smart Casual. The standard of dress code for the Congress dinner is Semi Formal.


Dear Participant,

On behalf of the Organizing Committee may I welcome you to this, the nineteenth Congress of the International Farm Management Association here at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW). We feel sure that the title of the congress „Transforming agriculture - between policy, science and the consumer” is very relevant to what you are experiencing in your own countries but first of all to what we may show you of Polish agriculture after more than 20 years of economic transformation in our country.

We hope that you will enjoy your stay in Warsaw and that you will find the Congress both relevant, informative and stimulating. We have done our best to construct a full and wide ranging program with opportunities to hear both from World authorities as well as those at the coal-face, as it were. Please remember that what you will get out of the Congress will, in no small part, be determined by what you put in. So we urge you to participate in all the events as much as you possibly can.

In order to make this the very best of experiences for you the organizing team are ready at all times to respond to your needs as far as we are able. Please do not hesitate to approach us with questions, comments, requests and suggestions to which we will respond with a thoughtful and considerate rejoinder.

Now it only remains for me to extend to you best wishes and a successful Congress.

Professor Edward Majewski

Chair of the Organizing Committee


The IFMA President`s StatementIt is with much pleasure that the Council of the International Farm Management Associa-tion has accepted the invitation to hold the 19th Congress in Warsaw, Poland. Poland is fast developing a strong agricultural economy based on good quality land and some strong processing and marketing companies.

The theme of the congress, „Transforming agriculture-between policy, science and the con-sumer” incorporates all the issues that are impacting on a rapidly developing agriculture. Change always occurs but the speed of change in the formulation of agricultural policy, the new science available and the variations in attitudes of consumers are all happening at a speed never before encountered in our industry. It is no longer an option to stand still and survive in business. That is why the IFMA congress is such an important part of enhancing the exchange of knowledge around the world. We live in a global market economy and so we all need to understand the agricultural position in all continents.

It is for this reason that over the years, the Congress Organising Committees have developed a highly effective format, enabling delegates to see the best farm management in practice, discuss global issues and to learn of new developments.

The opportunity to meet Keynote speakers ,participate in the contributory paper discussions, as well as the poster displays, allows for thought stimulation and face to face meetings-something we need to treasure in this increasingly electronic age!

The social events, in particular, allow new friendships to be developed and to renew those made over the years. Do introduce yourself to strangers and sit with different people on the coaches during the farm tours; we really can learn so much from each other.

I am confident that you will have a great and memorable Congress in Warsaw. Our Polish friends have taken great trouble to plan the event for you to enjoy. The organising committee with Edward Majewski as the driver and with the support of the University of Life Sciences, Warsaw have tackled every detail. On behalf of you all I thank them most sincerely.

John Alliston

President of the IFMA


HONORARY COMMITTEEStanisław Kalemba, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development – Chair of the Honorary CommitteeAdam Struzik – Marshal of the Mazowieckie VoivodeshipAlojzy Szymański – Rector of the Warsaw University of Life SciencesHenryk Jasiorowski – professor emeritus, former Deputy Director of Animal Productionand Health Division, FAOMarek Zagórski – President of the European Fund for the Development of Polish VillagesJarosław Gołębiewski - Dean of the Faculty of Economic Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Edward Majewski – Chair of Organizing CommitteeJoanna BaranKatarzyna BoratyńskaStefania CzekajMaria GiełdowskaRobert KowalskiAgata Malak-RawlikowskaSylwia MałażewskaMagdalena Mądra-SawickaPiotr SulewskiAdam WąsMichał Wielechowski

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Joanna Paliszkiewicz – Chair of the Scientific Committee

John AllistonZbigniew BanaszakWilliam BrownDonald CameronAlina DaniłowskaJustyna Franc-DąbrowskaHenning Otte HansenWillem HeijmanBrian JacobsenBogdan KlepackiSebastian Kot

TRANSFORMATION OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION - FOR BETTER OR WORSE 15Robert KowalskiMichael LangemeierMogens LundEdward MajewskiHenryk ManteuffelMarvin PainterKonrad RaczkowskiCesar ScarlatAlistair StottJoanna Szwacka-MokrzyckaElżbieta SzymańskaGuido Van der HoevenKatarzyna Zawalińska

INTERNATIONAL FARM MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION Council Members for 2011-2013Executive MembersPresident: John Alliston (UK)Vice President: Rob Napier (Australia)Vice President: Damona Doye (USA)Past President: Malcolm Stansfield (UK) Hon. Secretary & Treasurer: Tony King (UK)President elect: Trevor Atkinson (Co-opted)

Elected Council MembersJournal Editor: John Gardner (New Zealand)Africa – West & Central: Grace Evbuomwan (Nigeria)Africa – Southern: Lize Morris (South Africa)Australasia: Donald Cameron (Australia)Europe – Central: Mihály Vörös (Hungary)Europe – West & Mid: Paul Berentsen (The Netherlands)North America – Canada: Terry Betker (Canada)North America – USA: Jay Smith (USA)Scandinavia: Brian Jacobsen (Denmark)South America: David Hughes (Argentina)18th Congress 2011: Phill Everest (New Zealand)19th Congress 2013: Edward Majewski (Poland)

Council Special Advisor: Jim McGrann (USA) (Unelected – Co-opted).Youth Ambassadors: August Atkinson (UK) and Heather Watson (Canada). (Unelected – Co-opted)


CONGRESS HISTORYIFMA congresses are normally held every two years in different countries and on different continents. Topics of congresses, although focused on different aspects of production tech-nology and farm management, go beyond the matters of agricultural production and cover issues relating to various functions of the sector, including its relationships with the market, society and the natural environment.

IFMA has held biennial Congresses in many countries starting with Warwick in the UK in 1971. The history of past congresses:

1971 United Kingdom [The inaugural farm management congress] ………………………………………………………………………………………………1974 Canada [Emerging issues for farm managers] ………………………………………………………………………………………………1977 Germany [No specific theme] ………………………………………………………………………………………………1980 Israel [The role of agriculture in society] ………………………………………………………………………………………………1983 Kenya [The role of farm management in food production] ………………………………………………………………………………………………1986 USA [Farm management in practice – Managing future food systems] ………………………………………………………………………………………………1988 Denmark [Farm management in practice – the challenge of change] ………………………………………………………………………………………………1991 New Zealand [No specific theme] ………………………………………………………………………………………………1993 Hungary [No specific theme] ………………………………………………………………………………………………1995 United Kingdom [The World of Farm Management – An International Exchange] ………………………………………………………………………………………………1997 Canada [Managing into the 21st Century] ………………………………………………………………………………………………1999 South Africa [Think globally, farm locally] ………………………………………………………………………………………………2002 The Netherlands [Feed the world - Please the Consumer - Maintain the environment] ………………………………………………………………………………………………2003 Western Australia [Farming at the Edge] ………………………………………………………………………………………………2005 Brazil [Developing entrepreneurship abilities to feed the world in sustainable way] ………………………………………………………………………………………………2007 Ireland [A vibrant rural economy - The challenge for balance] ………………………………………………………………………………………………2009 USA [Agriculture - Food, Fiber and Energy for the future] ………………………………………………………………………………………………2011 New Zealand [Thriving in a Global World - Innovation, Co-operation and Leadership]


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CONGRESS PROGRAM

Sunday 21st July 201310:00 – 17:30 Registration (Crystal Hall, building 9)10:00 – 13:00 Guided sightseeing of Warsaw (MORNING GROUP)14:00 – 17:00 Guided sightseeing of Warsaw (AFTERNOON GROUP)14:30 – 17:30 IFMA Council Meeting (room 101, building 7)18:30 – 22:30 BARBECUE, SGGW Campus (Rector’s Palace, building 12)

Monday 22nd July 20138:30 – 9:15 OPENING CEREMONY

9:15 – 11:15

Plenary Session 1 (Crystal Hall, building 9)

TRANSFORMATION IN AGRICULTURE

Chair: Graham Dalton

Leszek Balcerowicz (Warsaw School of Economics) The Post-socialist Transition in a Comparative Perspective

Scott Rozelle (Stanford University)China’s Farm Policies and Turning Three Lost Decades into Three Miraculous Ones: Are There Lessons for Agriculture Development for the Developing World?

Tomasz Zdziebkowski (Spearhead International Ltd)Corporate Farm Management In Central Europe

Robert Kowalski, Edward Majewski (Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW)Transformation in Polish Agriculture- Past, Present, Future

11:15 – 11:45 COFFEE BREAK

11:45 – 13:45


POLICY EVOLUTION

Chair: Malcolm StansfieldJerzy Plewa (European Commision)A new agricultural policy for a more sustainable European agriculture

Joe Outlaw (Texas A&M University)The U.S. Farm Bill and Implications for Producers

Wiesław Zapedowski (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development)Transformation of the World Trade Organization - for better or worseCommunication from Agricultural Property Agency (ANR) & Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture (ARMA)


CONGRESS PROGRAM

13:45 – 14:45 LUNCH (Rector’s Palace, building 12)

14:45 – 16:45


SCIENCE

Chair: Damona Doye

David Harvey (Newcastle University)What’s the point of Agricultural Economics?

Yelto Zimmer (Thünen Institute of Farm Economics)Understanding global agriculture through agri benchmark

Edward Gacek (COBORU)Newest Developments in Plant Breeding

Stanisław Kolbusz (EcosystEM Association)Biologization as an opportunity for a sustainable development of agriculture


17:15 – 18:45

Contributed papers 1 , building 7

Policy issues (room 118) Chair: Adam Wąs

Small and green (room 19) Chair: Brian Jacobsen

Knowledge innovation transfer (room 20) Chair: Joanna Paliszkiewicz

Risk and sustain (room 102) Chair: Magdalena Mądra-Sawicka

Market matters (room 16) Chair: Ludwik Wicki

Science and extension (room 21) Chair: Marvin Painter

19:00 – DINNER (Water Center, building 49)

Tuesday 23rd July 2013

8:00 –

FIELD TRIPS (starting point Crystal Hall, building 9)

1. 3 FACTORIES

2. VEGETABLE CHAIN

3. CROP SCIENCE

4. DAIRY

5. FOOD PROCCESING

6. DIVERSITY OF FARM BUSSINES


CONGRESS PROGRAM

Wednesday 24th July 20138:00 – 8:40 IFMA General Meeting (Crystal Hall, building 9)8:00 – 9:15 Poster Session (Crystal Hall, building 9)

9:15 – 11:15

Plenary session 4 (Crystal Hall, building 9)

MARKET IMPLICATIONS

Chair: Nina Drejerska

Gerhard Schiefer (University of Bonn)Food chain transparency for support in sustainability, quality, and trust

Marek Dereziński (National Sugar Company)Processing- between Farmers and Retailers; implications for agri-cultureWojciech Florkowski (The University of Georgia)Aflatoxin: quality institutions in the groundnut value chain in GhanaMartin Warren (IJAM)Presentation of the International Journal of Agricultural Management

11:15 – 11:45 COFFEE BREAK11:45 – 13:45 Plenary session 5 (Crystal Hall, building 9)

TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS

Chair: Dirk Troskie

Peter Pickel (John Deere)Sustainable Energy Supply for Agricultural Machinery – The SESAM Vision

Zenon Pokojski (ZA “Pulawy” )Challenges to the producers of fertilizers emanating from the require-ments of modern agricultureDeborah Keith (Syngenta)Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture

Bertrand de Launay (Invivo)Using state of the art technology to manage the environmental impact of farming


CONGRESS PROGRAM


14:45 – 16:15

Contributed papers 2, building 7

Policy issues (room 118) Chair: Robert NapierSmall and green (room 19) Chair: John GardnerKnowledge innovation transfer (room 20) Chair: Robert KowalskiRisk and sustain (room 102) Chair: Katarzyna BoratyńskaMarket matters (room 16) Chair: Lena SchallerScience and extension (room 21) Chair: William Brown


16:45 – 18:15


Policy issues (room 118) Chair: John WibberleySmall and green (room 19) Chair: John AllistonKnowledge innovation transfer (room 20) Chair: Abele Kuipers Risk and sustain (room 102 building) Chair: Piotr SulewskiMarket matters (room 16 building) Chair: Philip NyangwesoScience and extension (room 21) Chair: Justyna Franc-Dąbrowska

20:00 – GALA DINNER (Radisson Blu Sobieski)

Thursday 25th July 2013

8:00 –

FIELD TRIPS (starting point Crystal Hall, building 9)

7. 3 FACTORIES

8. VEGETABLE CHAIN

9. SCIENCE

10. DAIRY

11. FOOD PROCCESING

12. HORSES

13. DIVERSITY OF FARM BUSSINES


Friday 26th July 2013

8:00 – 9:00


Policy issues (room 118) Chair: Kathleen Hurly

Risk and sustain (room 102) Chair: Jaka Žgajnar

Market matters (room 16) Chair: Nina Drejerska

Science and extension (room 21) Chair: Steven Isaacs

8:30 – 10:45Thematic session A (room D22, building 6)Entrepreneurship and farm strategies development in CEE countries (Moderator: Abele Kuipers)

9:15 – 10:45

Thematic session B (Cristall Hall, building 9)Challenges to the fertilizer sector stemming from changes in European agriculture and across the world ZA Pulawy (Moderator: Nicola Shadbolt) Thematic session C (room 102, building 7) Modern Agricultural Education (Moderator: Robert Kowalski)


11:45 – 13:15

Plenary session 6 (Crystal Hall, building 9)FARMERS DAY

Chair: Trevor AtkinsonWiesław Gryn (Poland)David Hughes (Argentina)Alex Lisitssa (Ukraine)Andy MacFarlane (New Zealand)Alastair Paterson (South Africa)

13:15 – 14:00 Invitation to the Next Congress and Closing Session


15:00 – 16:30 IFMA Council Meeting (room 101, building 7)

CONGRESS PROGRAM


CONTRIBUTED PAPERS PARALLEL SESSIONS PROGRAMME

MONDAY 22nd July 2013Contributed Papers 1

17:15 - 18:45POLICY ISSUES room 118 building 7

M. Sandbichler, J. Kantelhardt, M. Kapfer, T. Moser, M. FranzelMore than income benefits? The impact of farm investments on farmers’ perceived quality of life. Evidence from Austria (number in congress proceedings - 48)N. DrejerskaRural and regional policies for rural development - a strategic approach in Polish conditions(number in congress proceedings - 10)J.R. Baker, M. Lobley, I. WhiteheadIntergenerational farm transfer research: policy implications (number in congress proceedings - 66)W.J. BrownThe extent of the structural change in primary agriculture (number in congress proceedings - 10)

SMALL AND GREEN room 19 building 7J.T. Biermacher, M. Haque, M.K. Kering, J.A. GuretzkyEconomic costs of soil nutrient mining and benefits from plant nutrient recycling: the case of switchgrass produced for bioenergy feedstock (number in congress proceedings - 4)T. RobertsDirect drilling as a tool in conservation agriculture for small farmers(number in congress proceedings - 78)E.J. WibberleyTreasuring trees for agricultural transformation (number in congress proceedings - 60)S. Kulshreshtha, S. MacWilliam, M. WismerEconomic and environmental assessment of pulse rotations in Canadian prairies(number in congress proceedings - 27)

KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION TRANSFER room 20 building 7E. Lambrecht, N. Taragola, B. Kühne, M. Crivits, X. GellynckInvestigation of bottlenecks and success factors for networking as a tool for innovation in the ornamental plant sector (number in congress proceedings - 28)P.M. Nyangweso, G. Amusala, S. Gudu, A. Onkware, J. Ochuodho, E. Ouma, P. Kisinyo, V. Mugavalai, J.R.Okalebo, C.O. Othieno, B.A. Were, J. MoseDrivers of awareness and adoption of maize and sorghum technologies in western Kenya (number in congress proceedings - 39)E.T. MicheelsExperience, learning, and innovativness in beef production: results from a cluster analysis (number in congress proceedings - 36)L. Inghelbrecht, J. Dessein, G. Van HuylenbroeckTo commercialize or not to commercialize genetically modified crops in the EU environ-ment (number in congress proceedings - 20)


RISK AND SUSTAIN room 102 building 7

T. Sobczyński, A.M. Klepacka, C. Revoredo-Giha, W.J. FlorkowskiThe differences in cost efficiency of dairy farms in four regions of Poland(number in congress proceedings - 52)H.A.B. van der Meulen, M.A. Dolman, J.H. Jager, G.S. VenemaThe impact of farm size on sustainability of Dutch dairy farms(number in congress proceedings - 35)N. Shadbolt, F. Olubode-Awosola, B. RutsitoResilience , to ‘bounce without breaking’, in New Zealand dairy farm businesses(number in congress proceedings - 50)W. KleinhanssDevelopment of productivity of dairy and pig farms in Germany(number in congress proceedings - 25)

MARKET MATTERS room 16 building 7

B. Ward, B.E. Roe, M.T. BattePotential profitability of strip intercropping of corn and soybeans(number in congress proceedings - 59)M.M. Venter, D.B. Strydom, B.J. WillemseBasic routine sourcing strategies for price hedging of white maize in South Africa(number in congress proceedings - 58)K.M. HurlySustainability for a sugarcane grower in the South African sugar industry – can susfarms add value? number in congress proceedings - 73)

SCIENCE AND EXTENSION room 21 building 7

L. Schaller, J. Kantelhardt, W. Adelmann, J. Augustin, L. Bergman, C. Bey-er, B. Chojnicki, M. Drösler, C. Förster, A. Freibauer, M. Giebels, S. Görlitz, H. Höper, H. Liebersbach, M. Hahn-Schöfl, M. Minke, U. Petschow, J. Pfadenhauer, P. Schägner, M. Sommer, A. Thuille, M. WehrhanGHG emissions from agriculturally managed peatlands – emission mitigation versus microeconomic income effects (number in congress proceedings - 49)H. Yagi, R. HowittScope of the firm and management information in large-scale rice farms(number in congress proceedings - 61)E. Garnevska, D. Gray, S. BaeteFactors affecting rice adoption in the solomon islands: a case study of fiu village, Malaita province (number in congress proceedings - 14)



WEDNESDAY 24TH JULY 2013Contributed Papers 2

14:45 - 16:15

POLICY ISSUES room 118 building 7

G.S. Holst, O. Mußhoff, T. DörschnerPolicy impact analysis of penalty and reward scenarios to promote flower strips using a business simulation game (number in congress proceedings - 18)A. Roesch, A. Zimmermann, A. FerjaniDetermining factors of structural change in agriculture in Switzerland(number in congress proceedings - 45)R. McDonald, K. Pierce, R. Fealy, B. HoranCharacteristics, intentions and expectations of new entrant dairy farmers entering the Irish dairy industry through the new entrant scheme (number in congress proceedings - 34)

SMALL AND GREEN room 19 building 7

D.F. DostatnyThe role of small farms in maintaining a balance in agroecosystems(number in congress proceedings - 9)J. S. Neibergs, J. Harrison, E. WhitefieldEconomic analysis of anerobic co-digestion using dairy manure and byproduct feedstocks(number in congress proceedings - 37)B.H. Jacobsen, F.M. Laugesen, A. DubgaardThe economics of biogas in Denmark - a farm and socital economic perspective(number in congress proceedings - 22)A. SearleSugarcane at umfolozi, South Africa: contributing to the sustainability of an environmen-tally and socially sensitive area (number in congress proceedings - 79)

KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION TRANSFER room 20 building 7

C.L. Bruynis, W.B. Clevenger, R.A. Lewandowski, B.W. WardAgricultural lender education can directly and indirectly multiply risk management edu-cation efforts (number in congress proceedings - 69)F.A. Maré, A.A. OgundejiPrice transmission in the beef value chain – the case of bloemfontein, South Africa.(number in congress proceedings - 31)D. Sánchez Abrego, A. DickKnowledge management in dairy herds: actions for improving ties: the case of the ‘mar y sierras’ area of Buenos Aires province in Argentina(number in congress proceedings - 47)G.F. PatrickRisks, attitudes and sources of information of large-scale corn belt farmers(number in congress proceedings - 77)



M.J. PainterNorth American farmland investment performance assessment using e-v analysis, capm and value at risk (number in congress proceedings - 41)E. Yeager, M. LangemeierRisk adjusted cost efficiency indices (number in congress proceedings - 62)J. Zgajnar, S. KavcicFarm income risk analysis at the sector level (number in congress proceedings - 63)G.G. Ducasse, K.M. HurlyIn pursuit of sustainability: the use of the business plan as a management tool for growers(number in congress proceedings - 70)


M. Lips Deriving full product costs from farm accountancy data (an application for Swiss dairy farms in the mountain region) (number in congress proceedings - 29)T. BetkerFarm management plans (number in congress proceedings - 67)M.F. PedersenReallocation of price risk among cooperartive members (number in congress proceedings - 42)C. Bisschoff, R. LotrietThe drakensberger as competitive breed of cattle in the South African beef industry (number in congress proceedings - 5)


W.A. Gillespie, F.J. MitchellTransforming communities through agriculture: demonstration plot seedcane model improves the livelihoods of small-scale sugarcane growers (number in congress proceedings - 15)

M.M. Albicette, R.P. Mula, R.N. Kumar VPreliminary assessment of the communication mechanisms used in the virtual academy of the semi-arid tropics (vasat) project (number in congress proceedings - 2)

P.B. IguaClimate adaptation research proposal: evaluation of drought tolerant sweet potato variet-ies in new Ireland province, Papua New Guinea (number in congress proceedings - 74)

H. Ferrier, J. Hardy-Parr, N. Pirie, H. WatsonTransferring knowledge and experience to strenghten the agricultural industry: step up™ - a mentorship program for Canada’s future farm managers (number in congress proceedings - 71)



WEDNESDAY 24TH JULY 2013Contributed Papers 3

16:45 - 18:15

POLICY ISSUES room 118 building 7

D. Aakre, A. SwensonMulti-peril crop insurance as the primary safety net for American farmers on the northern plains (number in congress proceedings - 65)D.P. TroskieAgricultural policy implementation: introducing real-life complexity(number in congress proceedings - 57)M.A. OlaitanInstitutional credit policies and Nigeria’s agricultural transformation: boon or bane?(number in congress proceedings - 40)

SMALL AND GREEN room 19 building 7

H. Jordaan, B. GrovéSmallholder farmers participating in commercial agri-food chains: learning from eks-teenskuil raisin producers (number in congress proceedings - 23)J.D. Springer, D.O. AlkireShould small farms raise their own replacement heifers? (number in congress proceedings - 54)U. Pica-Ciamarra, D. Baker, N. Longin, N. MtimetThe market for animal-sourced foods in Tanzania: business opportunities for small-scale livestock producers? (number in congress proceedings - 43)G. O. Evbuomwan, A. E. Ikpi, V. O. Okoruwa, V. O. AkinyosoyeSources of finance for micro, small and medium enterprises in Nigeria(number in congress proceedings - 11)

KNOWLEDGE INNOVATION TRANSFER room 20 building 7

E. John WibberleyPoles apart: management contributions, lessons and aspirations of poles and other east europeans working in UK agriculture (number in congress proceedings - 80)M.K. Korir, M.J. Kipsat, A.K. SeremAnalysis of the bambara groundnut value chain in western Kenya(number in congress proceedings - 26)J.H. Van Zyl, D.B. Strydom, F.A. MaréRequirements for feedlot site selection (number in congress proceedings - 64)J.F. ShehuDeterminants of innovativeness: the case of smallholder rice farmers in north-eastern Nigeria (number in congress proceedings - 51)



P.C. Cloete, D.C. SpiesTaking stock: farm level financial analysis of the wildlife sector in South Africa(number in congress proceedings - 8)G. IbendahlAre the most profitable farms consistently the most profitable(number in congress proceedings - 19)M. Mądra-SawickaCash flows in the optimization of capital structure in agricultural holdings with animal production (number in congress proceedings - 33)J.I.F. Henning, D.B. Strydom, B.J. Willemse, N. MatthewsFinancial measurements to rank farms in the northern cape, South Africa, using data envelopment analysis (number in congress proceedings - 17)


M. de Rancourt, J. RaoulAn international comparison of the main meat sheep genetic schemes(number in congress proceedings - 44)D.E. MayExport instability when international agricultural markets operate under oligopoly(number in congress proceedings - 32)D.C. Spies, P.C. CloetePerformance and marketing options for red meat in the formal and informal value chains in the free state province of South Africa (number in congress proceedings - 53)


S.G. Isaacs, K.C. Roe, G. van der HoevenAgricultural and rural income tax education over the years: an extension program of land grant universities (number in congress proceedings - 21)E. Finneran, P. CrossonDevelopment of a benchmarking system for Irish beef farms using data envelopment analysis (number in congress proceedings - 13)T. BetkerFarm family business consultant peer group – a review (number in congress proceedings - 68)C.C. Eze, A. Henri-UkohaCrop farmers’ adaptation to the temporal changes in climate variables in Anambra state, southeast Nigeria (number in congress proceedings - 12)



FRIDAY 26TH JULY 2013Contributed Papers 4

8:00 - 9:00POLICY ISSUES room 118 building 7

W. Baltussen, W. Hennen, M. GębskaInvestment decision support system for high quality control posts in EU(number in congress proceedings - 3)R. Howard, J.J. HartyCommunity led rural development EU policy 2014-2020 potential for progression or regression? (number in congress proceedings - 72)A.I. AbdouAgricultural policies and the Egyptian farmer: modifications in favor of agricultural de-velopment (number in congress proceedings - 1)

RISK AND SUSTAIN room 102 building 7K. RuzickovaPretesting the suitability of the income valuation framework on the agricultural compa-nies within the Visegrad group (number in congress proceedings - 46)P. Stolniuk, J. Nolan, R. A. SchoneyAn agent-based simulation model of western Canadian prairie agricultural structural change (number in congress proceedings - 55)H.N. van Niekerk, P.R. Taljaard, B. Grové, H.O. de WaalFactors affecting small livestock predation in the western cape province of South Africa(number in congress proceedings - 38)


M.L. Mabuza, G.F. Ortmann, E. WaleFactors constraining participation of Swaziland’s mushroom producers in mainstream markets (number in congress proceedings - 30)K. Boratyńska, A. Żelazowska-Przewłoka, G. Rembielak-VitchevConsumers’ reaction to changes in prices of food products during the financial crisis(number in congress proceedings - 6)D.B. Strydom, B.J. Willemse, H. van ZylProposed procurement marketing framework for potato processing companies(number in congress proceedings - 56)

SCIENCE AND EXTENSION room 21 building 7K. KlairAgtransitions: developing a farm business transition plan (number in congress proceedings - 75)M. Lipari, H. Watson2020: planning for the business management needs of Canadian farmers - when you don’t know what you don’t know (number in congress proceedings - 76)R. Kamiński, R. SassVocational reorientation of farmers and members of their families - a new challenge for rural Poland. (number in congress proceedings - 24)


THEMATIC SESSION A – INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR Entrepreneurship and farm strategies development in CEE countries

Friday 26 July 2013, 8.30-10.30, room D22, building 6

Program (10 minutes presentations, including some questions):

• Chairman of the session Abele Kuipers

• Opening of the seminar by Edward Majewski and Agata Malak-Rawlikowska

• Study of development paths in dairy farming in Poland, Lithuania,Slovenia and the Netherlands – an overview – Abele Kuipers

• Development paths of dairy farmers in Poland – Agata Malak-Rawlikowska

• Interactive strategic management method – application in farmers trainings within LdV Project – Alfons Beldman

• Farm analysis and strategy building with support of ISM method – case of the Polish farmer – Lech Sychocki

• ISM training experiences in Slovenia, including work with farmers, students and entre-preneurial assignments – Maria Klopcic

• Development paths and experiences with ISM trainings in Lithuania – Aldona Stalgiene

• Evaluation of the interactive strategic management trainings – Agata Malak-Rawlikowska

• Effect measuring of the trainings including competences – Carolien de Lauwere

• Baseline Study on the Behaviours and Characteristics of Farmers who conduct Business Management Strategies- A Story of Five Ontario Farmers - Ryan Koeslag

• Sustainability of ISM project results – ideas for the future Agata Sosinska

• Discussion

• Summary by Abele Kuipers


THEMATIC SESSION B Challenges to the fertilizer sector stemming from changes in European

agriculture and across the world Friday 26 July 2013, 9.15-10.45, Cristal Hall, building 9

Session sponsored by:

THEMATIC SESSION C Modern agricultural education

Friday 26 July 2013, 9.15-10.45, room 102, building 7

Points for the discussion:

1. Are we training the right things and in the right ways?

2. How do we manage University farms so as to deliver the education but not cost too much?

3. How do we encourage young people to take an agricultural education.

Panelists: Damona Doye, Brian Jacobsen, Nichola Shadbolt, Poland, Africa, Scandanavia.

Program of presentations:

1. Development of rural areas or supporting agriculture? Z. Pokojski – Vice President of the Management Board of Nitrates Works “PUŁAWY”.

2. Fertilizer use as an efficiency factor and its impact on the environment. J. Igras, Scientic Director of the Fertilizer Research Institute.

3. Fertilizer use as a contributor to the quality of agricultural produce of Sustainable Agri-culture. J. Łabętowicz, professor of soil chemistry, Warsaw University of Life Sciences.

4. Effective use of nutrients in crop production. Christian Palliere, Director for Agriculture and Environment, Fertilizers Europe.


LESZEK BALCEROWICZ

Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of International Comparative Studies at Warsaw School of Economics (WSE), he gradu-ated from the Foreign Trade Faculty of the Central School of Planning and Statistics in Warsaw (now WSE), received his MBA from St. John’s University (New York) and a doctorate from WSE.Professor Balcerowicz is regarded as the architect of Poland’s market reforms initiated in 1989, after the collapse of communism. He served as Deputy Prime Minister responsible for economic matters and Finance Min-ister in the first and second post-communist government from September 1989 until December 1991. Between 1995 and 2000 he was the chairman of the Freedom Union, a liberal political party, which became part of the coalition government in 1997 – 2000. This government in which Professor Balcerowicz served as Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Poland, implemented – under his direction - another wave of major eco-nomic reforms in Poland. In 2001-2007 he was the governor of the Central Bank of Poland. In 2005 Professor Balcerowicz was awarded Poland’s highest decoration, the Order of the White Eagle, for his contribution to Poland’s economic transformation, a “shock therapy” commonly referred to as the ‘Balcerowicz Plan’. Leszek Balcerowicz is a member of the Washington-based international advisory body, the Group of Thirty, a member of the Group of Trustees of the Institute of International Finance and a member of the Advisory Scientific Committee providing advice and assistance on issues relevant to the work of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB). Leszek Balce-rowicz is a Chairman and a founder of Civil Development Forum Founda-tion – FOR– based in Warsaw. He was awarded 20 honorary doctorates by universities from around the world.

SCOTT ROZELLE

Scott holds the Helen Farnsworth Endowed Professorship at Stanford University and is Senior Fellow in the Food Security and Environment Program and the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI) for International Studies. He is also an adjunct professor at five universities in China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Rozelle’s research focuses almost exclusively on China’s rural economy. For the past 15 year, he has been the chair of the International Advisory Board of the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). In recent years Professor Rozelle spends most of his time co-directing the Rural Education Action Project (REAP), a research organization with collaborative ties to CAS, Peking University, Tsinghua University and other universities that run studies to evaluate China’s new education and health programs. In recognition of this work, Professor Rozelle has received numerous honors and awards. Among them, he became a Yangtse Scholar (Changjiang Xuezhe) in Renmin University of China in 2008. In 2008 he also was awarded the Friendship Award by Premiere Wen Jiabao, the highest honor that can be bestowed on a foreigner. In 2009, Rozelle also received the National Science & Technology Research Collaboration Award, a prize given by the State Council.

INVITED SPEAKERS BIOGRAPHIES


JOE OUTLAW

Joe is a Professor and Extension Economist in the Department of Agri-cultural Economics at Texas A&M University. He also serves as the Co-Director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPC) at Texas A&M University. In this role, Dr. Outlaw frequently interacts with members of Congress and key agricultural committee staff to provide feedback on the likely consequences of agricultural policy changes. He has received numerous awards in excellence for his agricultural policy education efforts to help U.S. farmers with farm program sign-up decisions. Dr. Outlaw is a native of Devine, Texas and received his B.Sc., M.Sc. and PhD from Texas A&M University.

ROBERT KOWALSKI

Principal Lecturer the Centre for International Development and Training at the University of Wolverhampton, UK.Originally with a technical background in Natural Sciences from Impe-rial College, London and a DPhil at Oxford University, Bob subsequently studied farming systems including Organic production and Integrated Farming Systems. Through his interest in extension and business services provision he became involved in International Development. In particular he has been engaged in projects to promote the development of institutions of higher education specializing in agriculture in Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Tanzania. As a longstanding member of the Centre, from which he retired in 2010, he had a leadership role that revolved around teaching, consultancy work and research. As the Director of Studies for CIDT programmes, Bob developed the post-graduate portfolio and won a prestigious Chevening Fellowship Programme on Governance and Environmental Democracy. He was a founder member of the consortium that created the International MBA in Agribusiness Management at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences.

EDWARD MAJEWSKI

Edward is a professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. He teaches courses on farm management, alternative farming systems, strategic management and business planning. He is the Director of the MBA program in “Agribusiness Management”.His research interests include farm management, sustainable agriculture and impacts of changes in agricultural policies on the farming sector. He has participated in a number of research projects – the most recent dealt with such issues as farm risk management, farmers’ investment behaviour and animal welfare standards. In the past he has headed the team of experts disseminating Integrated Farming System in Poland, also managing pilot implementations of the system in a group of pilot farms.Edward runs a small hobby apple farm, where he spends most of his (lim-ited) leisure time. If there is some more time for his hobbies, he enjoys listening to all kinds of music, playing bridge and travelling.


JERZY BOGDAN PLEWA

Dr Plewa was appointed Director-General in the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development on 16 of April 2013. Since 1st January 2012, Dr Plewa, as Deputy Director General in DG AGRI, was responsible for Rural Development and Sustainability Policy. Since 16th October 2006 until 1st January 1012, as Deputy Director General in DG AGRI he was in charge of international affairs.Born in Poland, he was hitherto an Associate Professor at Warsaw Agricul-tural University, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Bank of Food Economy and Adviser to the President of the National Bank of Poland with responsibility for farm-sector analyses. From 1997 until July 2004, Dr Plewa was Under-Secretary of State at the Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development, where he was responsible for negotiations on agriculture issues with the EU, other coun-tries and international organisations. During that time, he was also chief negotiator on agricultural affairs in the team that successfully negotiated Poland’s accession to the European Union. From 1995 until 1997, Dr Plewa successively held the posts of Director of the unit monitoring foreign agricultural markets and Director of the infor-mation and research department in the Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Prior to thathe worked as a consultant on programmes for assisting agriculture and was also a member of the Poland/European Union/World Bank Task Force, where he worked on building a strategy for agriculture in Poland. Dr Plewa graduated from Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Power and Aeronautical Engineering (M.Sc 1978 and Ph.D 1982) special-izing in mathematical modeling of systems and equipment for energy production.

WIESŁAW ZAPĘDOWSKI

He is counselor to the Minister in the Department of the European Union and International Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy in Warsaw. During his long career of over twenty years in the administration he was agricultural negotiator for Poland during the Uruguay Round of the WTO and has participated in various negotiations with the European Union since 1992. In the Ministry he held various positions including: head of unit, director, and Undersecretary of State responsible for international relations and organization of the agricultural markets. He also joined the Foreign Service and served as first secretary, first counselor and head of the WTO unit in the Permanent Representation of Poland in Geneva. Before joining the administration he worked in the Institute of Melioration and Land Reclamation in Falenty, Warsaw.Mr. Zapedowski holds a Master of Science degree from Warsaw Univer-sity of Technology and participated in several courses and studies such as Foreign Trade Policy Course (GATT, Geneva), Foreign Service Studies (PISM, Warsaw) and UNITAR courses on multilateral negotiations and mediations (UN Office at Geneva). He was also an intern in the Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture in Washington DC.His works have been published in several publications i.e. “Trade liber-alization and future of the diary market” – IERIGŻ, “From the GATT to the WTO”, “Poland and the WTO” – IKiCHZ.


DAVID HARVEY

David Harvey is Professor of Agricultural Economics at Newcastle Uni-versity. He is a tenant farmer’s son from the lowlands of Wiltshire (400 acres, of which 150 were unploughable). He has a BSc, Newcastle (1969), an MA (1971) and PhD (1974), Manchester. Between 1974 and 1979 he was a research economist with the Canadian Department of Agriculture. During that time he achieved some notoriety for analysis of the Crow’s Nest Pass freight rates on grain and their consequences, recommending their abolition. The policy was finally abandoned in 1995. He returned to Newcastle as a lecturer in 1979, where he was complicit, with Profs. Alan Buckwell and Ken Thomson, in a major effort to establish the costs and benefits of the CAP, modeling the economic flows between member states and their farmers and citizens. He moved to a Professorship at Reading University in 1985, where he was involved with the ‘Land Use Allocation Model (LUAM) and also with providing economic contextual analysis to the AFRC (as was then). He returned to Newcastle for a third time in 1987 to take up his present position, and has been involved with, inter alia, the NERC/ESRC Land Use Programme (NELUP), the ESRC’s Countryside Change Programme, the Rural Economy and Land Use Pro-gramme, and the Centre for Rural Economy. He was President of the Agricultural Economics Society in 2004/5, is a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, and is currently the Editor of the Journal of Agricultural Economics. He received an award for excellence from the Agricultural Economics Society in 2012, for ‘outstanding contribution to public policy, industry and the profession’. His research interests focus on policy analysis and policy processes; the European Common Agricultural Policy; international trade policy; rural and environmental policies. He currently worries a lot about the conceptual frameworks necessary to do genuinely interdisciplinary research and to provide sensible and practical policy advice and assessment.

YELTO ZIMMER

Yelto is currently the Head of Agri Benchmarking for the Cash Crop Team at the Thünen Institute in Braunschweig, Germany. He took up this role in 2005 and his work includes being Manager of the vTI working group “arable farming economics”, the Coordinator of the international network of agricultural economists “agri benchmark Cash Crop”, the scientific coordination of several research projects, and among other duties are the evaluation of German biogas policy, Sugar cane production in Tanzania & Mozambique, and Perspectives in global wheat production. Prior to 2005 he was a Member of the FAL team “Evaluation of EU agricultural investment support policy”.Before moving to the Thünen Institute he was with KWS SAAT AG at Einbeck, Germany where he was a member of the Strategic Marketing team and had responsibility for the economic evaluation of biotech traits.He gained a PhD in 1993 from Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany where he studied “Conservation and environmental protection – allocation, preference analysis, development potential“ at the Institute for Agricultural Economics.


EDWARD GACEK

Edward S. Gacek (born 26.04.1950), studied agricultural sciences at the Agricultural University in Wrocław, Poland. (M.Sc. Diploma, Plant Pathology, 1974). He received a Ph. D. Diploma in Plant Breeding in 1992; Dr hab. Diploma in Agronomy in 1991 and Prof. Dr hab. Degree in Agronomy in 1996.He has published more than 250 papers and other articles on plant breed-ing, seed production and plant variety testing and recommendation into agricultural production. He has taken part and contributed to ca. 400 different scientific symposia and conferences, at home and abroad, on breeding and seed related topics.During his professional career, his research activities were mostly focused on:• studies on the development of non-chemical methods of cereal

disease control,• breeding new high-yielding and disease resistant barley cultivars, • development and introduction into agriculture of genetically diverse va-

rieties and species mixtures of cereals, as low-input and pro-ecological modifications of cereal production,

• establishment of a countrywide system of post-registration variety testing and variety recommendation.

Presently, Edward Gacek is the Director General of the Research Centre for Cultivar Testing (Polish National Variety Office). The Centre is responsi-ble for the official testing and listing of varieties and the granting of plant breeders rights in Poland.Professor. Gacek is a representative to many European and International institutions and organizations in the area of plant breeding and seed pro-duction.

GERHARD SCHIEFER

Professor and Director of the International Center for Food Chain and Network Research (foodnetcenter) at University of Bonn and Director of the associated International Center for Management, Communication, and Research (CentMa), he holds an MSc in Agricultural Economics, and a PhD in Economics. He has enjoyed international research engagements at many international universities incl. Stanford University, Harvard Business School, and the University of Florida (courtesy professor).Professor Schiefer is founding president of the ‘European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture, Food and the Environment (EFITA)’, initiator and acting coordinator of the ‘International Network for IT in Agriculture (INFITA)’ with international member organizations FAO, IAALD, CIGR, AFITA, EFITA, and PanAFITA; initiator and edi-tor of the International Journal on Food System Dynamics; member of editorial boards of a number of other international journals; organizer of the multi-disciplinary annual ‘International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks’; a board member and chair of the work group ‘Food Chain Management’ of the European Technology Platform ‘Food for Life’; coordinator and partner in a multitude of European projects with a focus on management, quality, sustainability, information, communication, and information technology issues in food chains; and a member of EAAE, IFAMA, EFITA, and OR societies


WOJCIECH FLORKOWSKI

He is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Econom-ics, University of Georgia; he received an MA from Poznan University of Economics, 1978; an MSc in Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois, 1983; and a PhD in Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1986. He has more than 300 publications includ-ing more than 100 refereed journal articles and 30 years of experience in agricultural and research in applied economics, including quality of food, agricultural, and horticultural products; issues of economies in transition; consumer food attribute preferences; postharvesting of fresh fruits and vegetables; and issues in environmental economics.

PETER PICKEL

As a Deputy Director, Prof. Dr. Pickel manages advanced technology op-erations at John Deere ETIC. Within John Deere Peter Pickel and his team lead publicly funded Research & Development activities in the EU zone and external technology relationships. Peter Pickel holds a PhD from the Technical University of Berlin. In 2000 (till 2010) he became a full tenured professor of agricultural engineer-ing, communal machinery and environmental technologies at the former Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Land Use Management of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg (Saxony Anhalt). Peter Pickel is the Chair of the MANUFUTURE Sub-ETP Agricultural Engineering & Technologies and board member of the German VDI Max-Eyth-Gesellschaft. The focus of his research and development activities is on integrated sus-tainable energy production and supply concepts for rural areas, including the development of electrification concepts for mobile off-road machinery. Further Prof. Pickel is working in the field of automation and communica-tion technology for agricultural equipment.

DEBORAH KEITH

Deborah has worked in the field of Plant Science for most of her career in academia, international development and most recently, industry. Deborah joined Syngenta in 1998 and has held various positions in crop protection and seeds R&D since then, such as evaluation of genetic traits, environ-mental risk assessment, and new herbicide research .She is currently the Head of External Collaborations and Adjacent Technologies for R&D at Syngenta and is based in the UK. The fundamental aim of this role is to build strategic partnerships with academia and commercial enterprises in order to deliver to Syngenta’s integrated crop strategies is. Prior to this, she managed Syngenta’s Crop Protection Research portfolio bringing early stage projects into the development pipeline. Before joining Syngenta held several posts in academia at Reading Uni-versity and at the John Innes Centre investigating genetic transformation techniques and trait mapping in crop plants. Prior to obtaining a PhD in quantitative trait mapping in Brassicas Deborah was involved in interna-tional development, establishing and running a horticultural development program in Bhutan.


BERTRAND DE LAUNAY

Bertrand is the Chief Executive Officer of InVivo Agro, a leading co-operative in France (No.1). It has over 240 member co-operatives, nearly 7,000 employ-ees, and operates in 60 countries and has a 1,600 M€ turnover. InVivo has a two fold remit: to help agriculture reach its full potential and to create value for its member cooperatives and customers, the farming world and society as a whole.InVivo’s principal role is to pool and coordinate in order to strengthen nego-tiating power in purchasing, to strengthen marketing power, and to provide expertise and a capacity for innovation. InVivo is organised into four business activities: InVivo Agro, InVivo Grain, InVivo Nutrition & Animal health and InVivo General Public.Bertrand’s education and qualifications include sales and marketing majors from ESSCA, Angers (85-89), a Managing Director module at IFG-ICG (05-06), and the Advanced Management program at INSEAD. His commercial experience includes office imaging at Kodak-Pathe (90-96), marketing and communication at Sepco (InVivo) (96-99), managing director of COFNA, Tours (99-01), 9 years at Evialis Animal Nutrition and Health, INZO (InVivo Group) becoming CEO and President of 3 French subsidiaries (08-11), InVivo NSA Corporate Director for strategy, marketing and innovation (11-12) before assuming his current position as CEO of InVivo Agro.His sports interests include Rugby (selected for the Junior French Team in 1982), Skiing (competed in 90-91) and tennis. His hobbies are photography and training race horses. He is 47 years old.

ZENONPOKOJSKI

A Vice- President of the Management Board of Nitrates Works “PUŁAWY” since 1st July 2009, responsible for strategy, development, corporate com-munication and production process support. He has been managing various teams for 20 years. An author and co-author of books on entrepreneurship, corporate management and communication. A member of Responsible Care Chapter. A graduate of Warsaw School of Economics – Foreign Trade Department (Master of Science in economics and organisation of foreign trade and PhD in management studies). A graduate of Gdańsk University, Economics of Transport Department (Master of Science in economics and organisation of foreign trade). From 1990 to 1992 he managed the Foreign Trade Office in “Almatur” Foundation in Warsaw. From May to November 1998 he worked as a Vice Director of Trade in Energopol-Trade-Północ Sp. z o.o. in Olsztyn. From 1992 to 2003 he was the President of the Board in Eurimex sp. z o.o. From 2002 to 2005 he was the President of the Board in Przedsiębiorstwo Chemiczne CHEMAN S.A.


ALEX LISSITSA

Alex is the President of the Association “Ukrainian Agribusiness Club” (UCAB), which is based in Kyiv, Ukraine. UCAB is an association of large and medium-sized companies in the agri-food sector, representing their in-terests and acting on their behalf. Since its foundation almost six years ago, UCAB has become the No. 1 association in Ukrainian agriculture.The most important goal of UCAB is to the increase the efficiency of Ukrainian agribusiness, and has, amongst other activities, the efficient lobbying for the interests of agricultural producers through determination of common priorities for sector development; discussions and initiatives to promote legislative changes; close cooperation with state authorities; provision of high quality analyses; the organization of conferences, round tables, and seminars; and taking an active position in the mass-media con-cerning the advocacy of the interests of local producers.Alex’s key qualification is as an agricultural economist, and policy and investment consultant. Prior to taking up his present position, he was a senior researcher at the Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO), Halle, Germany (02-06). Since 2007 he has been an advisor to the Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine, and advisor to the Head of the Committee for Agricultural Policy and Land Relations of Ukrainian Parliament. Since 2008 he has been a Director and Co-Owner of the agricultural service agency NIKA Project, Partners TOV, Kyiv, Ukraine and the consulting agency Nika PP Consulting GmbH, Berlin, Germany.His education includes:- 91 – 96 National Agricultural University of Ukraine, Kyiv; Diploma in Economics of Enterprise, 96-97 Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; Individual Postgraduate Study Course “International Agricultural Development”, in 99-00 2 short periods at Iowa State University, Ames, USA; Research Visitor at the College of Agriculture, and International Summer School, 98-01 Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany; a PhD in Agricultural Economics, and in 2004 he spent 5 months as a Visiting Fellow at the School of Economics, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He is 39 years old.

Marek Dereziński pursued his professional carrier in agriculture beginning 1994, after graduating from the University of Technology and Life Sciences in Bydgoszcz, where later on, in 2007, he obtained Ph.D., completing the thesis about the usefulness of pressed sugar beet pulp in cattle feeding. In the years 1990-94 he participated in a number of student exchange pro-grams, gaining farming practice in Holland, France, Spain, Great Britain and the United States. From 1996 he’s continuously worked in sugar industry, inter alia as a member of the managing board of British Sugar Overseas Polska S.A. and, subsequently, Krajowa Spółka Cukrowa. Last year in September he was appointed President of the managing board of KSC S.A., which function he performs until this day.

MAREK DEREZIŃSKI


ALASTAIR G. PATERSON

Alastair was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. He obtained his B.Sc. Agric. (London) in 1970 and subsequently obtained a B.Sc. Agric. Hons. (Animal Production) in 1976, a M.Sc. Agric. (Animal Breeding) (Cum Laude) in 1978 and a D.Sc. Agric (Animal Production) in 1981 at the University of Pretoria.He has worked in various roles in the production, care of, and research into animals in Western Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, and South Af-rica. He was a lecturer in animal husbandry in Zimbabwe (1970 – 1973), a professional officer/animal breeder at the Johannesburg City Council Cattle Farms, (1975 – 1983) and since 1983 has been Production Division Manager for Stock Owners in Howick, Natal where he is responsible for consulting on the production and economics of livestock systems.Alastair is a member of the following South African professional associa-tions: Society of Natural Scientists, Society for Animal Science, Genetics Society, Botanical Society and the Society of Professional Animal Scientists and Farm Management Association. His committee experiences include: Natal Beef Performance Testing Advisory Committee, Advisory Board of Cedara College, the Statistical Work Group of the Meat Board and the Council for the Society of Animal Science of which he is presently vice president.He is an external examiner for the Universities of Natal and Pretoria. He has travelled extensively including Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi (1994), Britain (1995), Canada (1997), and Uganda (1998) (2000). He has published 10 scientific and 60 other publications and has delivered over 700 agricultural presentations. He was awarded the Bosman medal for the most outstanding postgraduate student of 1978, the bronze medal of the SA Society for Animal Production and was chosen as the Agricultural-ist of the Year for 1989 by the Agricultural Writers’ Association of Natal.

David Hughes has worked as a farm manager and consultant in Argen-tina. He obtained a bachelors degree in Animal Science (1983) at the Universidad Católica Argentina, and later obtained a Masters of Science degree in Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M (1987). He has attended an executive course in Agribusiness at the Universidad de San Andres (2006) in Argentina, and for the past years has been a regular attendee at the Harvard Agribusiness Seminar in Boston (2007/2013). David is a member of AAPEX (Association of Agricultural Production Executives), a farmers group based out of Texas A&M University, and a Council mem-ber for the IFMA (International Farm Managers Association). David is an active member of AACREA, an argentine farmers peer group that work on benchmarking, testing new technology and improving agri business.He is currently a partner in and President of TraulenCo S.A., a farm man-agement and consulting business. It provides accounting, tax accounting, and managerial accounting services as well as management services and investment analysis. TraulenCo oversees many large farms and ranch business in Argentina. He is also partner in Agroinversiones y Desarrollos S.A. (AgroIndesa), a business formed to generate and execute investments in agri business with local and foreign investors.David is a founder member and first President of ArgenTrigo (2007- 2011), the argentine wheat chain association, where the representatives of research, input companies, farmers, flour mills, exporters, brokers, market boards, and other related services, work on long term strategy for the industry.

DAVID HUGHES

TRANSFORMATION OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION - FOR BETTER OR WORSE 41ANDREW MACFARLANE

Qualifications: Bachelor of Agricultural Science Life member of New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management Registered Farm Man-agement Consultant.Experience:• Practicing farm management consultant since 1981• Farming on own account since 1989• Rural sector governance since 1990Andrew is a past New Zealand President of the New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management, responsible for New Zealand’s rural profes-sionals. He has a particular interest in building depth in the numbers and quality of young professionals entering the rural sector. He is a director of ANZCO (one of New Zealand’s largest meat exporters), AgResearch (New Zealand’s Government owned agricultural research organisation, a member of the Lincoln University Council, and Chairman of Deer Industry NZ (the body responsible for looking after the interests of New Zealand’s venison and velvet producers and marketers).Andrew, his wife Tricia and family farm irrigated land in Mid Canterbury, focused mainly on dairy, but also including meat and arable production.Their farms are recognised for balancing high production with environ-mental outcomes. Their home farm, Pencarrow, was awarded the Ballance Farm Environment Award in 2003. Another property in which his family has a major equity share, Kintore Farm, recently won the Dairy Farm Award, Energy Excellence Award, and Integrated Management Award in the 2013 Ballance Awards.Together with his wife Tricia and his brother, John, they purchased their first farmland in 1989, running sheep, beef and grain.They converted that farm to a 770 cow dairy unit in 2000, and have sub-sequently developed, with partners, three other dairy units ranging in size from 770 to 3000 cows.The dairy units produce milk on a seasonal basis, which is converted by Fonterra and Synlait into milk powder and associated products for export to world markets.The farms are typical of the region, with 750 – 1000 cows being milked through 50 or 60 bale rotary sheds, with approximately 200 cows per person employed.The cows are predominantly pasture fed with around 15% of their annual diet being grain or silage.In more recent years they have diversified their family farming interests into intensive beef and deer production, dairy support, and arable produc-tion with a focus on herbage and vegetable seeds.While overseeing management of the farm businesses, Andrew still prac-tices as a registered farm management consultant as principal of Macfarlane Rural Business.Within the farm management consultancy practice Andrew works at a strategic level as well as with individual farming families. He is known for his expertise and experience in water, soil, and nutrient management issues both at an on-farm and regional level. He also has particular expertise in understanding financial metrics around on-farm systems.


Stanislaw Kolbusz (born 27 02 1952 in Brzostek) economist by training, farmer, with a taste ethnographer, cultural manager and naturalist with an interest in eco-philosophy, sociology and politics, including cultural policy and the functioning of the media. He graduated from the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW). He is the founder of Folk Group "Promni". He co-founded the first Ursynalia - holiday of the SGGW scholars. He has worked in institutions dissemination of culture, the media, he was in the business of publishing. He co-founded the Foundation for Rural Culture, who was the executor of many projects and publisher of the quarterly regions. He is also the co-founder of the Association of Ecosystem - Herit-age of Nature. With a passion he promotes microorganisms in restoring the balance in the ecosystem.

STABISŁAWKOLBUSZ

Wiesław was born in April 30, 1958. After graduating agricultural technical school in 1978, together with his parents ran a family farm with an area of 28 hectares. In 1988 he took over the farm as the sixth generations since 1785. The farm has gradually been enlarged and the current area is about 600 hectares. In 1996, he co-organized the Zamosc Agricultural Society, of which he has been President since 2000. This organization brings together 80 farmers who produce from about 15 000 ha. The farm has cooperated with the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultiva-tion since 2002 conducting experiments on different systems of cultivation. , Experiments have also been conducted there with specific crops such as wheat, corn and canola crops with special emphasis on Strip-Tillage and subsurface application of fertilizers and micronutrients.

WIESŁAW GRYN

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