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XII Congress of ESA 20 – 24 August 2012 Helsinki, Finland

XII Congress of ESA 20 – 24 August 2012 Helsinki, Finland. Finnish agriculture – between lakes and forests. Basic statistics. 66 000 farms (down from 88 000 since joining EU in 1995) Average size 33.5 ha arable land + 48 ha forests Total 2.2 M ha arable land 10% set-aside

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XII Congress of ESA 20 – 24 August 2012 Helsinki, Finland

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  1. XII Congress of ESA20 – 24 August 2012Helsinki, Finland

  2. Finnish agriculture – between lakes and forests

  3. Basic statistics • 66 000 farms (down from 88 000 since joining EU in 1995) • Average size 33.5 ha arable land + 48 ha forests • Total 2.2 M ha arable land • 10% set-aside • 29% pasture, silage, hay, fodder • 51% barley, oat, wheat, rye • 10% ALL other crops • Short growing season (May – August) • Winter reduces some pests, pathogens

  4. Possible theme: Agronomy at the edge • At the edge of Europe: seasons are short, days are long, interesting for modellers • At the edges with related sciences: genetics, pathology, economics • At the cutting edge: Adaptation to climate change, introduction of new crops and cropping systems

  5. Crops get many hours of sunlight

  6. Joint sessions • International acid-sulphate soil conference • Legume Futures: legume-supported cropping systems for Europe (FP7 project) • Others? • Possible joint hosts • NJF (Nordic agricultural science association) • SMTS (Finnish agricultural science association)

  7. Possible session themes • Crop adaptation to high latitudes; stresses; daylength • Modelling • Yield gap (Nordic-Baltic region has a large yield gap!) • Management of novel crops (part of adaptation to climate change) • Frontiers with related sciences: biotechnology, economy, breeding, technology, ecology • Crop protection • Legume-supported rotations • Acid-sulphate soils • Farming and cropping systems • Soil microbiology & soil-plant interactions • Extension and education • Agroecology, environmental impacts Modelling Ecological intensification

  8. Local scientific committee includes • Plant- and crop-level agronomists • Soil scientists • Tillage scientists • Agricultural technologists • And possibly pathologists, geneticists, economists and others from allied disciplines • Several ”willing” PhD students will be volunteered to help

  9. Input needed!!!!!!!! • Volunteers or nominees for the (international) Scientific Committee • Suggestions or nominations for invited speakers

  10. Conference organizers • Blue & White Conferences Oy • Conference websitewww.esa12.fi will soon be open • Conference email is esa12@congrex.fi

  11. Conference location • University's Main Building • Main Hall for opening and closing sessions • 3 large auditoriums for concurrent sessions • 3 large open spaces for posters, coffees & lunches

  12. Conference hotels • 4, 3 and 2 star hotels in the city centre • Walking distance to conference venue • Walking distance to main cultural centres

  13. Travel • Direct flights from: • Copenhagen, Stockholm, Riga • Most other European capitals • Ferries from Estonia, Sweden, Germany • Railway from Russia

  14. Possible timetable

  15. Also in 2012 … • World Design Capital, Helsinki and Lahti, events all year • European Athletics Championships, Helsinki, 27 June – 1 July • Helsinki Festival, 17 August – 6 Sept • … and, according to an interpretation of an ancient Mayan calendar… • the end of the world

  16. Post-conference or accompanying person tours

  17. Welcome to Finland, August 2012!

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