Workshop: Approaches to Agrobiodiversity and Food Systems
Convenor: Laura RIVAL, School of Social Anthropology and Museum Ethnography.
THURSDAY 6 DECEMBER 2012
09:45-10:15: Coffee, registration
INTRODUCTIONS
10:15-11:00
Laura Rival (ODID, SAME) and Doyle McKey (CEFE, Montpellier) Introduction to the workshop and its main themes
Stanley Ulijaszek (ISCA) Researching Food systems within and between disciplines
Nick Brown (Plant Sciences, Principal of Linacre College) Linkages between 'wild' and 'agro' biological diversity
Nick Harberd (Plant Sciences) Plant Sciences and agrobiodiversity
Charles Godfray (Zoology, Martin School) The Future of Food
SESSION 1 (11:00- 13:00):
11-11:20 Nick Harberd (Plant Sciences) Evolution of genetic variability in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum)
11:20-11:40 Vincent Batesti (MNHN, Paris) The agrobiodiversity of the date palm (Phœnix dactylifera L.) in Siwa, an oasis of the Libyan Desert: what is said, written and forgotten
11:40-12:00 Marc Delêtre (Trinity College, Dublin) Manioc in Africa: "cultural domestication", historical factors and cross-cultural variation in the valuation of manioc volunteer seedlings as potential resources
12:00-12:20 David Boshier (Plant Sciences) Socio-economic constraints and opportunities for tree conservation through use in MesoAmerican dry-forest agro-ecosystems: Pachira quinata and Swietenia humilis.
12:20-12:30 Discussant
12:30-13:00 GENERAL DISCUSSION
SESSION 2 (2:00-4:30):
2:00-2:20 Doyle McKey (CEFE, Montpellier) The functioning of pre-Columbian raised field agriculture: are there lessons for the design of sustainable agroecosystems today?
2:20-2:40 Sophie Caillon (CEFE, Montpellier) Produce to exchange: The taro water-gardens on Vanua Lava (Vanuatu), a social place that harbours diversity
2:40-3:00 Yildiz Thomas (CEFE, Montpellier) Clones of culture and seeds of nature: implications of farmers' gathering and cultivating practices in shaping fig and olive agrodiversity in Morocco
3:00-3:20 Lindsay Turnbull and Andy Hector (Zürick and Plant Sciences) Crop diversity as a tool for yield optimisation and stabilisation
3:20-3:30 Discussant
3:30-4:30 GENERAL DISCUSSION
FRIDAY 7 DECEMBER 2012
9:30-10: Coffee, registration
SESSION 3 (10:00 – 1:00):
10-10:35 David Bohan (Dijon, UMR 1347) Managing weed ecosystem service provision: ecological and cultural perspectives
10:35-11:10 Cécile Girardin (ECI, OUCE) A brief history of Biochar: from ancient Amazonia to climate smart agricultural practices
11:10-11:45 Chlöe Violon, Jean Wencélius, Christine Raimond, Eric Garine (Paris Ouest, Nanterre) Gifts or commodities: The changing status of seeds in northern Cameroon
11:45-12:20 Elise Demeulenaere (MNHN, Paris) Socio-economic constraints and the evolution of seed exchange networks: The case of 'Semences Paysannes' in France
12:20-12:40 Amy Bogaard (Archaeology) The nature of early farming systems in western Eurasia during the Neolithic period
12:40-1:00 Margareta Tengberg (MNHN, Paris) Reconstructing the agrobiodiversity of past multi-species cropping systems - the case of early date palm garden cultivation around the Persian Gulf
1-2: Lunch (sandwiches, brought by caterers)
2:00-2:20 Discussant
2:20-3:00 GENERAL DISCUSSION
SESSION 4 (3:00-4:30):
3:00-3:20 Julia Wright (Coventry, Garden Organic) Participatory research in Cuban agriculture
3:20-3:40 Fran Lambrick (Plant Sciences) Food policy councils: functions, structure and collaborative methodologies
3:40-4:00 Naomi van der Velden (University of Cumbria) How much does your garden grow? Participatory polycultures research in the UK
4:00-4:15 DISCUSSANTS John Letts and Chris Smaje
4:15-5:00 GENERAL DISCUSSION and CONCLUDING REMARKS
