Programme

Presentation of EU project PPILOW by researchers at Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Finland

• Citizen views on animal welfare in organic and low-input outdoor production and their trust in actors as information sources, Katja Lähtinen
• The role of knowledge in evaluating animal welfare practices, Katriina Heinola
• Farmer attributes enhancing resilience and animal welfare on organic farms, Minna Väre
• Identifying business and policy options to promote organic pig and poultry production, Jarkko Niemi

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• Characteristics and challenges of outdoor pig systems – Sofia Wilhelmsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
• Laying basis for an organic dairy cattle breeding program breeding goals considering both consumer preferences and economic values – Morten Kargo, Aarhus University, Denmark

• Marine derived fertilizers for organic growing – Anne-Kristin Løes, Norwegian Centre for Organic Agriculture, Norway
• Chicken manure and other by-products from egg and broiler production as fertilizers – Jukka Kivelä, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Recycled fertilizers and soil amendments in sustainable cropping systems – effects on soil carbon and microbial communities – Mari Unnbom, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Organic fertilization: advancing microbial indicators for sustainable food systems and agro-ecosystem resilience – Rostand Chamedjeu, University of Ulm, Germany

• Soil organic carbon and cereal production in organic farming systems across Europe – a meta-analysis – Elena Valkama, Natural Resources Institute of Finland (Luke), Finland
• Arable soil microbial communities are affected by plant community and agricultural management – Ansa Palojärvi, Natural Resources Institute of Finland (Luke), Finland
• Belowground Traits in Relation to Yield Responses across Organic Cereal–Legume Cropping Systems: A Field Experiment – Aida Skersienė, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Lithuania
• Hort2thefuture - Improving soil structure in horticultural production – Till Seehusen, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Norway
• Impact of crop diversification on biological soil health in organic greenhouse systems – Anna Karin Rosberg, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

• Regulating soil microclimate and greenhouse gas emissions in open-field organic vegetables with a novel mulch farming approach – Andreas Gattinger, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
• Integrated pest and pollinator management in faba bean – Ola Lundin, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
• Growing annual legume companion crops alongside winter oilseed rape boosts both nitrogen levels and pest regulation – Ann-Charlotte Wallenhammar, The Rural Economy and Agricultural Society, Sweden
• How to optimize tillage to control creeping perennial weeds? – Timo Lötjönen, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Finland
• Trichoderma spp. as a potential biocontrol against black dot and silver scurf in potatoes – Apsara Indhu Gopan, Aarhus University, Denmark

• Designing productive grassland mixtures to enhance soil carbon storage: the role of species traits and mixture composition – Esben Øster Mortensen, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Long-term organic grassland management and soil fertility under climate change in Norway – Tatiana Francischinelli Rittl, Norwegian Centre for Organic Agriculture, Norway
• Soil carbon storage, soil health and nitrate leaching in organic dairy crop rotations – Johannes Lund Jensen, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Enhancing resilience in organic pig production through feed diversification in free-range systems – Anne Grete Kongsted, Aarhus university, Denmark
• On-farm trials with low protein concentrate feed rations for organic dairy cows – Niels Andresen, The Rural Economy and Agricultural Society, Sweden

• Does increasing organic area improve sustainability and resilience? – Kari Koppelmäki, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Organic farmers’ interpretations and perceptions of regenerative farming practices – Heli Lehtinen, University of Helsinki, Finland
• A foodscape approach to investigate the potential of a bio-district in Eastern Finland – Jana Firse, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Connecting organics with territory and landscapes as the basis for governing resilient food systems – Courtney Adamson, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

• Beyond organic: targeted actions for farmland biodiversity – Trine Poulsen, Aarhus University, Denmark
• EcoMetric – a farmland biodiversity index – Yoko Luise Dupont, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Biodiversity benefits of grazing are highest at extensive levels, also under organic management – Iryna Herzon, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Long-term bumblebee monitoring reveals stable trends in Estonian agricultural landscape – Egle Liiskmann, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Estonia
• Impacts of carbon farming practices on biodiversity at the farm scale: abundance as an early, context-dependent indicator in boreal Finland – Hanna Susi, University of Helsinki, Finland

• Developing indicators for farm preparedness and resilience: Is there space for economists in the interdisciplinary room? – Thomas Slijper, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
• Challenging carbon footprint calculation premisses for organic practice – Julie Henriksen, Innovation Center for Organic Agriculture (ICOEL), Denmark
• Organic dairy farming as means for GHG mitigation – Frank Willem Oudshoorn, Innovation Center for Organic Agriculture (ICOEL), Denmark
• Organic crop production can reduce nitrogen leaching and its eutrophication impact in the Baltic Sea – Anna-Elina Karimaa, Natural Resources Institute of Finland (Luke), Finland
• Quality of life of organic and conventional fruit growers in Poland - a pilot study – Ewa Rembiałkowska, Warsaw University of LIfe Sciences, Poland

• The potential of heritage cereals in organic farming – Karin Gerhardt, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
• Mass selection is a potential tool for farmers to improve specialty crops that are important for local food production – Marjo Keskitalo, Natural Resources Institute of Finland (Luke), Finland
• Dual-purpose genotypes can deliver meat from a more holistic production system – Margrethe Therkildsen, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Economic values of growth, fillet yield, disease resistance and survival in organic rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) – Marjolein Verweij, Aarhus University, Denmark