AGURB2015: AGRICULTURE IN AN URBANIZING SOCIETY - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECONNECTING AGRICULTURE AND FOOD CHAINS TO SOCIETAL NEEDS
PROGRAM

Days: Monday, September 14th Tuesday, September 15th Wednesday, September 16th Thursday, September 17th

Monday, September 14th

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09:00-10:30 Session 1: Opening: plenary session
Location: Aula Magna (Great Hall 1)
09:00
Rector of Roma Tre University ( abstract )
09:10
Councillor for Agriculture Lazio Region ( abstract )
09:20
Welcome by the Chair of the Local organization committee ( abstract )
09:30
Keynote lecture by the Chair of the Scientific Programme Committee - Agriculture in an urbanizing society: what are the main issues? ( abstract )
09:50
Keynote lecture by Assistant Director-General, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department, FAO - Meeting urban food needs through inclusive and sustainable food systems ( abstract )
10:30-11:00Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Session 2: Plenary keynotes lectures (1)
Location: Aula Magna (Great Hall 1)
11:00
Reclaiming society-urban-agrifood relations: assembling insights from New Zealand’s recent experience ( abstract )
11:45
Food Strategies: what next? Perspectives from emergent economies, Brazil ( abstract )
12:30-14:00Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session 3B: WG1 - Connecting local and global food systems and reducing footprint in food provisioning and use

Local - global connections

Location: Aula 6
14:00
Connecting local and global food systems and reducing footprint in food provisioning and use ( abstract )
14:15
Connecting local and global food for sustainable solutions in public procurement ( abstract )
14:30
Resources uses objectives and the constitutional processes in SPGs ( abstract )
14:45
Sustainable food supply chains: A social-ecological anlysis of the food supply in Viennese Schools ( abstract )
15:00
An education project to promote healthy and sustainable food consumption. Barilla’s “Sì.Mediterraneo” Project ( abstract )
15:15
Assessing the degree of localness of food value chains ( abstract )
14:00-15:30 Session 3C: WG4 - New business models for multiple value creation

Supply chain development & case studies

Location: Aula 18
14:00
New business models for multiple value creation ( abstract )
14:15
Conceptualising an adaptive cycle methodology for entrepreneurial ecosystems: rural reinvention in the Tamar Valley ( abstract )
14:30
Adaptation of urban farms to the citizens - The case of Alella wine region within Barcelona Metropolitan Region (Catalonia, Spain). ( abstract )
14:45
Economic and social benefits of multifunctional agriculture in Sweden ( abstract )
15:00
Rural development and new business models: Production Chain Integrated Plans Calabria cases. ( abstract )
14:00-15:30 Session 3D: WG7 - Regional branding and local agrifood systems: strategies, governance, and impacts

Territorial Collective Marks 1

Location: Aula 3
14:00
The branding process as opportunity to trigger integrated strategies for rural development: the experimentation of "Paesaggi italiani - ITEM" in northeast Italy ( abstract )
14:15
VETRINA TOSCANA from regional trade brand to regional umbrella brand ( abstract )
14:30
Multi-scaled, layered agri-food branding ( abstract )
14:45
A comparison between different types of Regional Branding Initiatives ( abstract )
14:00-15:30 Session 3E: WG13 - Care Farming/Social Farming in more resilient societes

Methods and tools

Location: Aula 5
14:00
Research-based evidence of gardening as a physical activity for health ( abstract )
14:15
Community resilience through urban agriculture: the role of volunteers in horticultural therapy ( abstract )
14:30
Social farming fostered by microcredit: the case of Italy ( abstract )
14:45
Social franchising and social farming, for promoting the co-production of knowledge and values: the IBF case ( abstract )
15:00
The social farmer as a shared value creator: creating new business models with the Impact Driven Business Modelling tool ( abstract )
14:00-15:30 Session 3F: WG14 - Rural tourism (agri-tourism) and changing urban demands

Food, Wine and Tourism

Location: Aula 19
14:00
Rural tourism (agri-tourism) and changing urban demands – presentation of the Working Group ( abstract )
14:15
Consuming the rural idyll through food – analysis of the consumption of rural foodstuffs by urban populations in Portugal* ( abstract )
14:30
New tourist experiences in the productive areas of PDO / PGI of rural Tuscany ( abstract )
14:45
Wine routes for regional tourism development in Italy. A research in Calabria and Friuli Venezia Giulia Regions. ( abstract )
14:00-15:30 Session 3G: WG15 - Local arrangements for agricultural ecosystem services: connecting urban populations to their peri-urban landscapes through the ecosystem services of agriculture

Ecosystem Services of Agriculture

Location: Aula 20
14:00
Managing Ecosystem Services in the Peri-urban Landscape: An Emergent Paradox ( abstract )
14:15
Strategies for enhancement of ecosystem services of the periurban areas ( abstract )
14:30
Agroecological agriculture and water quality: Sustainable Guarapiranga Project ( abstract )
14:45
Method to evaluate the environmental services of metropolitan agricultural areas and their land protection. The examples of Espai d’Interès Natural (EIN) Gallecs. ( abstract )
14:00-15:30 Session 3H: WG17 - Civic agriculture for an urbanizing society: production models, consumption practices and forms of governance

Experiences of civic agriculture

Location: Aula 16
14:00
Food Self-Provisioning in Hungary ( abstract )
14:15
Civic agriculture in Calabria region ( abstract )
14:30
The social construction process of food quality: The participatory guarantee systems. A focus on the Brazilian experience ( abstract )
14:45
Designing 'Resilient Citylands' through Community Participation ( abstract )
15:00
Civic agriculture in Italy: lessons from the field ( abstract )
14:00-15:30 Session 3I: WG23 - Conceptualising and Assessing City Region Food Systems

Conceptualising and Assessing City Region Food Systems

Location: Aula 14
14:00
Navigating the Maize to the City ( abstract )
14:15
About Content and Process: A Proposi-tion for Food Planning in the City-Region ( abstract )
14:30
Urbanization and farming in the Pearl River Delta (China): a tentative assessment of correlations ( abstract )
14:45
Do smart drivers in the food chain improve the links between cities and the countryside? ( abstract )
14:00-15:30 Session 3J: WG24 - Revaluing institutional food procurement

Enabling Environments and sustainable public food procurement: The role of Institutional procurement policies in creating more sustainable, just and nutritionally adequate food systems

Location: Aula 4
14:00
Institutional procurement of food from smallholder farmers: Legal issues and lessons learned from the Brazilian and P4P experiences ( abstract )
14:15
The connection between family farming and school feeding in a major Brazilian city ( abstract )
14:30
Linking school feeding with smallholder farmers: the case of Bonito, Mato Grosso Do Sul State, Brazil ( abstract )
14:00-15:30 Session 3K: WG18 - Society Oriented Farming – working on the balance between market and societal demands

Society oriented farming I: farm level aspects and strategies

Location: Aula 21
14:00
Society Oriented Farming: farm strategies involving society ( abstract )
14:15
Participatory planning evidences in urban rural fringe: can farms have a new role in enhancing quality of life in the outskirts of Rome? ( abstract )
14:30
Marriage of convenience between farmer organizations and milk industry, for a more resilient local milk value chain in Niamey, Niger ( abstract )
14:45
Society oriented agriculture: an emerging paradigm in Québec (Canada)? ( abstract )
15:30-16:00Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Session 4B: WG1 - Connecting local and global food systems and reducing footprint in food provisioning and use

Assessing food supply chains: case studies

Location: Aula 6
16:00
Heading down to the local: Craft beer and local economic development in rural Australasia ( abstract )
16:15
The irresistible rise of craft breweries in Italy: the case of agricultural craft breweries ( abstract )
16:30
Global, Regional and Local food chains: an assessment of sustainability performance of wheat-to-bread chains across Italy and the UK ( abstract )
16:45
Promoting sustainable durum wheat production in Italy: the Barilla Sustainable Farming project ( abstract )
17:00
Comparative analysis of social performance of global and local berry supply chains ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 4C: WG4 - New business models for multiple value creation

Business modelling

Location: Aula 18
16:00
Bridging the gap – education and farming in specialized kindergarten farms ( abstract )
16:15
Business models in urban agriculture - answering cost pressures in the food sector and addressing societal needs ( abstract )
16:30
New entrepreneurial skills in the peri-urban agriculture of Italy ( abstract )
16:45
Building bridges: AiCARE experience in promoting social innovation throughout agriculture ( abstract )
17:00
Urban agriculture - it is a business! - Business models in urban agriculture ( abstract )
17:15
The social farmer as a shared value creator: creating new business models with the Impact Driven Business Modelling tool ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 4D: WG7 - Regional branding and local agrifood systems: strategies, governance, and impacts

Territorial Collective Marks 2

Location: Aula 3
16:00
Impact of Regional Collective Trademarks on Farms: Japanese Experiences ( abstract )
16:15
PAT (Traditional Food Products) which future? ( abstract )
16:30
Behind local cheese: comparing Slow Food Presidia and Geographical Indications governance systems ( abstract )
16:45
Regional branding in West Africa: conciliating public and private initiatives, local and international market development - The case of Ziama-Macenta Robusta Coffee in Guinea ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 4E: WG9 - Land-use transformations

Agriculture, the city and the peri-urban fringe

Location: Aula 22
16:00
The impoverishment of agriculture in rural-urban fringe: an analysis through administrative data ( abstract )
16:15
The use of Urban Spatial Scenario Design Model (USSDM) in assessing the impact of urban growth on urban and Peri-urban agriculture: the case of Addis Ababa and the Surrounding towns ( abstract )
16:30
Longitudinal study of urbanisation processes in peri-urban areas of Greater Copenhagen - what happens to farming? ( abstract )
16:45
Land use patterns and changes in periurban areas ( abstract )
17:00
Adapting Peri-urban Planning to a Post-Productivist Landscape. ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 4F: WG11 - Urban agriculture II. Grass-root initiatives and community gardens

Practitioners & policy programmes

Location: Aula 15
16:00
New urban gardening trends in Prague: community and/or ecosystems services at stake ( abstract )
16:15
Is the recent economic crisis an opportunity to implement more sustainable cities in Portugal? ( abstract )
16:30
Gardening during the life course – a Scandinavian approach. ( abstract )
16:45
There’s not such a thing as “an” urban garden: motivations and politics of gardening in Barcelona. ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 4G: WG13 - Care Farming/Social Farming in more resilient societes

Evaluation

Location: Aula 5
16:00
The impact of care farms on quality of life among different population groups: a mixed methods systematic review ( abstract )
16:15
A school gardening program for improving peer relations of elementary school students ( abstract )
16:30
A horticultural therapy program using hydroponics for improving work adjustment skills in students with mental retardation ( abstract )
16:45
“Stagio…cando con NetworkContacts. Stare bene insieme nelle diverse stagioni della vita” – Can be recilience a key issue for care/social farming validation? ( abstract )
17:00
Quality assurance of agricultural businesses running nature-based rehabilitation ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 4H: WG14 - Rural tourism (agri-tourism) and changing urban demands

Rural Tourism and Local Development

Location: Aula 19
16:00
The difficult path of agri-tourism in Portugal ( abstract )
16:15
‘Consuming Landscape’: an investigation of eco-economic development strategies in rural areas ( abstract )
16:30
"Fincas agroturisticas de Nicaragua", a people's project for a responsible and worthy tourism ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 4I: WG15 - Local arrangements for agricultural ecosystem services: connecting urban populations to their peri-urban landscapes through the ecosystem services of agriculture

Local arrangements

Location: Aula 20
16:00
Collaborative governance of a peri-urban enclave: how a farm became nature and citizen oriented ( abstract )
16:15
Towards an agroecological transition in periurban agrarian systems in Madrid (Spain) ( abstract )
16:30
Critical success factors for local cooperation in delivering farmer-managed public goods in rural areas in the Netherlands ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 4J: WG17 - Civic agriculture for an urbanizing society: production models, consumption practices and forms of governance

Policy and governance

Location: Aula 16
16:00
Participative Action Research to disseminate Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in Austria. ( abstract )
16:15
The implementation of public policy for family farming in Brazil: the role of mediators in the reconnection between farmer, food and community ( abstract )
16:30
An analysis of governance processes in territorial agri-food networks ( abstract )
16:45
Towards a network around civic agriculture in the Province of Pisa. ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 4K: WG19 - Food Security: Meanings, Practices and Policies

Meanings of Food Security (special session presenting results of EU project TRANSMANGO)

Location: Aula 11
16:00
Discourse on food and nutrition security: media analyses in Flanders, Italy and UK ( abstract )
16:15
Quality, Technology, Sovereignty. Discourses on Food Security in Italy. ( abstract )
16:30
Food security challenges and responses: A comparative analysis of Latvia and Lithuania ( abstract )
16:45
Corporate food governance, financialisation and the reproduction of food security vulnerabilities ( abstract )
17:00
The Role And Effectiveness Of Food Assistance In High Income Countries: A Critical Literature Review ( abstract )
17:15
Urban Agriculture in Tanzania and Sustainable Urban Food and Nutritional Security_2 pages paper ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 4L: WG23 - Conceptualising and Assessing City Region Food Systems

Conceptualising and Assessing City Region Food Systems

Location: Aula 14
16:00
City growth, food decrease and changing places for sale and trade ( abstract )
16:15
Agriculture and food as an infrastructure: a proposal for a Rome City Region Food Strategy ( abstract )
16:30
MadridAgroecologico, Food movement shaping a new political arena ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 4M: WG24 - Revaluing institutional food procurement

Enabling Environments and sustainable public food procurement: The role of actors and public institutions practicing institutional food procurement

Location: Aula 4
16:00
The role of Rural Extension in the viability of public procurement for school meals ( abstract )
16:15
Developing local food cooperation and public procurement in Oulu South region, Finland ( abstract )
16:30
Institutional procurement of smallholder farming products in the Rural Territory of Seridó in Paraíba (Brazil) ( abstract )
16:45
Organic food on the public plate in Denmark – top down or bottom? ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 4N: WG18 - Society Oriented Farming – working on the balance between market and societal demands

Society oriented farming: societal demands, environmental and policy aspects

Location: Aula 21
16:00
From Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition to a shared responsibility learning platform ( abstract )
16:15
Good food and beyond: Food Supply Chains Outcomes and Societal Demands in the Italian Debate ( abstract )
16:30
Brazilian Community-Supported Agriculture initiatives: a preliminary review ( abstract )
16:45
The challenges emerging from the new modes of governance around food ( abstract )
Tuesday, September 15th

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09:00-10:30 Session 5C: WG2 - Short food supply chains (regional products; farmers’ markets; collective farmers’ marketing initiatives; alternative food networks; CSA)

Short Food Supply Chains and Social Implications

Location: Aula 21
09:00
Short supply chain and shared value models in agriculture ( abstract )
09:15
Sustainable food systems: Community Supported Agriculture- a social-ecological analysis ( abstract )
09:30
The mis-interconnection: when peasant farming encounters modernized consumption culture ( abstract )
09:00-10:30 Session 5D: WG7 - Regional branding and local agrifood systems: strategies, governance, and impacts

Coexistence and conflicts among regional branding initiatives

Location: Aula 3
09:00
Territorial impact assessment on local products from a socio-economic-cultural point of view. The case of Madonie Provola ( abstract )
09:15
The “Piadina Romagnola” mess. A new legal case for an old question: what is a GI? ( abstract )
09:30
Lessons learnt on GI vs territorial brand: the case of Kopaonik ajvar, Serbia ( abstract )
09:45
Geographical Indications, Collective Trademarks and Certification Trademarks in Vietnam: Confusion or real difference? ( abstract )
09:00-10:30 Session 5E: WG9 - Land-use transformations

Land use traditions under pressure

Location: Aula 22
09:00
From subsistence to professional farming: the change of land use and cropping pattern in Northern China-short paper ( abstract )
09:15
Food is Territory. Traditions, Landscapes and Olive Economies in the Regions of Latium and Abruzzo ( abstract )
09:30
Globalization of food and land changes: rethinking food security strategies in an interconnected world ( abstract )
09:45
Land access and sustainable agriculture in Italy: policies and initiatives in times of neoliberalism ( abstract )
09:00-10:30 Session 5F: WG11 - Urban agriculture II. Grass-root initiatives and community gardens

Contested urban land-use models

Location: Aula 15
09:00
Agroecology in the city: urban gardens for an agroecological transition ( abstract )
09:15
urban community gardens - here to stay? ( abstract )
09:30
Scope of urban agriculture to combat the food challenges in Dhaka city ( abstract )
09:45
The contribution of community food gardens to food sovereignty in Johannesburg, South Africa ( abstract )
10:00
Sustainable management of green space in the city-region of Vigo (Galicia, Spain) ( abstract )
09:00-10:30 Session 5G: WG13 - Care Farming/Social Farming in more resilient societes

Knowledge and transition

Location: Aula 5
09:00
Development of the Finnish Green Care concept and action: towards a definition ( abstract )
09:15
Social farming and social innovation in the perspective of new rural policies ( abstract )
09:30
Social farming practices to promote social-ecological sustainability in rural areas ( abstract )
09:45
The right concept in the wrong place? The Interrelationship between Care Farming and Social Capital ( abstract )
09:00-10:30 Session 5H: WG14 - Rural tourism (agri-tourism) and changing urban demands

Rural Tourism offer and demand

Location: Aula 19
09:00
Pedagogical rural tourism promoting the multifunctionality of agriculture: analysis of three experiences developed in Brazil ( abstract )
09:15
Territorial framework and agritourism practice in the northern Salento (Apulia region, Italy) ( abstract )
09:30
The demand for Italian Agritourism ( abstract )
09:00-10:30 Session 5I: WG19 - Food Security: Meanings, Practices and Policies

Food Security Policies: international experiencies

Location: Aula 11
09:00
Outlook for the purchase food program (PAA) in one the county of the Northeast of Brazil ( abstract )
09:15
Food and farming meanings: reconnection between producers and consumers in a food security policy ( abstract )
09:30
The Double Pyramid of the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition: a tool for informing consumer choice and promoting sustainable food consumption ( abstract )
09:00-10:30 Session 5J: WG20 - Revolutionary solutions for local food systems

Social innovation in local food systems: methods, tools and needs

Location: Aula 20
09:00
Revolutionary solutions for local food systems ( abstract )
09:15
Introduction to EIP-AGRI Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability ( abstract )
09:30
Short Food Chains as Revolutionary Solution ( abstract )
09:00-10:30 Session 5K: WG24 - Revaluing institutional food procurement

Enabling Environments and sustainable public food procurement: Institutional procurement Complexities - Integrating levels, scales and practices 

Location: Aula 4
09:00
Institutional food procurement programmes – An inclusive business model for linking smallholders to local value chains ( abstract )
09:15
PRESENT INNOVATIVE ASPECTS IN THE CURRENT PUBLIC POLICY OF AGRICULTURE FOOD PROCUREMENT OF THE BRAZILIAN FAMILY ( abstract )
09:30
Dynamics of the National School Feeding Programme at state schools in the city of Santa Maria-RS ( abstract )
09:45
The Organic Farming Strategy in Vorarlberg. Towards a socio-ecological transformation? ( abstract )
09:00-10:30 Session 5L: WG22 - Food System Transitions: Cities and the Strategic Management of Food Practices
Location: Aula 14
09:00
Food System Transitions: Cities and the Strategic Management of Food Practices ( abstract )
09:15
Potentialities of practice-oriented sustainable food planning. An analysis of spatial food practices in Amsterdam and Berlin. ( abstract )
09:30
Urban strategies and practices for agriculture and food: six Mediterranean case studies ( abstract )
09:45
The transition towards more sustainable diets. How can urban systems contribute to promoting more sustainable food practices? ( abstract )
10:00
City Food Policies - How cities can foster the necessary change of paradigm of our food system ( abstract )
09:00-10:30 Session 5M: WG17 - Civic agriculture for an urbanizing society: production models, consumption practices and forms of governance

Re-conceptualizing agriculture and food as commons

Location: Aula 16
09:00
Urban food gardening: an analysis from a theoretical and empirical perspective ( abstract )
09:15
Peasant Economics in the Twenty-First Century: building a ”polis” in the wild ( abstract )
09:30
Shared and relational activities in civic agriculture: towards a non –individualistic conception of well – being ( abstract )
09:45
Localization of food production in a rurban society: A case study of the role of facebook networks in Kerala, India ( abstract )
10:30-11:00Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Session 6B: WG6 - Transition approaches

System oriented papers

Location: Aula 18
11:00
Dynamics of transitions: differentiated analysis and interventions for different institutional frameworks ( abstract )
11:15
Transition: enhancing collective action over diverse stakeholder communities ( abstract )
11:30
Chilean Agricultural Entrepreneurs and Free Trade Agreements ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 6C: WG2 - Short food supply chains (regional products; farmers’ markets; collective farmers’ marketing initiatives; alternative food networks; CSA)

Building New Links between Producers & Consumers: Non-European Experiences

Location: Aula 21
11:00
East Asian ’model’ of local food?: key features and implications ( abstract )
11:15
Tendencies on the Brazilian local food movements: an analysis on Collaborative Purchasing Systems ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 6D: WG5 - Entrepreneurial skills and competences, knowledge and innovation systems and new learning arrangements

New entrepreneurial learning arrangements

Location: Aula 16
11:00
Between individual and collective entrepreneurship: how to puzzle out rural entrepreneurship? ( abstract )
11:15
The LEADER Initiative in Apulia Region: a way for smarting the rural-urban relationships? ( abstract )
11:30
Relationships between Regional Innovation Systems and Dynamic entrepreneurial eco-systems: an explorative analysis ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 6E: WG7 - Regional branding and local agrifood systems: strategies, governance, and impacts

Effects of Geographical Indications protection

Location: Aula 3
11:00
Geographical indications economic impacts: a methodology to assess well established cases over the world ( abstract )
11:15
Geographical Indication as a tool to strengthen sociotechnical quality niches. The case of Corsican clementine. ( abstract )
11:30
Can Localized Agri-Food System be a relevant policy to cope with market liberalization? Evidence from France dairy products market ( abstract )
11:45
The denomination Gruyère : a heritage to share ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 6F: WG9 - Land-use transformations

Forces for change in agriculture: environmental regulation, consumption and policy responses

Location: Aula 22
11:00
"Contesting climate change policies": stakeholders, climate change and land-use transformations in the south-coast region of Jalisco state in western Mexico ( abstract )
11:15
Assessing the effectiveness of alternative designs of greening measures. The case of Tuscany region. ( abstract )
11:30
Strategic Environmental Assessment potential in addressing environmental challenges for rural development and planning ( abstract )
11:45
Countryside consumption as a new driver of food production – transition in land use strategies spreading in Southern Europe ( abstract )
12:00
Crop production areas replaced with vacation houses ( abstract )
12:15
Analysis of spatial patterns and driving factors of farmland loss: the case of Ghent, Belgium ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 6G: WG10 - Urban agriculture I. Urban agriculture and Urban Food Strategies: Processes, Planning, Policies and Potential to Reconnect Society and Food

Framing and Interpreting of the Urban Agriculture Phenomena

Location: Aula 11
11:00
The Urban Agriculture Circle: A methodology to Understand the Benefits of Urban Agriculture ( abstract )
11:15
The economics of urban gardening - examples from London, Ljubljana and Milan ( abstract )
11:30
Urban Agriculture in Bangladesh: Current Scenario and Policy Options ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 6H: WG11 - Urban agriculture II. Grass-root initiatives and community gardens

Lifestyle and business networks

Location: Aula 15
11:00
Growing a lifestyle movement? Exploring identity-work and lifestyle politics in urban food cultivation ( abstract )
11:15
Grassroots versus business oriented short food chain models - competitors or partners? Evidences from Rome and Zurich ( abstract )
11:30
Bricolage, urban agriculture and multilingual trajectories of city dvelopment ( abstract )
11:45
Urban agriculture and community interaction in Pune, India ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 6I: WG12 - Urban agriculture III: Effects of UA. Urban agriculture: a potential tool for local and global food security, economic, social and environmental resilience, and community health and wellness
Location: Aula 14
11:00
Potential contribution of urban agriculture to local and global food security ( abstract )
11:15
Urban agriculture’s added values – Europe-wide spotlights on economic, social, cultural and landscape benefits ( abstract )
11:30
The Urban Agriculture, a New and Soft Solution for the Rurban Areas ( abstract )
11:45
Food self-provisioning between tradition and alternative – lessons from allotment gardens in Brno, Czech Republic ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 6J: WG13 - Care Farming/Social Farming in more resilient societes

EU territorial

Location: Aula 5
11:00
Social Farming in Catalonia. Rural local de-velopment and social integration of people at risk of social exclusion ( abstract )
11:15
Effectiveness of social farming for people with special needs and mental health challenges – the case of the SoFAB Project in Ireland and Northern Ireland ( abstract )
11:30
The Social Farm Network for the promotion of a new relationship between agriculture, economy and society ( abstract )
11:45
Social/Care Farming in the making: Hungarian experiences ( abstract )
12:00
The role of a territorial network in front of the economic pressures on the French social farming model ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 6K: WG19 - Food Security: Meanings, Practices and Policies

Urban Food Security practices: urban agriculture, street food and foof justice

Location: Aula 19
11:00
Geographies of urban food commons & justice ( abstract )
11:15
Counteracting food deserts. The role of street food vending in reinvigorating previously underserved urban spaces ( abstract )
11:30
Food Security and Multidimensional Linkage between Poor Urban Consumers and Nearby Agriculture: Towards a New Definition of Food Justice ( abstract )
11:45
Les aliments dans la rue et la sécurité alimentaire des populations urbaines en Afrique sub-saharienne: le cas du Chad ( abstract )
12:00
Threats for latent exposure to chemical food contaminants: a dilemma of urban agriculture in Uganda ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 6L: WG20 - Revolutionary solutions for local food systems

Community based solutions I: welfare needs

Location: Aula 20
11:00
Crisis as a challenge to create new economic and social value for rural communities: the experience of social farming promoted by Coldiretti Torino and Diaconia Valdese ( abstract )
11:15
“Garden of Knowledge" - Strategic Project to Support Low Income Families, Braga, Portugal ( abstract )
11:30
La Nuova Arca: a new model of community life and civic agriculture ( abstract )
11:45
Multifunctionality in a vegetable garden ( abstract )
12:00
Barikamà: resistance trough food ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 6M: WG24 - Revaluing institutional food procurement

Up scaling Institutional Food Procurement: Pathways and barriers

Location: Aula 4
11:00
The contribution of local agrifood systems in food policies of cities ( abstract )
11:15
Socio-technical innovation in university procurement of sustainable local food: the role of “infrastructure of the middle” in sustainability transition ( abstract )
11:30
The Urban Agriculture conquering the school food institutional market in Belo Horizonte/MG/BR. The Productive Garden experience in the period 2010-2015 ( abstract )
11:45
Evaluation of the Ecuadorian School Feeding Program as a promoting heathy local food production public policy ( abstract )
12:30-14:00Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session 7: Plenary keynotes lectures (2)
Location: Aula Magna (Great Hall 1)
14:00
Entrenching food policy in cities: how it looks from the trenches ( abstract )
14:45
The path to the perfect food ( abstract )
15:30-16:00Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Session 8B: WG6 - Transition approaches

System oriented papers - Actors oriented papers

Location: Aula 18
16:00
The Social Construction of Space in Urban Agriculture ( abstract )
16:15
Importance of action labs to transform the agri-food chain towards sustainability: evidence from Flanders ( abstract )
16:30
Regional Open Innovation Roadmapping (ROIR) - Application and evaluation of a participatory approach that integrates stakeholders into the development of regional innovations ( abstract )
16:45
Transition from Conventional to Organic Farming ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 8C: WG2 - Short food supply chains (regional products; farmers’ markets; collective farmers’ marketing initiatives; alternative food networks; CSA)

Alternative Food Networks Examined via Cases

Location: Aula 21
16:00
Solidarity Purchase Groups, the aggregation model for local food distribution. First results of a direct study in Marche. ( abstract )
16:15
An urban CSA in Ireland: model description, relationship with the wider agri-food industry and introductory exploration of its impact on the community ( abstract )
16:30
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA); a model for idealists? – How to find producers and consumers interested in CSA in Sweden ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 8D: WG3 - Economic impact at the farm level

Multifunctional business models

Location: Aula 22
16:00
Introduction Working Group 3 - Economic impact at the farm level ( abstract )
16:15
Comparison of urban agricultural business models – empiric study on Italian and German cases studies ( abstract )
16:30
Short chain approach and family farms: from acknowledgement to capacity building. The case of Alessandria Province ( abstract )
16:45
Understanding determinants of adoption of direct selling strategy among Tuscany farmers ( abstract )
17:00
An evaluation of investment in Agritourism: a case study of Puglia Region ( abstract )
17:15
Options for promoting farm cooperation in water use and its economic impact ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 8E: WG5 - Entrepreneurial skills and competences, knowledge and innovation systems and new learning arrangements

Rural/Urban entrepreneurial knolwledge exchange

Location: Aula 16
16:00
Local cultures and global discourses in emerging rurality ( abstract )
16:15
Barriers and opportunities for entrepreneurial wetland farmers in Zambia ( abstract )
16:30
Feminization of agriculture in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region - Emerging challenges and risks to women farmers ( abstract )
16:45
Empowerment of Women in Agricultural Extension ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 8F: WG7 - Regional branding and local agrifood systems: strategies, governance, and impacts

Geographical indications and the market

Location: Aula 3
16:00
Consumers’ buying intention and willingness to pay for PDO and PGI products in large retail chains. Results from a direct survey in Italy ( abstract )
16:15
Impact of Spanish big retailers strategies on Protected denominations of origin of olive oils ( abstract )
16:30
Branding products initiatives in LDCs trough GIs: the case of the Kampot Pepper in Cam-bodia and the Harenna Coffe in Ethiopia ( abstract )
16:45
Essential Packaging for Appellations of Origin ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 8G: WG8 - Food systems and spatial planning. Towards a reconnection?
Location: Aula 6
16:00
Food systems and spatial planning. Towards a reconnection? ( abstract )
16:15
Sustainable Productive Landscape in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area: Towards an analysis on different scales ( abstract )
16:30
Towards fundamental new urban planning for productive cities: the quest for space ( abstract )
16:45
Characterizing peri-urban farming spaces. A methodology for urban planning. ( abstract )
17:00
Szentendre Eco Island in the Commuter-belt of Budapest, Hungary ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 8H: WG10 - Urban agriculture I. Urban agriculture and Urban Food Strategies: Processes, Planning, Policies and Potential to Reconnect Society and Food

Examples of Urban Agriculture Policies Worldwide

Location: Aula 11
16:00
There is no urban food policy. Frames of food in Swiss policies ( abstract )
16:15
Feeding spatial planning. Rethinking agriculture as an integral part of the (policies of) city/region ( abstract )
16:30
Building local food governance. The pathway towards an integrated food strategy in the Pisa province. ( abstract )
16:45
Urban Agriculture in Lisbon Metropolitan Area; from conflicts to politics ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 8I: WG11 - Urban agriculture II. Grass-root initiatives and community gardens

Urban gardening: functionalities

Location: Aula 15
16:00
What unique features can university community gardens offer an ‘alternative’ food system? ( abstract )
16:15
Comparative study on urban community gardening in Central Eastern Europe ( abstract )
16:30
Urban Agriculture between governments dynamics and local collective actions: the multiscales community gardens experiences of Brazil ( abstract )
16:45
Garden as an edible place in city landscape ( abstract )
17:00
Implementing urban composting in periurban areas and small towns ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 8J: WG12 - Urban agriculture III: Effects of UA. Urban agriculture: a potential tool for local and global food security, economic, social and environmental resilience, and community health and wellness
Location: Aula 14
16:00
Healing garden or gardening? Data from the Perceived Restorativeness Scale. ( abstract )
16:15
Sustainable urban agriculture in Quito, Ecuador ( abstract )
16:30
Non-market food provisioning via home gardens and communal sharing in Satoyama socio-ecological production landscapes of Japan ( abstract )
16:45
Motivations and environmental practices of urban gardeners – the cases of Ljubljana, London and Milan ( abstract )
17:00
Food production in a highly urbanized environment: the case of Singapore ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 8K: WG13 - Care Farming/Social Farming in more resilient societes

Cooperation and LDC

Location: Aula 5
16:00
Social Farming and social protection in developing countries in the perspective of sustainable rural development ( abstract )
16:15
Analysing social farming initiatives in developing countries: a case study from the Ivory Coast ( abstract )
16:30
Developing a social farming project in Suriname ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 8L: WG19 - Food Security: Meanings, Practices and Policies

Spatializing Food Security: Cities and Rural-urban linkages

Location: Aula 19
16:00
The contribution of local food systems to healthy diets: a case study from the City of Rome ( abstract )
16:15
Urban-rural linkages and their future: impacts on agriculture, diets and food security ( abstract )
16:30
Good food improves citizens' health ( abstract )
16:45
New culture of the territory for food security in the Mediterranean region ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 8M: WG20 - Revolutionary solutions for local food systems

Community based solutions II: different needs (envoronment, food, knowledge)

Location: Aula 20
16:00
Organic Solid Waste Local Management: Analysis of a Community Model and Contributions to Urban Agriculture ( abstract )
16:15
The Food Council of Pisa ( abstract )
16:30
Il Papavero: the butterfly laboratory and the ‘financial’ strength of solidarity economy. ( abstract )
16:45
URBAN FRUIT Fruits and orchards as local practices for new forms of public participation and urban space. The experience in Rome ( abstract )
17:00
Food education at school ”Add a seat at table” ( abstract )
16:00-17:30 Session 8P: WG25 - Postharvest Aspects of Local Food Supply Chains of Urban Centres
Location: Aula 7
16:00
Reducing postharvest produce losses for local growers through the implementation of high tunnel systems ( abstract )
16:15
Minor Horticultural crop diffusion through minimal processing ( abstract )
16:30
Cooperative products in local urban food supply chains: the case study of milk in Greece ( abstract )
16:45
Review of postharvest aspects of fruits and vegetables subsector in Uzbekistan ( abstract )
19:30-22:00Conference Dinner
Wednesday, September 16th

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09:00-10:30 Session 9: Plenary keynotes lectures (3)
Location: Aula Magna (Great Hall 1)
09:00
Agroecology an ethics of life ( abstract )
10:30-11:00Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Session 10B: WG6 - Transition approaches

Actors oriented papers

Location: Aula 18
11:00
Animal welfare driven systems innovation in the pork chain ( abstract )
11:15
Transition pathways in participatory plant breeding programs: a farm-level analysis ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 10C: WG3 - Economic impact at the farm level

Adaptation and diversification strategies

Location: Aula 22
11:00
Characteristic business models of urban agriculture – contextualizing a literature review with statistic-based findings from Metropolis Ruhr, Germany ( abstract )
11:15
Does the multifunctional agriculture contribute to the farm family income? An analysis based on FADN survey. ( abstract )
11:30
Study of farmers adaptation to urbanization and their capability to develop multifunctional peri-urban agriculture ( abstract )
11:45
Agriculture multifunctionality: rhetoric or tool analysis of rural development ? ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 10D: WG7 - Regional branding and local agrifood systems: strategies, governance, and impacts

Geographical Indications and collective action

Location: Aula 3
11:00
Questioning on collective action and GI: the case of Picinisco PDO cheese ( abstract )
11:15
The public policies in favor of Geographical Indications in Morocco: Mental models, appropriation by the actors, and impact on innovation and local dynamics ( abstract )
11:30
Stages of innovation for adopting differential quality in olive-oil geographical indications ( abstract )
11:45
Collective action milieus for coffee growers in Colombia and Thailand ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 10E: WG8 - Food systems and spatial planning. Towards a reconnection?
Location: Aula 6
11:00
Diagnosis and Strategies for Periurban Agriculture in Beirut ( abstract )
11:15
Is a combination of crop and livestock production profitable and supporting sustainability at regional level? ( abstract )
11:30
Justice issues in farmland protection policies on the urban fringe: a barrier to a more efficient integration of food systems in urban planning? ( abstract )
11:45
New forms of agricultures in the sprawl as vector of “productive landscape” ( abstract )
12:00
Land use and balance between the cities and the country, the case of Lombardia ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 10F: WG12 - Urban agriculture III: Effects of UA. Urban agriculture: a potential tool for local and global food security, economic, social and environmental resilience, and community health and wellness
Location: Aula 14
11:00
Turning urban waste into an economic asset for urban and peri-urban farming in Sri Lanka ( abstract )
11:15
Involvement in organic urban agriculture: enabling further steps towards sustainability ( abstract )
11:30
Urban gardens in the city in crisis. Insights from Sevilla (Spain) ( abstract )
11:45
Designing Urban Organic Agriculture for Sustainable Food Systems in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal ( abstract )
12:00
Agricultural Waste Utilization and Demand for Municipal Waste Compost: Evidences from Smallholder Urban Farmers in Ethiopia ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 10G: WG19 - Food Security: Meanings, Practices and Policies

Food security practices: focusing on households and consumers

Location: Aula 19
11:00
Perception of household food insecurity among pastoral and agropastoral communities in the cattle corridor of Uganda ( abstract )
11:15
Food Security of Stakeholders from Upland and Lowland Communities ( abstract )
11:30
Changes in food consumption of urban and rural populations in Poland ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 10H: WG20 - Revolutionary solutions for local food systems

Technical solutions

Location: Aula 20
11:00
The evolution of urban gardens in Puglia into a revolutionary multifunctional context ( abstract )
11:15
Innovating land's access conditions to rescue a threatened heritage: the project "Adopt a terrace in the Brenta Valley" ( abstract )
11:30
Agroforestry for increasing production, income generation and better environment ( abstract )
11:45
Enhancing direct access to food for favela residents: how the FoodRoof supports them to grow their own healthy food ( abstract )
12:00
Offline mobile apps for farmers in regional language ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 10I: WG21 - Urban forestry, Green infrastructure
Location: Aula 21
11:00
The important of Urban Trees and Information Systems (UTIS) Model Approach ( abstract )
11:15
The Aniene River. A Greenway between Roma and Tivoli ( abstract )
11:30
URBAN GREEN AND URBAN AGRICULTURE: A NATURAL ALLIANCE ( abstract )
11:45
Urban Forests in Senigallia: a project from Green Masterplan ( abstract )
11:00-12:30 Session 10J: WG25 - Postharvest Aspects of Local Food Supply Chains of Urban Centres
Location: Aula 7
11:00
Scrutinizing Visual Quality Assessment of Fresh Produce as an Entry Point toward Strengthening Local Food Systems ( abstract )
11:15
Constructing sustainable ‘qualities’ for local food systems in developing countries: The case of the Songhai Center in Benin. ( abstract )
11:30
Changing aspects of urban postharvest systems in Tanzania and Malawi ( abstract )
12:30-14:00Lunch
15:00-16:30 Session 11: Round table Food security in an urbanizing society

Moderator: Makiko Taguchi. Participants: * Walter Belik (Brasil) * Erik Mathijs (Belgium) * Roberta Sonnino (UK) * Juliet Kiguli (Uganda) * Ye Jingzhong (China) * Richard Le Heron (New Zealand)

Location: Aula Magna (Great Hall 1)
16:30-17:30 Session 12: Prizegiving speech: International Award "Revolutionary solutions for local food systems" (free admission)

Introductory speech: * Pierre Rabhi (France) on Research, civil society and policies, their role in promoting innovation and its (rapid) spread. * Paola Scarpellini (Italy) Innovation brokerage and new paths for change: spaces of actions and barriers. Prizegiving speech: * Winners AiCARE Award 2015

Location: Aula Magna (Great Hall 1)
18:00-19:00Aperitif and Prize for the best scientific papers
Thursday, September 17th

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09:00-12:00 Session 13A: Debat: Food in the city in the International context. Institutions, organizations and other protagonists (free admission)

* Maurizio Martina (Italian Minister of Agriculture) to be confirmed.

* Gianluca Brunori (Scientific Committee) The Rome’s 2nd International Conference on Agriculture in an Urbanizing Society: emerging issues, questions and themes. Round table, participants: * Marta Leonori (Assessore Roma Produttiva e Città Metropolitana) * Andrea Calori (Milan Food Policy Team) * Luca Ruini (BCFN Food For Sustainable Growth) * Claudio Mazzini (Coop Italia) to be confirmed * Farmers’ Associations (Vincenzo Vizioli - AIAB Associazione Italiana per l'Agricoltura Biologica, Francesca Rocchi - Slow Food Italia, Secondo Scanavino - CIA Confederazione Italiana Agricoltori to be confirmed, David Granieri - Coldiretti), * International experiences (Camilo Lozano Torres - Universitá di Rio Grande do Sul Brasil, Heidrun Moschitz - FIBL Switzerland, Wayne Roberts - Chair Toronto Food Policy Council from 2000-2010).

* Nicola Zingaretti (President of Lazio Region)

Location: Aula Magna (Great Hall 1)