Wednesday 7th October 2009
8h00 Registration
8h30 Welcome
Eric Mosimann (ACW) "Welcome and programme"
Philippe Grobety (Syndic Ormont-Dessus) “Bienvenue aux Diablerets”
Frédéric Brand (Service de l’agriculture Vaud) “Bienvenue dans le Canton de Vaud”
François Pythoud (OFAG) "Swiss collaboration in Mountain areas"
9h10 Introduction
Alain Peeters (Belgium) "Assessment and outlook of the FAO/CIHEAM Network on Pastures and Fodder Crops"
Christian Flury (Switzerland) "AgriMontana – Agriculture’s Contribution to Sustainable development in Mountain Areas"
10h00 Coffe break
10h20 Session 1: transnational and multidisciplinary research programmes
Chairperson: Giuseppe Parente (Italy)
Oral communications
John Williams (France) "COST as a tool for facilitating collaborative research"
Jean Gault (FAO) "Interregional analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of policies, institutions and processes for SARD in mountain regions"
Maria Yiakoulaki (Greece) "Presentation of Geomatics in the Assessment and Sustainable Management of Mediterranean Rangelands (GeoRange)-EU-project results"
Erich Pötsch (Austria) "Semi-natural grassland as a source of biodiversity"
Marco Meisser (Switzerland) “PASTO: Managing an interdisciplinary project and facilitating results transfer”
12h30 Lunch (maison des congrès)
14h00 Posters Session 1
15h00 Discussion Session 1
15h30 Session 2: fodder production adapted to the environment (1st part)
Chairperson: Bernard Jeangros (Switzerland)
Oral communications
Dominique Orth (France) "Links between forage systems, practices and biodiversity: an approach in a PDO cheese area in French mountains"
Mathilde Piquet (France) “Role of the between-plot plant functional diversity in uplands dairy farmsl”
16h20 Coffee break
16h40 Oral communications
Joaquin Bedia (Spain) "Productivity and plant diversity are related to a community functional signature in mountain grasslands”
Veronica Sărăţeanu (Romania) “Approaches on the biodiversity changes of undergrazed permanent grassland from Semenic Mountains”
Teodor Marusca (Romania) "Integrated researches about the role of liming on sub alpine pastures from Carpathians mountains”
17h40 Discussion
18h20 Introduction to the workshop
Eric Mosimann (Switzerland)
19h00 Aperitif offered by the Commune Ormont-Dessus
20h30 Dinner (Hotel Le Chamois)
Thursday 8th October 2009
8h30 Workshop
W1 Biodiversity, grazing selection and dietary characteristics
Ann Noderhaug (Norway) and Giampiero Lombardi (Italy)
W2 Livestock and grassland characteristics
Maria Yiakoulaki (Greece) and Erich Pötsch (Austria)
W3 Characteristics of high quality MDM products
Ian Richardson (United Kingdom) and Florian Leiber (Switzerland)
W4 Sociological analysis of MDM production and marketing
Maya Stoykova (Bulgaria)
W5 Transversal analysis and dissemination
Alain Peeters (Belgium)
10h00 Coffee break
10h30 Reporting of the five groups
11h30 Conclusion of the workshop
12h30 Lunch (maison des congrès)
13h30 Excursion to the “Pays d’Enhaut”
Meat production: families Guy et Michel Combremont in L’Etivaz
Dairy production: family Nicolas Henchoz in Château d’Oex
Co-operative of Mountain cheese producers Etivaz
18h00 Aperitif offered by the co-operative in L’Etivaz
19h00 Return to les Diablerets
20h30 Social evening with the Blue Spirit Band (maison des congrès)
Friday 9th October 2009
8h30 Session 2: fodder production adapted to the environment (2nd part)
Chairperson: Bernard Jeangros (Switzerland)
Oral communications
Paride D’Ottavio (Italy) “Carrying capacity of Brachypodium genuense dominated pasturelands assessed by different methods”
Rosario Fanlo (Spain) “Forage quality of Nardus stricta pasture from two Pyrenean valleys in Andorra”
9h20 Posters session 2
10h10 Coffee break
10h20 Discussions
11h00 Session 3: high quality animal products and landscapes stakes
Chairperson: Bruno Martin (France)
Oral communications
Simona Spada (Italy) “Effect of feeding system on growing lamb performance and on fatty acids meat content”
Mauro Coppa (Italy) “Cheese textural properties and fatty acids composition of milk from cows fed hay-based diet and mountain pasture managed under continuous or rotational grazing”
Gabriele Tornambè (Italy) “Comparing quality characteristics of Caciocavallo Palermitano cheese from traditional and intensive production systems”
12h30 Lunch (maison des congrès)
14h00 Oral communications
Bolette Bele (Norway) “Landscape qualities as a potential for alpine agriculture”
Florian Leiber (Switzerland) “Differences in spatial grazing behaviour of sheep and goats in a heterogeneous high alpine environment”
14h40 Coffee break
15h00 Posters session 3
15h40 Discussion session 3
16h10 Conclusions and perspectives
Chairperson: Eric Mosimann (Switzerland)
17h00 End of the congress
