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Dr. Ferry Leenstra
Wageningen UR Livestock Research
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8200 AB Lelystad
The Netherlands
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First LowInputBreeds Symposium on Ethical Consideration in Livestock Breeding
First LowInputBreeds Symposium on Ethical Consideration in Livestock Breeding
March 15 and 16, 2011, Wageningen, The Netherlands
www.lowinputbreeds.org/symposium-2011.html
In Partnership with ECO-AB
European Consortium of Organic Animal Breeding ECO-AB
Report on the first LowInputBreeds Symposium
On March 15 and 16, 2011 the First LowInputBreeds Symposium on Ethical Consideration in Livestock Breeding was organized in cooperation with ECO AB, the European Consortium for Organic Animal Breeding in the Hof van Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Over 50 participants (researchers, policy makers and farmers) participated in plenary lectures, discussions and species specific workshops. Central theme in the symposium was: ‘low input, niche or model for future livestock production?’ with attention paid to ethical issues.
The programme including the abstracts and presentations of the papers presented are available on the symposium homepage.
Further information
- LowInputBreeds.org: Report about the first LowInputBreeds Symposium
- LowInputBreeds.org: Programme includinding presentations on the first LowInputBreeds Symposium