Agri-food systems in Europe and elsewhere often face conflicting incentives and signalsarising from markets and society, and need to make trade-offs. Sustainability advocacy groups are putting societal concerns like animal welfare, food safety, cultural heritage, food sovereignty, carbon footprint on the agenda of policy makers and stakeholders in the food value chain. However, there are many challenges to overcome, especially when more sustainable food systems face conflicting goals and households’ purchasing decisions are mainly price driven
Policy makers, therefore, face increasing challenges in balancing these concerns. The nature of challenges has changed over time with new technologies becoming available, with the ongoing innovation and transition to the biobased economy, with an increasing share of the population living in urban areas, and with many markets becoming global. Some of these changes are subtle as borders between rural and urban areas are gradually disappearing and cities are integrating agricultural activities within their boundaries. The EAAE scientific community is key to providing insights into the economic challenges and opportunities arising from the changing expectations and requirements from markets and society on agriculture. The XV EAAE Congress aims to foster discussion and interaction among scholars with representatives from business, society and policy agencies
The EAAE board has appointed the Programme Committee to organise the scientific programme of the Congress. The Local Organising Committee and the Programme Committee are striving to arrange a very stimulating and innovative Congress programme consisting oforganised sessions, organised panels, invited plenary presentations, contributed papers and poster as well as field trips
In particular, policy makers, societal stakeholders and agribusiness representatives shall contribute to the programme through organised panels which have an open format and do not require a scientific paper. Hopefully, the XV EAAE Congress in Parma will provide an interactive platform for researchers and representatives from non-academic institutions
CALL FOR PAPERS, ORGANISED SESSIONS AND POSTERS
Contributed papers and posters as well as organised sessions are welcomed from all fields of agricultural, food, environmental and rural economics, and related disciplines.
The deadlines for submission are:
- Contributed papers: January 31, 2017
- Organised sessions: March 15, 2017
- Organised panels: March 15, 2017
- Posters: April 1, 2017
Notification of acceptance:
- Contributed papers: April 14, 2017
- Organised sessions: April 21, 2017
- Organised panels: April 21, 2017
- Posters: April 21, 2017
Final versions of contributed papers and posters due: June 5, 2017
Contribution submission and registration will be managed through ConfTool Pro, via the Congress website, or – directly – at https://www.conftool.com/eaae2017/
Contributions templates and guidelines for submission are available on the website, in the “Submissions” section.