Agbidiversity conference
The AgroBiodiversity Ireland – Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Annual Conference (AgBioDiv2012) was held in the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) on Thursday the 9th February 2012.
This website has been archived, some basic information is available below. For more information email: AgroBiodiversity@nuigalway.ie
Overview
The AgBioDiv2012 Conference was held in the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) on the 9th February 2012.
The AgBioDiv2012 Conference aimed to network and showcase research
projects and initiatives in Ireland for the conservation and sustainable
use of genetic resources for food and agriculture.
It was planned that the AgBioDiv2012 Conference will be an Annual
Event to bring together people and initiatives in ireland which are
engaged in the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources for
food and agriculture.
The AgBiodiv2012 Conference is being held in the context of the
sustainable development challenges facing Ireland and aims to showcase
opportunities for the use of genetic resources in food and agriculture
that can enhance Ireland's food, agricultural and environmental
security.
The AgBiodiv2012 Conference underpins/ed ireland's national priorities,
in particular ireland's international committments under the Treaty on
Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Convention on
Biological Diversity, and also ireland's national priorities under the
Food Harvest 2020 initiative, the National Plant Conservation Strategy,
and the Biodiversity Knowledge Programme for Ireland.
Conference archive papers
Dr.
Marc Deletre (Natural History Museum, Paris): Marriage exchanges, seed
exchanges and the dynamics of manioc (cassava) diversity in Gabon.
Chrys
Gardiner (Irish Seed Savers Association): The Irish Seed Savers
Association's contribution to the conservation of plant genetic
resources in Ireland.
Dr.
Gerry Doherty (Dept of Agriculture, Food & the Marine): Role of the
Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in conserving Ireland's
genetic resources for food and agriculture.
Micheal Mac Giolla Coda (Galtee Bee Breeders Society): Conservation, Study and Improvement of the Dark European Honeybee.
Mary McGrath (Kerry Bog Pony Society): History, significance and conservation status of the Kerry Bog Pony.
Dr.
Una Fitzpatrick (National Biodiversity Data Centre): National
Biodiversity Data Centre - Supporting genetic resources conservation in
Ireland.
Dr.
Chikelu Mba (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations,
Rome): What have we learned from the 2nd State of the World's Plant
Genetic Resources?
Dr. Lorenzo Maggioni (Bioversity International, Rome): The European Cooperative System for Plant Genetic Resources.
Dr.
John Fennessy (Forest Sector Development Division DAFM/COFORD):
Conservation and sustainable use of forestry genetic resources in
Ireland
Pat
Fitzgerald (Fitzgerald Nurseries, Ireland): Conservation of plant
genetic resources, including ornamentals, in Ireland: A commercial
horticultural perspective.
Dr. Dawn Howard (TEAGASC Athenry): Conservation and Genetic Diversity of the Galway Sheep Breed.
Conor Gretsch (COHAB):The COHAB Initiative for Co-operation on Health and Biodiversity.
Dr. Gerry Douglas (Teagasc): Conservation and genetic improvement of hardwood trees
Dr
Judit Kelemen (Dept of Arts, Heritage & Gaeltacht): Conservation of
threatened plant species in agriculture through the Linnet Project
(Land Invested in Nature - National Eco-Tillage).
Dr.
Joanne Denyer (Botany and Plant Science, NUI Galway): Bryophyte
conservation in Ireland - Relevance to agriculture, forestry, food
production and sustainability
