Emerging Technologies and the Development of
Agriculture
August 30th - September 1st 2016, Novi Sad, Serbia
Organizers
Serbian
Association of Agricultural Economists (SAAE) & Faculty of Economics,
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Novi Sad
Background
At the beginning of the 21st century, analysts have
started to raise concerns about the worldwide slowdown of agricultural supply
growth in the presence of a strong rising demand for food but also,
increasingly, for energy purposes. Hence, in the past decade the issue of
global food security has received increased scrutiny and various responses on
how to feed the world over the next 50 years have been proposed. One possible
response is to increase agricultural productivity in a sustainable way that is
increasing production while limiting negative impacts on natural resources and
the environment. Obviously developments in production technologies in
agriculture play a key role in this perspective.
To what extent will emerging technologies such as
biotechnology, green technologies or ICT contribute to agricultural
productivity growth and global food security? What will be the impact of these
emerging technologies at the farm level and in particular on land, labour and
capital? What will be the implications for farmers in terms of labour decisions,
education and information, for instance? How will the food supply chain as a
whole react to these changes in terms of organization, performance, etc.?
Finally, to what extent emerging technologies will affect the multifunctional
nature of agriculture and its role in rural development?
The seminar will consider contributions addressing any
of these issues.
Objectives
The main objective of the Seminar is to bring together
scholars, policy makers and professionals of the food supply chains who have
interest in topics related to emerging technologies in agriculture in order to:
i) Stimulate discussions, collaborations and future
research on the various topics addressed in the Seminar.
ii) Allow exchange of ideas, knowledge, and experiences
between participants with different backgrounds.
iii) Review and better evaluate the added value of emerging
agricultural technologies; take stock of the current experiences with the
concrete implementation of such technologies all around the world; gather
information on their observed or expected performances in terms of
productivity, sustainability and the multi-functionality of agriculture.
iv) Present new ideas and contributions on how to analyze
and measure the impact of emerging technologies on agricultural productivity,
the organization and performances of the whole supply chains and rural
development.
v) Identify opportunities, challenges, trade-offs related
to these emerging technologies, their impacts and their spill-over effects
across countries, in order to support decision-making by policy makers as well
as by agribusiness professionals.
Participants
Agricultural economists, professionals involved in
agribusiness, and policy makers are expected to attend and present their
theoretical and empirical papers on the themes of the Seminar. About 80 to 100
participants, including keynote speakers, oral paper presenters and poster
exhibitors, are expected to attend.
Keynote Speakers:
- Johan Swinnen, past-president of IAAE, University of Lueven (KUL),
Belgium
- Bernhard Brümmer,
University of Göttingen, Germany
- Koviljko Lovre, Faculty of Economics, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Upcoming Deadlines
- Deadline for submission of abstracts:
January 31,
2016 Deadline has passed
- Notification of
acceptance/rejection: March 15, 2016
- Deadline for submission
of full papers/posters: July 20, 2016
- Registration opens: June
1, 2016
- Deadline for
registration: July 30, 2016
You need to be a member of the EAAE before
registration. Otherwise your registration will not be accepted. EAAE membership
fees for the triennial period 2016-2018 are € 100. More information: www.eaae.org
Seminar registration fee (for members of the
EAAE): 200 €, for PhD students/research scholars: 100 €. Participation fees
include: two lunches, gala dinner, coffee breaks, excursion trip, CD
proceedings.
If there are any registration questions
please contact Žana Jugović–Bošković -
“Astakos”, Belgrade by calling +381 (0)11 2430685 or email questions to office@astakos.com
