Joint EGF-EUCARPIA Symposium 2019
EGF2019“Improving sown grasslands through breeding and management”
The EGF-EUCARPIA Symposium (20th EGF Symposium) was held in Zurich, Switzerland, from 24-27 June 2019 at ETH Zurich (see more on www.egfeucarpia2019.ch).
The Conference on „Improving sown grasslands through breeding and management” attracted a total of 270 participants from more than 33 different countries and both societies who experienced fruitful discussions and valuable interactions.
The first Joint EGF-EUCARPIA Symposium was a great success in every respect, regarding the scientific programme, the offered framework programme and opportunities for social exchange.
A summary of the EGF-EUCARPIA Symposium by Erich Pötsch (Austria) and E. Charlie Brummer (USA) can be downloaded below.
The European Grassland Federation EGF thanks the co-chairmen of the organising committee Andreas Lüscher and Roland Kölliker, and the co-chairs of the scientific committee Olivier Huguenin-Elie and Bruno Studer, and all their colleagues who were involved in the preparation of this Symposium on “Improving sown grasslands through breeding and management”.
The EGF-EUCARPIA Symposium 2019 was organised by …
- Agroscope (www.agroscope.ch)
- ETH Zurich (www.eth.ch/en.html)
- School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL (www.bfh.ch/hafl/en)
- Swiss Grassland Society AGFF (www.agff.ch)
- Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG (www.blw.admin.ch/blw/en/home.html)
… and supported by numerous sponsors (www.egfeucarpia2019.ch/index.php/sponsors).
