The future development of EU rural policy mechanisms
and the implications for livestock farming research
in the disadvantaged areas
LSIRD Workshop 23-24th May 1997 in Granada, Spain

       Final report in Word 6 format

INDIVIDUAL REPORTS

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SECTION 1: INFLUENCES ON POLICY DEVELOPMENT
1 World Trade Organisation negotiations
David Legg, NFU, London
2 European agri-environmental policy and the integrated development of less-favoured areas
Siegfried Bauer, University of Giessen
3 Rural development initiatives, the implications of the "Cork declaration"
Michel Blanc, INRA, Toulouse
4 Integration of new Eastern European member states
Mariusz Safin, Agricultural Policy Analysis Unit, MAFF, Warsaw
SECTION 2: DEVELOPMENTS IN LIVESTOCK RESEARCH
5 Current trends in animal production practices in Northern European systems
Tony Waterhouse, SAC, Stirling.
6 Current trends in animal production practices in Southern European systems
George Zervas, Agricultural University of Athens
7 Ascendant technologies in the milk/cheese sector
Jean-Paul Dubeuf, CIRVAL, Corsica
8 Training and cooperative research in the Mediterranean area, the role of CIHEAM
Dunixi Gabiña, IAM, Zaragoza, Spain
9 Sustainability of production systems under different conditions
Koldo Osoro CIATA, Villaviciosa, Spain
SECTION 3: THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
10 The role of livestock in rural development
Jim Phelan & Joseph Mannion, Dept. Rural Studies, Dublin
11 Priorities for development of sustainable livestock systems in Spain
Javier Martínez Vassallo, INIA, Spain
12 Diversification of rural/agricultural activity
Martine François, GRET, France
13 Tools available from socioeconomic, livestock and environmental research
to guide policy development in European less-favoured areas
Javier Calatrava, Granada
14 Research priorities for livestock production and rural development in the Montados Systems in Portugal
Manuel Belo Moreira and Inocêncio Seita Coelho