Managing Organic Agriculture in the Mediterranean: Key Success

Managing Organic Agriculture in the Mediterranean: Key Success

Managing Organic Agriculture in
the Mediterranean: Key Success
Factors for Market Development
In collaboration with EKOLOJI Izmir
FUAR IZMIR / Turkey, 28 to 29 April 2016
PROGRAM
(Online Registration: (LINK )
Thursday, 28 April 2017
10:00
registration & welcome tea
28 April - DAY 1
10:30 Opening Session Welcome notes

Zafer Göynügür, President ETO

Elisabeth Rüegg, Coordinator German-Turkish Bilateral Cooperation - Organic Agriculture

Dr. Ali Kemal Öztürk, Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock Ankara
11:00 Session 1 Farming strategies
1.
Moderation: Prof. Ahmet Altindisli
Charikleia Minotou, President IFOAM
Organic agriculture in the Mediterranean
AgriBioMediterraneo
Panel discussion:

Dr. Emre Bilen, Atatürk Horticultural Central Research Institute, Yalova – research and development

Martien Lankester, executive director Avalon Foundation, The Netherlands – international relations
 Dr. Ali Kemal Öztürk, Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock, Ankara – policies and government
initiatives
12:30
lunch break
13:30 Session 2 Marketing solutions I
2.
Dr. Thomas Bernet, Market Development &
Market Chain Management Department of
International Cooperation Research Institute of
Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland
Moderation: Atila Ertem
Successful business development in the organic
sector
Panel discussion:

Mustafa Can Zaimoğlu, owner MEANDMUESLI Gıda Ltd., Istanbul – entrepreneurship & national
market development

Arzu Karaarslan, project associate GAP RDA/ Organic Agriculture Cluster Project (OAC), Sanliurfa –
branding and capacity building for marketing

Nergis Büyükkınacı , deputy secretary general EGE Ihracatci Birlikleri, Izmir – trade promotion
15:00
tea break
15:30 Session 3 Best-practice I
3.
Moderation: Atila Ertem
Elisabeth Rüegg, project coordinator
Best-practice results & experiences in the organic
sector from Turkey
German-Turkish Cooperation – Organic
Agriculture, Izmir
Panel discussion:
 Zafer Göynügür, ETO president, Izmir – ETO as a service provider to the organic sector

Dr. Aysen Vural, Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock (TAGEM), Ankara – organic research
 Mustafa Akyüz, general manager ETKO, Izmir – organic integrity
16:30
end of day 1
Friday, 29 April 2017
09:45
Summary of day 1
10:00 Session 4 Market solutions II
4.
Moderation: Dr. Emre Bilen
Organic food & the consumer: evidence from research
Prof. Raffaele Zanoli, full professor
Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy
11:00 Session 5 Education and extension
5.
Moderation: Dr. Emre Bilen
Günesin Aydemir, co-president Buğday
The importance of public awareness for ecology
Association, Istanbul
Panel discussion:

Akin Kayandan, agricultural production manager – farmer trainings and advise
 Dr. Şule Azak, EGE University, Izmir – consumer behavior
 Ümit Evren , ETO-CAOP project coordinator, Izmir – consumer issues
 Martien Lankester, Avalon Foundation, The Netherlands – international relations
12:00
Tea break
12:30 Session 6 Best-practice II
6.
Moderation: Prof. Ibrahim Duman
Gürsel Tonbul, owner and general manager
Yerlim Organik Ürünler Ltd.
The innovation & leadership force of bestpractice performance
Panel discussion:

Ahmet Şerif İzgören, Yılın En Başarılı Organik Çiftçisi , Ankara

Gökçe Suner, Yılın En Başarılı Organik Çiftçisi, İzmir

Hüseyin Solak, Yılın En Başarılı Organik Çiftçisi, Adana

Nazan & İbrahim Kurtan, Yılın En Başarılı Organik Çiftçisi, İstanbul
13:30
Turkish – English translation will be provided
FiBL/ETO/ZK: 21.04.2016
Wrap-up & end of meeting