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Socio-economic and Cultural Values of Farm Animal Breeds

NordGen-Nordic Genetic Resource Center organised in collaboration with the Agricultural University of Iceland and MTT Agrifood Research Finland a scientific workshop on socio-economic and cultural values of farm animal breeds. The workshop was held in Reykjavik Iceland on the 7-9th of September 2011. The aims of the Workshop were to strengthen and develop national and regional policies in the conservation and sustainable use of animal genetic resources, to increase the collaboration and networking between stakeholders and to identify new relevant and innovative topics for future research and development projects.

2011, September NordGen’s Workshop on Socio-economic and Cultural Values of Farm Animal Breeds, Reykjavik, Iceland

The workshop program was implemented in four sessions: 1) Human-animal relationships, 2) Conservation of endangered farm animal breeds in the frame of sustainable development, 3) Methodological approaches to value farm animals and local breeds and 4) Conservation policies and practices. There were five invited speakers. In addition an open call to submit abstracts to the Workshop was launched. The workshop themes were discussed also in working groups. In addition, an excursion was organised.

The Workshop was financed by
GENOMIC-RESOURCES Research Networking Programme of European Science Foundation  and NordGen – Nordic Genetic Resource Centre
 
Kantanen, Juha and Lund, Benedicte (eds). Proceedings of Workshop on Socio-economic and Cultural Values of Farm Animal Breeds; 7-9 August 2011, Reykjavik, Iceland. Nordic Genetic Resource Center, Aas, Norway. The Proceedings can be found here>> .

Presentations at the Workshop can be found here:

Session l: Human-animal relationships

Opening  (Director of NordGen Árni Bragason)
Introduction to the Workshop themes  (Katriina Soini)
Ten thousand years of coevolution  (Juha Kantanen)
A Country Built on Milk . Thousand years of domestic animal history in Iceland (Árni Daníel Júlíusson)
Key note I: The ambiguous boundaries between the wild and the domestic  (Karl Benediktsson)
Cattle, reindeer and horse: the wild and domestic in Northern Siberia  (Sakha Republic – Yakutia) (Emilie Maj)
Animals in the changing society –domestic animals in Finland from Bronze Age onwards  (Auli Tourunen)
Compassion in livestock keeping  (Hilde Buer)

Session II: Conservation of endangered farm animal breeds in the frame of sustainable development

Key note II: Ecosocial approach: systems and diversity in society and ecology  (Leo Granberg)
Genetic Resources and the Values of ex situ conservation  (Sakari Tamminen)
Dairy production or suckler cow production  – what is the most future oriented production system for traditional dairy breeds? (Nina Sæther)
Supporting local breed conservation trough the linkage with traditional products  (Valerio Bondesan)

Session III: Methodological approaches to value farm animals and local breeds

Key note III: Socio-cultural approach: A typology on farmers raising local breeds  (Katriina Soini)
Key note IV: Socio-economic approaches in the conservation of farm animal genetic resources  (Eija Pouta)
Exploring SWOT analysis to identify strategies for conservation and development of local cattle breeds  (Daniel Martin-Collado)
A case study: The Icelandic Cattle  (Dadi Mar Kristofersson and Emma Eythorsdottir)

Session IV: Conservation policies and practices

Key note V: Story-telling on Farmer’s Markets: How consumer alliances and direct sales can strengthen local breeds  (Aina Bartman)
How research can enhance the utilization of local farm animal breeds in food markets ? A case study of native cattle breeds in Finland (Tuomo Tupasela)
Importance of Zackel sheep breeds in development of Pirot and Chiprovtsi Kilim brand in the Stara Planina region  (Sergej Ivanov)

Responsible:  Magdalena Svärdh