INFLUENCES ON POLICY DEVELOPMENT

• World Trade Organisation negotiations
  David Legg, NFU, London
• European agri-environmental policy and the integrated development of less-favoured areas
  Siegfried Bauer, University of Giessen
• Rural development initiatives, the implications of the "Cork declaration"
  Michel Blanc, INRA, Toulouse
• Integration of new Eastern European member states
  Mariusz Safin, Agricultural Policy Analysis Unit, MAFF, Warsaw
  

DEVELOPMENTS IN LIVESTOCK RESEARCH

• Current trends in animal production practices in Northern European systems
  Tony Waterhouse, SAC, Stirling.
• Current trends in animal production practices in Southern European systems
  George Zervas, Agricultural University of Athens
• Ascendant technologies in the milk/cheese sector
  Jean-Paul Dubeuf, CIRVAL, Corsica
• Training and cooperative research
  Dunixi Gabiña, IAM, Zaragoza, Spain
• Sustainability of production systems under different conditions
  Koldo Osoro CIATA, Villaviciosa, Spain

THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH

• The role of livestock in rural development
  Jim Phelan & Joseph Mannion, Dept. Rural Studies, Dublin
• Priorities for development of sustainable livestock systems in Spain
  Javier Martínez Vassallo, INIA, Spain
• Diversification of rural/agricultural activity
  Martine François, GRET, France
• Tools available from socioeconomic, livestock and environmental research
  to guide policy development in European less-favoured areas
  Javier Calatrava, Granada
  

THE GAPS IN KNOWLEDGE - INTEGRATING LIVESTOCK RESEARCH WITH POLICY OBJECTIVES
Workshop session to agree concluding points

WORKSHOP STRUCTURE

1 day talks. Each talk 5mins plus 15-20mins discussion, 1 day field trip.

REPORT

1000-1500 words from each author plus joint paper of workshop conclusions

PARTICIPANTS

12 Speakers plus others - about 20 total