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| Session 0Opening Session |
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| Club of Bologna President Opening Statement Danilo Monarca (President - Italy) |
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| Session 1Emerging Models for Mechanization in Africa (Chairman: Josse De Baerdemaeker (CoB Full Member) - Rapporteur: Xin Tian (Pellizzi Prize Winner '24) |
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REPORT / VIDEO |
| A World Bank Supported Centre of Excellence for Poultry Production (online presentation) Kokou Tona, (Lomé University - Togo) |
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| Mechanization Growth Patterns at Subnational Levels in Africa: Evidence from Nationally Representative Multi-Country Household Surveys Hiroyuki Takeshima (International Food Policy Research Institute, IFPRI) |
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| Agricultural Mechanization from Machine to Farming System Design Teatske Bakker (CIRAD - Benin), Pauline Pugeaux (CIRAD - Ivory Coast) |
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| Setting-Up and Maintaining a Mechanization Network in Africa Elisa Sassolini (NARDI srl - Italy) |
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| Session 1 Report Xin Tian (USA), Josse De Baerdemaeker (Belgium) |
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| Session 2Precision Equipment for Conservation Agriculture Chairman: Josef Kienzle (CoB Full Member) - Rapporteur: Viacheslav Adamchuk (CoB Full Member) |
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REPORT / VIDEO |
| Global Overview on Seeders, Planters, and Precision Technologies for Crop Establishment in Conservation Agriculture Theodor Friedrich (retired FAO Expert) |
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| Adaptive Research for Market and Business Development for Conservation Agriculture. Case Studies from Africa and South Asia Rabe Yahaya (International Rice Research Center, IRRI) |
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| Conservation Agriculture in North Africa: Adoption Pathways, Constraints, and Lessons from the Field Mohamed Jadloui (Mechanization team, FAO) |
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| Conservation Agriculture: Advanced Tllage Equipment Paolo Zama (President ASSOMAO, Italy) |
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| Session 2 Report Viacheslav Adamchuk (Canada), Josef Kienzle (FAO) |
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| Session 3SPECIALIZED MECHANIZATION: Smart Irrigation and Water Management Chairwoman: Dana Choi (CoB MC Member) - Rapporteur: Salah Sukkarieh (CoB Full Member) |
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REPORT / VIDEO |
| Water Management and Irrigation: a General Overview Diego Intrigliolo (Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación, CSIC-CIDE - Spain) |
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| Smart Irrigation Technologies Alex Donzelli (ASSOIDROTECH President - Italy) |
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| Use of Treated Waste Water Attilio Toscano (University Bologna - Italy) |
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| Session 3 Report Salah Sukkarieh (Australia), Dana Choi (USA) |
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| Session 4Closing Session |
PRESENTATION |
REPORT / VIDEO |
| Club of Bologna President Final statement Danilo Monarca (CoB President - Italy) |
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| Meeting Keynotes Extended Abstracts Marco Fiala (CoB Secretary General - Italy) | |
| Meeting Participants (Provisional List) Marco Fiala (CoB Secretary General - Italy) | |
| Meeting KEY-SENTENCES, empty .docx form. (Please, download the file, type your Key-Senteces and mail to chairmen and Session Rapporteurs). DEADLINE: 31 Dic 2026 Marco Fiala (CoB Secretary General - Italy) | |
| Subjects proposals for future meetings, empty .docx form. (Please, download the file, type your proposals and mail to Secretary General. DEADLINE: 31 Dec 2026 Marco Fiala (CoB Secretary General - Italy) | |
