PROGRAMME (click on the day you would like to see)

 

 

Monday, 24 August 2026

16:00–18:00

Registration desk is open at Gunpowder Cellar
18:00–20:00 Welcome reception at the Gunpowder Cellar (address: Lossi 38, Tartu GOOGLE MAPS)

 

 

Tuesday, 25 August 2026

08:00–20:00 Registration desk is open at the main building
09:00–10:00 Opening of the Congress
09:50–10:30 PLENARY SESSION  Eric Justes: TBD
10:30–11:00 Coffee break with group photo
11:00–12:15 INTERCROPPING CLIMATE CHANGE, STRESS AND RESILIENCE SPECIAL SESSION 2:
BIOLOGICAL NITRIFICATION INHIBITION
 
  Intercropping Decreases Plant Disease Incidence: A Global Meta-analysis
Wopke van der Werf
  Breeding-driven Phenology Shifts in German Wheat Show Climate Benefits
Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei
  Secondary Metabolites of Plantago lanceolata Shape Gross N Transformation Rates in Soil
Hanna Frick
 
  The Impact of Cereal-legume Intercropping on Yield and Nitrous Oxide Emissions
Kairsty Topp
  Interactive Effects of Biotic and Abiotic Stress on Cereal Yields in Germany (2005–2021)
Siham Khanfri
  The Effect of Nitrification Inhibitors on Crop Production in Germany – An Agronomic Evaluation
Cindy Seeling
 
  Effect of Nitrogen Management on Performance of Cereal–legume Intercropping: Findings from a European Experimental Network
Timothé Wantz
  Genotypic Variation in Winter Wheat Responses to Elevated CO₂: Evidence from Four Years of Field Experiments
Lorenz Kottmann
  Differential Biological Nitrification Inhibition Potential in Selected Service Crops
Aude Mancia
 
  East-west Row Orientation Increases Light Interception by the Shorter Crop in Strip Intercrops Comprising a Tall and Short Crop Species
Naoko Kawasak
  Trade-offs between Productivity and Sustainability in Innovative Cropping Systems with Soybean on a Sandy Soil in a Temperate Climate
Genis Simon-Miquel
  Nitrogen Fluxes in Urochloa-based Pasture Soils in the Northwestern Amazonia
Daniel M. Villegas
 
  Consumer Acceptability of Biscuits Made with Intercropping-driven Lentil and Wheat Flours: A Sensory Evaluation Combined with a Willingness to Pay Approach
Chloé Collinet
  Identifying Industrial Hemp Genotypes Adapted to German Climatic Conditions
Laura Lewerenz
  Inhibited nitrogen fertilisers in winter wheat: no one-size-fits-all concept
Riecke Finck
12:15–13:50 Lunch + poster session
13:50–14:30 PLENARY SESSION  Agnes van den Pol-van Dasselaar: Co-developing a Stakeholder-driven Framework to Assess Ecosystem Services of Managed Grasslands and Livestock Systems at Territorial Scale
14:40–16:00 INTERCROPPING CLIMATE CHANGE, STRESS AND RESILIENCE NITROGEN MANAGEMENT AND EFFICIENCY
 
  Intercropping as an Option in the Diversification Toolkit to Increase Multi-performance of Cropping Systems
Maé Guinet
  Cross-site Comparison of Greenhouse Gas Responses of Temperate Cropping Systems to Weather Conditions and Management
Sabine J. Seidel
  The Impact of Fertilization on the Temporal Yield Stability of Winter Rye
Karolin Kunz
 
  Performance of Organic Maize-soybean Strip Intercropping in Austria
Aliyeh Salehi
  Results on Crop Performance, Microclimate and Biodiversity from the First 5 Years of an Silvoarable Agroforestry Experiment in the Netherlands
Maria-Franca Dekkers
  Effect of Different Pre-crops on Soil Nitrogen and Following Winter Wheat
Dennis Grunwald
 
  Lentil & Pea – Better Together than Alone?
Anna Blatter
  Consequences of Extended Spring Drought for German Crop Production Outlooks
Marlene Palka
  Adverse Weather Effects on Wheat Nitrogen Efficiency, Grain Quality and Carbon Footprint
Dima Sabboura
 
  Drivers of Productivity Differences among Crop Rotations, Intercrops and Strip Crops on Smallholder Farms in Zambia
Chloe MacLaren
 
  Diverse Crop Rotations Offset Yield-scaled Nitrogen Losses via Denitrification
Aurélien Saghaï
16:00–16:30 Coffee break
16:30–18:00 INTERCROPPING CLIMATE CHANGE, STRESS AND RESILIENCE NITROGEN MANAGEMENT AND EFFICIENCY
 
  Effect of Service Plant Intercropping and Inter-row Mowing on Plant Growth, Architecture, and Yield Components of Chickpea
Xavier Bousselin
  Regional Variability of Cassava Yields Sensitivity to Drought Across Climate Models and Scenarios
Amit Kumar Srivastava
  Integrated Use of Mineral and Organic Fertilizers Enhances Wheat Productivity, Water Productivity, and Nutrient-use Efficiency in Semi-arid Morocco
Mina Devkota Wasti
 
  Crop Performance of Sorghum bicolor and Triticum aestivum under Different Inter-row Cropping Strips in an Agrivoltaic System in Austria
Maria König
  Performance of Drought-tolerant Maize Hybrids in Northern Italy
Gabriela Alandia
  Nitrogen Sources Used by Tropical Forages in the Amazon Forest Margins under Low Input Management: A 15N Study
Daniel M. Villegas
 
  Assessing Soil Carbon and Root Legacy Effects Following Agroforestry Tree Strip Conversion to Cropland
Ahmed Kheir
  Lowering the Carbon Footprint of C4 Systems: A Multi-site Life Cycle Assessment of Sorghum and Maize Genotypes in Germany
Amir Hajjarpoor
  Linking Agricultural Pressures and Water Quality: A Novel Catchment-scale Dataset for Policy Evaluation and Environmental Modeling
Michael Assouline
 
 

Floor Management in Orchards and Its Effect on Soil Organic Carbon – A Meta-analysis
Aram Gorooei

 

Legume Pre-crop Effects on Subsequent Wheat Performance and Nitrous Oxide Emissions
Michael Amann

  High Resolution Mapping of Soil Organic Carbon Response to Conservation Tillage and Soil Redistribution Across Europe with Sentinel 2 Imagery
Ahsan Raza
 
  Exploring Rainfed Rice Morphological Responses Diversity to Artificial Agroforestry Shade
Marcos Mc Cormick
  Adjusting Barley Phenology for Improved Yield and Yield Stability under Climate Change
Asmae Meziane
  Multi‑year assessment of nitrogen splitting and total nitrogen rate effects on durum wheat yield in Belgium conditions
Walter Rodrigo Meza Morales
   
  Have Interactions Between Soil Organisms and Barley Changed Over Decades with Breeding New Varieties?
Anna Marija Firere
  Automated Fertilization in SSM-iCrop: A Practical Framework for Optimizing Nitrogen Management
Naeimeh Bayatian
   
  Winter Wheat Stomatal Traits are Affected by Environmental Conditions
Elena Ivandi
 
18:00–20:00 Poster viewing and social gathering at Metsamaja

 

 

Wednesday, 26 August 2026

08:30 Departure for day trips 1-4.
Gathering point and departure-arrival place is HERE (GOOGLE MAPS).
 
 

Day trip 1 – Field crops and applied research
Large-scale crop production systems, experimental research and sustainable farming practices

 
 

Day trip 2 – Horticultural crops and peat
Horticultural production systems and peat as a key resource in growing media

 
 

Day trip 3 – Crop breeding and research
Agricultural research and large-scale integrated farming

 
 

Day trip 4 – Field crops and vegetables
Organic farming systems, crop diversification, and short supply chains

11:00 Departure for the Tartu city tour
Gathering point in Tartu Old Town is HERE (GOOGLE MAPS).
 
 

Day trip 5 – Tartu city tour
Tartu city tour provides cultural and historical context to complement the scientific programme

 

 

Thursday, 27 August 2026

08:30–17:30 Registration desk is open at the main building
09:00–09:40 PLENARY SESSION  Claas Nendel: How does climate action look like on fields, and how do we know that it matters?
09:40–10:40 DIGITAL AND MODELLING TOOLS
FOR AGRONOMY
FROM FIELD TO FOOD AND
FEED QUALITY 5
CROPPING SYSTEMS AND
AGRONOMIC PERFORMANCE
 
  A 21st-Century Modeling Analysis of Crop Rotation-Based Climate Mitigation in Germany
Til Feike
  The Price of Pulses: Going Beyond Yield in Valuing the Contribution of Pulses to People and Planet
Christine Watson
  A Systems Approach to Optimizing Cropping Systems and Enhancing Resilience in the Canadian Prairies
Kui Liu
 
  Data-driven Pheno-Farm Server: Integrating Adaptive AI and Economic Decision Support for Wheat and Barley Cultivation
Kenny Paul
  RiSorgo – From Field to Fork: First Agronomic Results from Variety Testing and Pasta Production with Grain Sorghum in Switzerland
Romina Morisoli
  Performance of Cropping Systems with and without Grain Legumes under Comparable Production Contexts
Maé Guinet
 
  Assimilating Leaf Area Data into a Process-based Crop Model for In-season Wheat Yield Forecasting
Maria Quade
  Legume Crops as a Protein Source under Current and Future Climate: Prospects for Southern Belgium
Justine Van Merhaeghe
 

What Drives the Potato Yield Gap in China?
Qiuhong Huang

 
  Analysis of the Drivers of Spatial Variability in Winter Wheat Yield in Germany Using Remote Sensing, Meteorological Data, and Crop Model Simulations
Yinan Gao
  Producing Bread Wheat in a More Climate-friendly Way – Protein Use Efficiency as the Key to Success?
Til Feike
  Exploring Changes in Production Functions to Management and Environment to Minimize Resource use in Agriculture
Paul Ravensbergen
   

 

  Assessing the Evolution of Seed Composition and Yield of Lentil: Effects of Climatic Factors under Field Conditions
Tessa Boutersky
10:40–11:10 Coffee break
11:10–12:10 DIGITAL AND MODELLING TOOLS
FOR AGRONOMY
POLICY AND SCIENCE INTERFACE CROPPING SYSTEMS AND
AGRONOMIC PERFORMANCE
 
  Conflict, Imprecision, Ignorance – Spatial Aspects of Uncertainty in Maps for Site-specific Agriculture
Eike Stefan Dobers
  Illusions that Shine and Opportunities We Miss in Carbon Farming Policies
Marti Vidal Morant
  Can the Nordic-Baltic Region Be Free of Soy Imports?
Frederick Stoddard
 
  Belowground Traits Outweigh Phenology in Governing Uncertainty in Crop Rotation Simulations 
Bahareh Kamali
  How Much Nitrogen is Climate-optimal?
Insa Kühling
  On-farm or On-station: Which Research Approach to Design Chickpea Agronomy in Europe?
Moritz Reckling
 
  Spoon-feeding a Potato Crop with Nitrogen Based on Real-time Simulations
Frits Van Evert
  Nitrogen Balances and Economic Productivity in the Netherlands: Farm Pathways, Policy Targets, and Associated Factors
Murilo de Almeida Furtado
  Genotype and Growth Stage as Key Factors Determining Recovery from Grazing and Nutritional Value of Australian Narrow-leafed Lupin (L.angustifolius)
Razlin Azman
 
  A Systems Modelling Approach to Assessing Pest Infestations and Productivity in Maize Cropping Systems
Jamina Gabrielle Bondad
  Bird Damage to Crops: Why Do We Keep Killing Crows?
Alice Baux
  The Trade-offs of Diversifying European Crop Systems with Legumes
Ferdaous Rezgui
     
  Long Term Effects of Crop Diversification and Nutrient Management on Barley Yield Dynamics: Evidence from a 44–year Experiment
Talent Namatsheve
12:10–13:30 Lunch + poster session
13:30–14:30 DIGITAL AND MODELLING TOOLS
FOR AGRONOMY
POLICY AND SCIENCE INTERFACE CROPPING SYSTEMS AND
AGRONOMIC PERFORMANCE
 
  Integrating Controlled Environment and Multi-site Field Data for Species Level Calibration of a Process-based Crop Model for Lupinus angustifolius 
Hasini Govardhanam
  Spatial Diversification in Soybean-based Cropping Systems to Support Pest Regulation: From Plot to Farmers’ Fields
Alessandra Virili
  Effects of Cover Crop Sowing and Incorporation Timing and Method on Soil (Biological, Chemical and Physical) Conditions and Yield: Results from a 3-year Multi-crop Field Experiment in the Netherlands
Tess Van De Voorde
 
  Modelling Climate Change Impacts on Nitrogen Dynamics and Legacy Effects in German Wheat Systems
Ashifur Rahman Shawon
  Bridging Modelling and Practice: Co-producing and Communicating Adaptation Measures Assessments for Northern European Agriculture
Nadia Testani
  Water Requirements of Forage Crops and Their Response to Irrigation
Pierre Larsonneau
 
  Territorial Food Self-sufficiency under Climate Change Through Optimised Crop Rotations and Process-based Simulations
Tom Desmarez
  Bridging Science and Policy for Soil Health: Insights from a Mediterranean Living Lab on Conservation Agriculture
Valentina Mertu
  Early Drought Response of New Semi-dwarf Rye Hybrids Carrying the Ddw1 Allele: Root Growth and Biomass Allocation Compared to Near-isogenic Tall Hybrids
Ehsan Ebrahimi
 
  Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Sardinian Viticulture Using the STICS Process-based Model Emanuele Serra
   
14:30–15:00 Coffee break
15:00–16:20

PLENARY SESSION  Davide Cammarano: System-based Precision Agriculture for Sustainable Crop Production

PLENARY DISCUSSION  TBD

19:00–00:00 Congress dinner at Lodjakoda (Barge hall) (address: Ujula 98, Tartu GOOGLE MAPS)

 

 

Friday, 28 August 2026

08:30–14:30 Registration desk is open at the main building
09:00–10:00 PLENARY SESSION  Ewa Rembiałkowska: The Composition of Organic Food and the Impact of Its Consumption on Human Health
10:40–11:00 PERENNIAL SOIL HEALTH AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS

SUSTAINABLE AND ORGANIC
FARMING SYSTEMS

 
  Nitrogen Fertilization for Rejuvenation of Intermediate Wheatgrass for Grain Productivity
Douglas Cattani
  A Decade of Soil Health Research in Western Canada
Ben W. Thomas
  Understanding Yield Gaps and Stability in Organic Durum Wheat Through Long-term, Phenology-Informed Analysis 
Silvia Pampana
 
  Introducing Kernza Intermediate Wheatgrass Perennial Grain to the Nordic-Baltic Region
Valentin Picasso
  Scoring Soil Quality of Farmers’ Fields Based on a Set Chemical, Physical and Biological Parameters for Evaluation of Crop Performance
Koen Willekens
  Can Intercrops Replace Green Manures While Maintaining Nitrogen Supply and Farm Income in an Organic Rotation?
Michelle Carkner
 
  The Cultivation of the Perennial Grain Kernza in Lithuania
Zita Kriauciuniene
  Participatory On-farm Assessment of Soil Health: Opportunities and Limits
Lucie Büchi
  Influence of Cover Crops on Pathogen-induced Yield Loss in an Rhizoctonia Solani-inoculated Organic Potato Field Trial
Tatiana F. Rittl
 
  What if Agriculture Cover Cropped Itself? Post-harvest Crop Regrowth Performance as Compared to a Cover Crop
Virginia Nichols
  Addition of Ramial Wood Chips in Agricultural Soils: Effects on Crop Yield and Soil Fertility on the Basis of a 10-year Long Field Trial in Western Switzerland
Luca Bragazza
  Spatial Variability of Nitrous Oxide Emissions under Practical Field Conditions in an Organic Cropping System in Southern Germany
Dennis Gref
     
  How are Agroecological Practices Integrated into Farmers’ Strategies?
Elise Ygaunin
11:00–11:30 Coffee break
11:30–12:30 PERENNIAL SOIL HEALTH AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS PLANT HEALTH
 
  Root Growth and Rhizodeposition of Annual and Perennial Wheat and Aromatic Crops in a Strip Cropping System Compared to Pure Stands
Wanda Burzik
  Trends of Increasing Subsoil Compaction in Sweden over Three Decades
Lorena Chagas Torres
  Limited Influence of Pest Pressure on Pesticide Use across Major Crops
Yaoyun Zhang
 
 
  Defoliation Interacts with Resource Availability to Reshape Root and Shoot Dynamics in Intermediate Wheatgrass
Alexa Peterson
  Carbon Footprint Implications of Canola Production under Diverse Crop Rotation Systems
Baoluo Ma
  Functional Characterisation of Arable Vegetation Communities – How Do Taxonomic Versus Trait-based Approaches Compare?
Savanna van Mesdag
 
  Sustainability and New Business Opportunities from Perennial Crops
Marjo Keskitalo
  Soil Organic Matter Stability across a Gradient of Tillage Intensity: Two Decades of Evidence from Semi-arid Mediterranean Cropping Systems
Andrea Martínez-Santamaría
  Farm Typologies and Performance Pathways in Cotton Systems of Northern Benin: Levers for Sustainable Intensification
Renaud Florentin Azanma
 
  Agroecological Trade-offs and Opportunities for Integrating Perennial Herbage Seed Crops into Cropping Systems in High Latitudes
Nityananda Khanal
  A Sustainable Phosphorus Management Strategy Supported by Spectral Information
Juan Nieto-Cantero
  Evaluation of Biocontrol Strategies to Manage Foliar Fungal Diseases of Winter Wheat in Belgium
Elise Delahaut
   
  The Influence of Conservation Tillage Methods on Soil Properties and the Weediness of Winter Wheat Crops
Lukas Aukselis
  Drivers of Sustainability in Pesticide-free Cropping Systems: Insights from Two French Experimental Platforms
Simon Buresi
   
  Regenerative Agriculture Effects on Soil Fungi and Fauna: Evidence from a Long-term Field Experiment in Estonia
Roland Lehemets
 
12:45–13:00 Closing of the congress
13:35–14:20 Lunch

 


 

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