Conclusion by Véronique Chable, INRA, DIVERSIFOOD project Coordinator. The DIVERSIFOOD Final Congress was held in Rennes on 10-12 December 2018.

1. Conclusion
Véronique Chable
December, 11th 2018
Rennes, France
Embedding
crop diversity
and networking
for local high
quality food
systems

2. Challenging transition of paradigms
stressed by Jan Douwe Van der Ploeg, our key-note speaker
A long process …
Roots of our questioning, of our methods and research
organisation appeared during the first part of 20th century, e.g.
evolutionary breeding and the pioneers of organic farming …
We have progressed
but the context has evolved too!
Four year ago…

3. 3
UN COUVENT DU XIVÈME SIÈCLE, VENEZ ÉCRIRE LA
SUITE DE L'HISTOIRE
A MONASTERY OF 14th CENTURY, COME AND WRITE THE
FOLLOWING STORY

4. Evolution of the context since 2014,
the beginning of the project
• Awareness of the global lost of biodiversity and
the impact of climate change, and then to change
agriculture
• Increase of the demand for diversified and organic
products
4
DIVERSIFOOD process cannot be ended now, with the end of
the project.
Probably, it is time to boost a whole social project
Food and farming are more than ever unsustainable (Michel Pimbert, yesterday)

5. Michel Pimbert (yesterday)
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• Women and men need free time for
democratic deliberations, citizenship, and
practice of the art of participatory
democracy

6. From: Mary K. Hendrickson, Philip H. Howard, Douglas H.
Constance (2017) Power, Food and Agriculture:
Implications for Farmers, Consumers and Communities
https://philhowardnet.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/hendrickson-howard-constance-2017-
final-working-paper-nov-1.pdf
“In the end, it is likely that the industrialized agrifood
system – even dressed up through sustainable
intensification – will have to change if we want to
continue to feed human society in ways that
acknowledge our indisputable connection with, and
impact on, Earth's ecosystem.
The question is, can those visionary farmers and allies
work fast enough for us all?

7. Two years ago, we were there to
prepare the meetings!!
With little will and lots
of works, things can
change…

8. Micaela Colley (today)
The work is not done…
• How to we work together?
• How to celebrate food diversity together?
• Facilitator role
• Working together with trust inviting new
researchers in the farms
8

9. Thus, we invite you to share ideas
tomorrow
• Workshop on financing participatory
and multi-actor research
• Liveseed workshop: from trait-based to
system-based organic breeding
9
To spread our actions collectively beyond
DIVERSIFOOD project
Diversity at all scale with Phil

10. www.diversifood.eu
Booklets & Reports
Innovation Factsheets

14. O
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#2
Recommendation on smart practices
for on-farm evaluation of underutilised crops
O
c
t
.
#4
Policy paper- Recommendations and guidelines
on Innovative Biodiversity Management
O
c
t
.
#5
Policy paper- Policy recommendations on
enabling biodiversity from farm to fork
O
c
t
.
#7
Handbook for the marketing of products from
biodiverse crops
next Booklets

15. DIVERSIFOOD Newsletter: special issue
• Congress proceedings
• Slide presentations (on
Diversifood Slideshare)
• Published booklets
• Posters (as pdf)
• Any objections among speakers/
poster presenters?

16. DIVERSIFOOD website
register to the newsletter on
wwww.diversifood.eu

17. First, my warmest thanks to
DIVERSIFOOD team
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18. Thanks to our scientific committee
Riccardo Bocci, RSR, Italy
Micaela Colley, OSA, USA
Ambrogio Costanzo, ORC, UK
Carlo Fadda, Biodiversity International, Italy
Isabelle Goldringer, INRA, France
Monika Messmer, FiBL, Switzerland
Edwin Nuijten, LBI, Netherland
Bernadette Oehen, FiBL, Switzerland
Frédéric Rey, ITAB, France
Véronique Chable, INRA (project coordinator), France
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Thanks to Alice and Frédéric, always
taking care of all of us

20. Many thanks to our speakers and
key-notes speakers
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21. Thanks to Giulia who have managed communication during
the congress
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Thanks to INRA team to have
managed all the organisation on the
grounds for several weeks

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Thanks to our INRA young staff for their
multi-actions ability At 8 AM yesterday
And 10 PM

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Thanks to all the
musicians who have
immerged all of us within
our Breton culture

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Thanks for the cookers for such
a good food and smiles

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Thanks also to the technical team who
provide us quiet and efficient conditions for
our conferences

27. CEreal REnaissance in Rural Europe

28. Call for Abstracts: European Conference on Crop Diversification
September 18-21, 2019 in Budapest, Hungary
• Abstracts of up to 2 pages for oral or poster
presentations
• Focus: scientific aspects of agri-food system
diversification
• Submission deadline: January 31, 2019
More information at:
https://www.cropdiversification2019.net/

29. RENNES,
CAPITAL OF BRITTANY
OUR
CONGRESS
IN CITY CENTRE
IN
LE COUVENT
DES JACOBINS
21 – 27
September
2020

30. Thank you
See you soon in Rennes