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*September 1, 2008 First Call for Papers and Meeting Announcement
*February 1, 2009 Deadline for Submission of Presentation Abstracts (1 Page)
*March 1, 2009 Deadline for Preliminary Signup for Tours
*July 1, 2009 Deadline for Housing Submission and Conference Registration
*July 1, 2009 Deadline for Submission of Two-Page Abstract for Meeting Program

*American Society of Agronomy- Jerry L. Hatfield

*American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers- James Jones

* ''Jon Hanson Co-Chair''
* ''Jerry L. Hatfield Co-Chair''

* Daniel Rodriguez APSRU, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

The Second Farming Systems Design Symposium will be held August 23 to 27, 2009 in Monterey, CA. This meeting is a joint international effort co-sponsored by the American Society of Agronomy, European Society of Agronomy, Australian Society of Agronomy, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, and the International Environmental Modeling and Software Society. The first meeting was held in September 2007 in Catania, Sicily. This meeting will continue the strong international interest to design and evaluate farming systems that can be implemented to increase food security, decrease environmental impacts, respond to climatic change, and provide management alternatives for enhancing natural resources. The goal of the symposium series is to conduct biennial meetings throughout the world to share ideas, experiences, and information on farming system design. This meeting will assemble the leading scientists throughout the world to discuss these topics, share their ideas and results, and prepare papers that will be published as special collections in the world’s leading scientific journals. This meeting welcomes interested scientists and professionals throughout the world to participate in this ongoing effort to understand farming systems design.

Agricultural systems serve multiple purposes and function at multiple levels. Great concern exists throughout the world regarding such factors as energy use and production, water use and availability, climate change, food supply and prices, diet quality, environmental management, and changing agricultural institutions. The development of innovative framing systems to meet these growing concerns and often competing interests is becoming an essential international issue. Farming systems are more than ever expected to be environmentally sustainable, economically feasible, and socially acceptable. The impact of these factors on agricultural and environmental policies, as these must support the sustainability of agricultural systems and their contribution to sustainable development in general, is also of importance. From this perspective, research approaches must enable analysis of current farming systems, exploration and design of alternative farming systems, and define co-learning and dissemination strategies. Today, a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods exist, but there is a lack of integration in evaluating issues ranging from strictly technical to social and across scales from site to landscape. Thus, new research approaches must provide capacities for assessing the economic, environmental, and social aspects of farming system progression within different spatial and temporal scales.

The symposium has a methodological focus aimed at both quantitative and qualitative approaches, but with a clear scope for integration across the biophysical and social domains. The symposium aims at covering a broad range of contexts, both from the developed and developing world.

This meeting is intended for a broad audience of scientists, agribusiness, public sector, and consultants to exchange ideas, findings, and information on farming systems.

* Alternative management systems involves issues related to developing farm management systems that provide farmers with alternatives that encourage resource conservation and reduced emissions of potential greenhouse gases while optimizing economic return and social acceptability.
** Systems for energy and water-use efficient farming will address the concerns about being able to produce food, feed, fiber, and fuel with the most energy and water-use efficient systems.
* Topics that address the energy requirements of farming systems and the comparison of energy use versus energy production in different farming systems will be one of the primary topics in this theme.
* Methods to evaluate water-use efficiency and comparison among farming systems to determine optimum management strategies for water will be another theme.
** Systems for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon storage involves options to reduce methane emissions from livestock, reduce nitrous oxide emissions from fertiliser use and increase C storage in agricultural soils and forests. Modelling can enable integrated assessments and whole-systems emission budgets to design new land-use systems and development tools for the assessment of “carbon footprints.”
** Systems for biofuel production and production systems that increase the efficiency of agricultural inputs are critical areas for discussion with increasing attention around the world on use of agricultural systems for production of fuels. The balance of agricultural systems for the production of fuels relative to feed, food, and fiber compared to environmental impacts present a unique challenge for agricultural systems research.
* Model application and outcomes involves learning from system interventions through the evaluation of new agricultural technologies and practices under real-world conditions. Such research improves the (already impressive) adoption and impact of agricultural research by: better understanding learning and adoption pathways of farmers and agricultural industries; assessing the roles and effectiveness of decision support systems; developing, evaluating and designing the implementation of action research cycles; and conducting impact evaluations (through benefit cost analysis, surveys, longitudinal interviews) on alternative research delivery strategies and pathways to adoption.

The Farming Systems Design 2009 Symposium is an ongoing effort to share information in the international community. One of the outcomes is to increase the information sharing among the participants and enhance agriculture throughout the world. This symposium will produce this interaction in addition to the collection of abstracts. Select authors represented in the Papers from the Symposium will be invited to prepare full-length papers for a special collection of papers in the world’s leading scientific journals. These papers will be peer-reviewed to document the progress of this symposium.

September 1, 2008 First Call for Papers and Meeting Announcement
February 1, 2009 Deadline for Submission of Presentation Abstracts (1 Page)
March 1, 2009 Deadline for Preliminary Signup for Tours
July 1, 2009 Deadline for Housing Submission and Conference Registration
July 1, 2009 Deadline for Submission of Two-Page Abstract for Meeting Program

* John Antle, Montana State University Bozeman, MN
* James Ascough, ARS Fort Collins, CO

* James Jones, University of Florida, FL
* Andrea Rizzoli, IDSIA-USI/SUPSI, Switzerland
• Daniel Rodriguez APSRU, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
* Claudio Stockle, Washington State University, WA

* Jeffrey White, USDA-ARS, Maricopa, AZ

* Marcello Donatelli , CRA-CIN, Italy

! Organizing Committee
* American Society of Agronomy- Jerry L. Hatfield
*European Society of Agronomy- Marcello Donatelli
*Australian Agronomy Society – Peter Carberry
*International Environmental Modeling and Software Society- Andrea Rizzoli

!Program Committee
* Jon Hanson Co-Chair
* Jerry L. Hatfield Co-Chair
* John Antle, Montana State University Bozeman, USA
* James Ascough, ARS Fort Collins, USA
* Salvatore Cosentino, University of Catania, Italy
* Olaf Christen, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
* Marcello Donatelli , CRA-ISCI, Italy
* Carlo Giupponi, University of Milan, Italy
* Graeme Hammer, University of Brisbane, Australia
* Thomas Heckelei, Bonn University, Germany
* Brian Keating, CSIRO, Queensland, Australia
* Hans Langeveld, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
* Keith Matthews, Macaulay Institute, Scotland
* Jay Norton, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
* Andrea Rizzoli, IDSIA-USI/SUPSI, Switzerland
* Claudio Stockle, Washington State University, USA
* Martin van Ittersum, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
* Jacques Wery, UMR System (Agro.M-Cirad-Inra), France
* Jeffrey White, USDA-ARS, Maricopa, Arizona

!Symposium Organization

* Energy and water-use efficient farming systems will address the concerns about being able to produce food, feed, fiber, and fuel with the most energy and water-use efficient systems.
** Topics that address the energy requirements of farming systems and the comparison of energy use versus energy production in different farming systems will be one of the primary topics in this theme.
** Methods to evaluate water-use efficiency and comparison among farming systems to determine optimum management strategies for water will be another theme.
* Regional-scale farm design and improvement involves the principles of operating at the whole-farm scale, such as trade-offs between economic, environmental and social aspects of farm operation; interactions with policy, community, landscape, and markets; action research and participatory methods; adapting to climate change; and crop-livestock integration.
* Field- scale farm design and improvement involves issues operating at field scale, such as optimizing production systems, integrating genetics and management in production systems, methods to reduce risk in farming systems, novel production or management systems, production system sustainability and externalities, management tools, participatory research.
* Alternative management systems involves issues related to developing farm management systems that provide farmers with alternatives that encourage resource conservation and reduced emissions of potential greenhouse gases while optimizing economic return and social acceptability. The interest in biofuel production and production systems that increase the efficiency of agricultural inputs are critical areas for discussion.

!Outcomes of the Symposium

! Timelines

*June 1 2008 First Call for Papers and Meeting Announcement
*February 1 2009 Deadline for Submission of Presentation Abstracts (1 Page)
*March 1 2009 Deadline for Preliminary Signup for Tours
*July 1 2009 Deadline for Housing Submission and Conference Registration
*July 1 2009 Deadline for Submission of Two-Page Abstract for Meeting Program

!Meeting Announcement

The Second Farming Systems Design Symposium will be held August 23 to 27, 2009 in Monterey, CA. This meeting is a joint international effort co-sponsored by the American Society of Agronomy, European Society of Agronomy, Australian Society of Agronomy, and the International Environmental Modeling and Software Society. The first meeting was held in September 2007 in Catania, Sicily. This meeting will continue the strong international interest to design and evaluate farming systems that can be implemented to increase food security, decrease environmental impacts, respond to climatic change, and provide management alternatives for enhancing natural resources. The goal of the symposium series is to conduct biennial meetings throughout the world to share ideas, experiences, and information on farming system design. This meeting will assemble the leading scientists throughout the world to discuss these topics, share their ideas and results, and prepare papers that will be published as special collections in the world’s leading scientific journals. This meeting welcomes interested scientists and professionals throughout the world to participate in this ongoing effort to understand farming systems design.

!Aim

Agricultural systems serve multiple purposes and function at multiple levels. Great concern exists throughout the world regarding such factors as energy use and production, water use and availability, climate change, food supply and prices, diet quality, environmental management, and changing agricultural institutions. The development of innovative framing systems to meet these growing concerns and often competing interests is becoming essential. Farming systems are more than ever expected to be environmentally sustainable, economically feasible, and socially acceptable. The impact of these factors on agricultural and environmental policies, as these must support the sustainability of agricultural systems and their contribution to sustainable development in general, is also of importance. From this perspective, research approaches must enable analysis of current farming systems, exploration and design of alternative farming systems, and define co-learning and dissemination strategies. Today, a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods exist, but there is a lack of integration in evaluating issues ranging from strictly technical to social and across scales from site to landscape. Thus, new research approaches must provide capacities for assessing the economic, environmental, and social aspects of farming system progression within different spatial and temporal scales.

The development and application of simulation models to extend information across spatial and temporal scenarios are a central focus of this symposium. The goals of the symposium are to:

* Provide an opportunity to integrate knowledge across disciplines targeted at farming system analysis, design, and innovation
* Compare approaches being used/developed by different research groups
* Identify the available operational tools and assess future research needs
* Strengthen the information exchange among the international community involved in these research and outreach efforts.

The symposium has a methodological focus and it is aimed at both quantitative and qualitative approaches, but with a clear scope for integration across the biophysical and social domains. The symposium aims at covering a broad range of contexts, both from the developed and developing world.

Venue
The meeting will be held in Monterey, CA at the Portola Hotel and Resorts. Located on Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey, CA, this venue offers a view of the wharf and the surrounding area.

Symposium Organization
The Farming Systems Design Symposium is organized to ensure the maximum amount of exchange of ideas among the attendees. Plenary presentations will provide overviews of the concepts in farming system design; concurrent sessions with discussions will focus on areas within farming systems; poster sessions with interactive discussions will provide participants an opportunity to share ideas in an open forum; and panel discussions on specific topics will present potential areas for international collaboration. The symposium will include a tour of farming systems along the coast and inland areas of California. The tour will help the attendees experience a view of the unique farming systems of the area and to hear from producers and managers about the challenges they face and the changes they have made in managing diverse farming systems. The tour will also provide participants with an opportunity to sample the diverse agricultural and horticultural production of the West Coast.

Papers are solicited for a number of topics identified by the Program Committee. These submissions will be reviewed for appropriateness to the meeting themes and to organize the program. Submissions should indicate which of the program themes they would like their paper to be considered for this symposium. Symposium themes include:
• Energy and water-use efficient farming systems will address the concerns about being able to produce food, feed, fiber, and fuel with the most energy and water-use efficient systems.
o Topics that address the energy requirements of farming systems and the comparison of energy use versus energy production in different farming systems will be one of the primary topics in this theme.
o Methods to evaluate water-use efficiency and comparison among farming systems to determine optimum management strategies for water will be another theme.
• Regional-scale farm design and improvement involves the principles of operating at the whole-farm scale, such as trade-offs between economic, environmental and social aspects of farm operation; interactions with policy, community, landscape, and markets; action research and participatory methods; adapting to climate change; and crop-livestock integration.
• Field- scale farm design and improvement involves issues operating at field scale, such as optimizing production systems, integrating genetics and management in production systems, methods to reduce risk in farming systems, novel production or management systems, production system sustainability and externalities, management tools, participatory research.
• Alternative management systems involves issues related to developing farm management systems that provide farmers with alternatives that encourage resource conservation and reduced emissions of potential greenhouse gases while optimizing economic return and social acceptability. The interest in biofuel production and production systems that increase the efficiency of agricultural inputs are critical areas for discussion.

All authors of accepted papers will prepare a two page extended abstract which will be reviewed by the Program Committee prior to publication. The extended abstracts will subsequently be distributed on a CD at the meeting. Abstracts will also be posted on the meeting website after the meeting has concluded.
Outcomes of the Symposium
The Farming Systems Design 2009 Symposium is an ongoing effort to share information in the international community. One of the outcomes is to increase the information sharing among the participants and enhance agriculture throughout the world. This symposium will produce this interaction in addition to the collection of abstracts. Papers from the Symposium will be invited to prepare full-length papers for special collection of papers in the world’s leading scientific journals. These will be peer-reviewed papers to document the progress of this effort.

Timelines
Important Deadlines for the Symposium are:
June 1 2008 First Call for Papers and Meeting Announcement
February 1 2009 Deadline for Submission of Presentation Abstracts (1 Page)
March 1 2009 Deadline for Preliminary Signup for Tours
July 1 2009 Deadline for Housing Submission and Conference Registration
July 1 2009 Deadline for Submission of Two-Page Abstract for Meeting Program



Organizing Committee
American Society of Agronomy- Jerry L. Hatfield
European Society of Agronomy- Marcello Donatelli
Australian Agronomy Society – Peter Carberry
International Environmental Modeling and Software Society- Andrea Rizzoli

Program Committee
• Jon Hanson Co-Chair
• Jerry L. Hatfield Co-Chair
• John Antle, Montana State University Bozeman, USA
• James Ascough, ARS Fort Collins, USA
• Salvatore Cosentino, University of Catania, Italy
• Olaf Christen, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
• Marcello Donatelli , CRA-ISCI, Italy
• Carlo Giupponi, University of Milan, Italy
• Graeme Hammer, University of Brisbane, Australia
• Thomas Heckelei, Bonn University, Germany
• Brian Keating, CSIRO, Queensland, Australia
• Hans Langeveld, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
• Keith Matthews, Macaulay Institute, Scotland
• Jay Norton, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
• Andrea Rizzoli, IDSIA-USI/SUPSI, Switzerland
• Claudio Stockle, Washington State University, USA
• Martin van Ittersum, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
• Jacques Wery, UMR System (Agro.M-Cirad-Inra), France
• Jeffrey White, USDA-ARS, Maricopa, Arizona


Information
Details on the Farming Systems Design 2009 are available at www.iemss.org/farmsys09

Detailed questions can be posted to this website under the information tab.

Further questions can be posted directly to Jerry Hatfield at jerry.hatfield@ars.usda.gov