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13th November 2006

Field visit with students from ‘Hogeschool Gent'

 
 
29th September 2006

Demonstration for agricultural experts and stakeholders. 12 attendees (H)

 
 
15th September 2006

Open field day at demonstration field in Huldenberg.

 

24th August 2006

Demonstration for stakeholders with 7 attendees (H)

 
 

1st - 21st July 2006

Results of SOWAP project are presented at exhibition in Sint-Truiden. (B)

 
 

22nd June 2006

A group of ca. 20 farmers visited the SOWAP demonstration field. (B)

 
 

21st June 2006

SOWAP presence at open day organised by the Belgian Sugar Factory. Results of SOWAP project were presented. (B)

 
 

9th June 2006

SOWAP presence at open day organised by the Provincial Authorities. (B)

 

13th May 2006

Open day for Syngenta's partners, ornithologists and farmers. ~100 attendees (H).

 
 

1st March 2006

Members of SOWAP team at sustainable development 2006 (UK)

 
24th February 2006

Discussing results of field trials with Belgian farmers of farmer fields.

 
10th January 2006

French SOWAP members are visiting the fields in Belgium

 
29th Nov 2005

Results of SOWAP project were presented to students of the Netherlands

 
18th Nov 2005

SOWAP presence at open day organised by the Provincial Authorities, about sugar beets and conservation tillage. Results of SOWAP project were presented

 

September 2005

Demonstration at Dioskal as part of the XXIth Congress European Society for Rural Sociology. 45 participants (H)

 
 
8th September 2005

SOWAP presence at machinery demonstration day (Landen - Belgium). Members of the SOWAP team present results of their work.

 
28th July 2005

Visit of David Taylor, MP to Lodding ton to discuss SOWAP (UK)

 
 
27th June 2005

SOWAP presence at open field day in Tongeren.

 
15th - 16th June 2005

SOWAP at Cereals event, with rainfall simulation demonstration. Over 20,000 UK farmers visit this event.

 
15th June 2005

KU Leuven Lab Staff field Visit

 
10th June 2005

SOWAP presence at open day organised by the Flemish Government. Two of the ‘farmer fields' are situated on a demonstration farm of the Flemish Government. On the open day, farmers and other interested parties are informed about conservation tillage and the SOWAP-project

 
31st May 2005

SOWAP presence at open day organised by the Provincial Authorities. One of our farmer fields is situated on a demonstration farm of the Province. About 40 people came to visit the conservation-tilled field

 

 
25th May 2005

Visit of other soil and water projects working in south west England to Tivington (UK)

 
 
May 2005

Demonstration and training at Szentgyörgyvár for 30 university students

 
 
2 May 2005

Presentation on conservation tillage by Alastair Leake of SOWAP UK for 20 farmers and officials in Hungary

 
 
April 2005

SOWAP video was shown to Syngenta's farmer partners at a Regional Farmer Show with 450 participants. (H)

 
 
11th February '05

Discussing results of field trials with belgian farmers of farmer fields.

 
8th December 2004

Collaborative open day with SMI in Somerset . ( UK ).

 
15th November '04

Field visit with farmers from the GREENOTEC project ( Belgium). Farmers from the GREENOTEC project (Walloon province) came to visit the demonstration field of the SOWAP project.

 
 
30th September '04

Visiting conservation tilled fields in the Walloon province ( Belgium). GREENOTEC organised a field visit for the Flemish farmers.

 
9th September '04 SOWAP presence at machinery demonstration day (Landen - Belgium) Members of the SOWAP team present results of their work
 
8th September '04

SOWAP presence at machinery demonstration day (Kruishoutem - Belgium). Members of the SOWAP team present results of their work

 
28 July 2004

Meeting of stakeholders at Somerset . ( UK )

 
7th July 2004

HGCA sponsored event at Loddington with focus on soil management. 30-40 attendees. ( UK )

 
25th June '04 Open Day at Belgian Demonstration Farm A field visit was organised on the 25th June about ‘conservation tillage’ and ‘soil erosion’. First we visited the Demonstration Farm of the SOWAP-project and after that we went to Lasne, to visit a farmer who practice ‘conservation tillage’ already for several years. About 50 people were present at this field visit
 
24th June '04 SOWAP Hungary - Press Launch
 
11th June '04 SOWAP presence at open day organised by the Flemish Government One of our ‘farmer fields’ is situated on a demonstration farm of the Flemish Government. Every year an open day is organised at this farm. About 200 farmers and other interested parties were informed about conservation tillage and the SOWAP-project
 
8th June '04 SOWAP Belgium - Press Launch The SOWAP project was launched in Belgium on the 8th June. Quite a few articles were published in the press and interviews with Willy Van Acker, Josse Geleyns, and Gerard Govers were broadcast on regional radio and television.
 
 
June ’04 SOWAP at RASE Cereals event SOWAP leaflets available at the Allerton Trust stand at the cereals Event
 
June ’04 Farmer open day at Loddington Lincolnshire Farmers attended an Open day at Loddington where the EU’s Water Framework Directive was amongst the topics discussed.
 
3rd June '04 Field visit with representatives from a Sugar Factory Agronomists of the sugar factory came to visit one of the farmer fields of the SOWAP-project  
 
June 2004 Demonstration and training at Szentgyörgyvár for 30 university students (H).  
 
27 May 2004 Demonstration and field day for the 4 th International Congress of the ESSC (European Society for Soil Conservation). 114 participants (H)  
 
27 May 2004 SOWAP presence at a LEAF open day. Members of the SOWAP team present results of their work and the potential of the SOWAP project. ( UK )  
 
18th May '04 Field visit with representatives from Syngenta Belgium. Some SOWAP-fields were visited with people from Syngenta Belgium. The aim of the project and the first results were presented  
 
17th May '04 SOWAP presence at open day organised by the Provincial Authorities. One of our farmer fields is situated on a demonstration farm of the Province. At the 17 th of May about 40 people came to visit the conservation-tilled field  
 
May '04 SOWAP presence at a LEAF open day – members of the SOWAP team present results of their work and the potential of the SOWAP project.
 
February '04 Feb ’04 Agronomist Open day, Tivington, Somerset – 25 local agronomists and other interested parties were present at the first open day at the Tivington site.
 
9th October '03 SOWAP Launch at Loddington. 40 people attended to project launch at the Allerton Trust, Loddington Site with reports in the agricultural press and an interview for BBC Radio 4’ Farming Today programme.


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