Online Free Webinar – Wikifarmer & Promote Pollinators

Pollinators: The Farmer’s Partner for Sustainable Production

Today (March 22nd) is the day! We are ready to go live at 15:00-17:00 CET.

Wikifarmer and Promote Pollinators have gathered 5 experts from around the world and top institutions to analyse the importance of pollinators and Integrated Pest Management at the farm level. In this online, free webinar, we would like to encourage all of you to join, whether you are a scientist, an agronomist, a farmer, a student, or just a pollinator enthusiast.

The webinar will take place online. You can join the Google meet session by following the link and instructions below. Don’t worry if the room is full; you can still view the webinar live on Wikifarmer’s YouTube channel by using this link and actively participate by leaving your comments and questions on the chatbox. Please stay until the end for the Q&A, when the speakers will answer your questions.

Meet our speakers:

Koos Biesmeijer (Leiden University) – Introduction to pollinators and the threats they face today.

Evangelos Kontogiannis (Agricultural University of Athens) – Beneficial insects – Natural Enemies of major crop pests (pre-recorded speech).

Filitsa Karamaouna (Sci. Directorate, Pesticides Control & Phytopharmacy, Benaki PhytopathoIogical Institute) and Vaya Kati (Laboratory of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) – Field margin management to enhance wild pollinators in agroecosystems: case studies in Greece.

Buyung Hadi (FAO) – IPM principles and practices.

George Frisvold (Professor, Bartley P. Cardon Chair of Agribusiness Economics & Policy, University of Arizona) – The economic importance of applying Integrated Pest Management Practices in the field.

Google Meet joining information:

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/gup-iasr-wbg

Or dial: ‪(GR) +30 21 1198 1914

PIN: ‪446 100 528#