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Dear Colleagues,
It is a privilege and pleasure, to invite you to the 14th Ramiran Conference to be held in Lisboa, Portugal, from the 13th to the 15th September 2010. The conference will be organized by the
Superior Institute of Agronomy, of the Technical University of Lisboa.
The Ramiran Conferences takes place every two years, as an activity of the Research Network on Recycling of Agricultural and Industrial Residues in Agriculture. This network was founded in 1976 with the support of FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and gathers the scientific, technical and farmer communities to deal with the problems related to organic wastes management,
from agricultural, industrial and urban origins, at all levels.
The next Conference to be held in Lisboa, Portugal, presents a global forum at which all those involved in several areas of interest can meet with scientists, researchers, academics and professionals to discuss "Treatment and use of organic residues in agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities towards sustainable management". The conference theme provides a tremendous opportunity for a broad range of presentations (see page of scientific
program) – we urge you to share your research, experiences and knowledge, in Lisbon.
Lisbon is a very nice city, plenty of charm and full of attractions and the Conference Organizing Committee is working towards a very successful meeting both in the quality of the scientific program and the diversity of the social happenings. With its old alleys and buildings Lisbon is, at the same time, a modern European capital with many attractions for the delegates and their families. We also hope you will enjoy our gastronomy and hospitality.
We therefore strongly recommend that you do not miss this event and suggest that you make definitive plans for your participation at your earliest convenience.
We look forward to receiving confirmation of your attendance and, also, the pleasure of meeting you personally in Lisbon.
Details of the 14th Ramiran Conference will be regularly updated on this website.
RAMIRAN
Breve História do Ramiran
Investigadores de diversos países europeus constituíram, em 1976, uma rede de conhecimento na área da Reciclagem dos Resíduos de origem Animal, com o apoio da FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations . Esta rede surgiu como uma das 13 redes da ESCORENA - European System of Cooperative Research Networks in Agriculture, que foi fundada sob o auspício da FAO em 1974.
Até 1990, esta rede dedicava-se apenas à investigação e divulgação do conhecimento relacionado com o tema dos Resíduos de origem Animal tendo, em 1988, publicado as “Normas para uma utilização económica e ambientalmente segura dos chorumes nos solos agrícolas”.
Perante o sucesso das conferências bienais que se vinham realizando, da rede de trabalho e o envolvimento dos seus membros, ficou decidido na Conferência de 1996 na Hungria, que esta rede seria alargada ao tema Tratamento e Utilização dos Resíduos de origem Industrial e Urbana, que foram apresentados pela primeira vez em 1998 em França. Reflectindo esta mudança, a rede passou a chamar-se então RAMIRAN (Research Network on Recycling of Agricultural and Industrial Residues in Agriculture) tendo, em 2000, visto consolidada a adesão de cientistas de países de outros continentes, nomeadamente da América e Ásia.
Em 1998, assumiu a coordenação da rede, o Doutor José Martinez do Cemagref França que, com o seu dinamismo, projectou a rede Ramiran ao nível internacional, fazendo dela um marco incontornável para a comunidade científica e para todos aqueles cujo trabalho se encontra em todos os domínios relacionados com o Tratamento e Utilização de Resíduos Orgânicos na Agricultura. Os actuais coordenadores que tomaram posse em 2006, os doutores Harald Menzi e Thomas Misselbrook, têm mantido esta dinâmica da rede Ramiran na sua projecção internacional.
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Brief History of Ramiran
Researchers from several European countries established a network on animal waste utilisation in 1976, with the support of FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. This network emerged as one of 13 networks of ESCORENA - European System of Cooperative Research Networks in Agriculture, which was founded under the auspices of FAO in 1974.
The network included six sub-networks which in 1990 were aggregated into only 2 working groups and several small groups devoted to the more specific issues related to the subject of wastes. Until that date, the network was solely dedicated to the research and dissemination of knowledge on the subject of animal wastes, and in 1988 published the "Guidelines for an Economical an d Environmentally safe Use of Slurry on Agricultural Land“
Following the success of biennial conferences that were being organized, the network and involvement of its members, it was decided at the Conference of 1996 in Hungary, that this network would be expanded to the Treatment and Utilization of Wastes from industrial and urban origin, which were presented for the first time in 1998 in France. Reflecting this change, the network was renamed RAMIRAN (Research Network on Recycling of Agricultural and Industrial Residues in Agriculture) and in 2000, scientists from countries of other continents, namely America and Asia, were present.
In 1998, Dr. Jose Martinez from Cemagref France assumed the coordination of the network. His dynamism projected Ramiran at an international level, making it an essential landmark to the scientific community and to all those working in all areas related to the Treatment and Use of Organic Wastes in Agriculture. The current coordinators Dr. Harald Menzi and Thomas Misselbrook, have kept since 2006 this dynamic network Ramiran in its international profile.
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