The SAVE Annual Meeting and the 7th European Seminar on Agrobiodiversity will take place from the 19 – 21 September in the Beukenhof Biezenmortel, Netherlands. The Beukenhof is an old Capuchin monastery in the heart of Noord-Brabant, in the south of the Netherlands.
The SAVE Network is closely connected to the Netherlands. We are therefore very happy to be organising this year’s Annual Meeting together with SAVE Network Partner SZH (Stichting Zeldzame Huisdierrassen). The theme of the European Seminar is very relevant as the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) after 2013 will have an effect on agrobiodiversity. The current legislative proposals of the European Commission provide for, in addition to greater competitiveness, sustainability and a strengthening of the anchoring of agriculture throughout the rural areas. Therefore, official representatives of politics and rural development are invited to speak at the seminar. In addition to the SAVE events (meeting of the Project Committee and the Council of Cooperation Partners, Board meeting) there will also be interesting excursions in the area: practical sheep breeding and keeping, the conservation breeding of crops as well as other local breeds and their conservation by SZH members.