Lead organisation
Event address
The Square
Glass Entrance, Mont des Arts
1000 Brussels
Belgium
With 500 participants attending in person and many more online, the AgriResearch Conference 2023 brought together scientists, farmers, researchers, rural communities, industry, consultants, politicians, citizens and representatives of non-governmental organisations to reflect on how to address future challenges in agricultural and forestry research and innovation.
Throughout the conference, participants acknowledged the importance of healthy soils and their manifold functions as the basis for resilient agriculture and forestry. Soils were particularly visible at the closure of the conference, with Sadhguru, leader of the Save Soil Movement, signing the Mission Soil Manifesto and stating: 'It's not scientists and academics that will execute soil revitalisation, it's the farmers.' (Watch his video message on YouTube)
The conference was followed by field visits to showcase agricultural innovations in practice, organised by the EIP-AGRI on 2 June 2023.
Read more on the conference webpage and listen to the podcast.