Scientific Board News

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1 Scientific Board News Donal Murphy-Bokern Kroge-Ehrendorf in Germany Danube Soya East West Protein Forum Berlin 7 May 2015.

2 Summary This presentation updates members of Danube Soya about the development of the Scientific Board The use of sound scientific evidence plays an important role in the management of public institutions, including for example the UK government (pictured) or the European Commission. The Scientific Board plays an analogous role in the more commercial setting of Danube Soya. There are eight members ranging from scientists with experience in plant breeding and agronomy, specialists in supporting crop development, and experts with a background in research policy and funding. Pragmatic working procedures are used while adhering to conventional public organisational governance practice. There are two formal meeting per year interspersed with numerous activities to provide on-going scientific support. This is supported with Terms of Reference (to be finalised). Meeting are minuted in the conventional way. The first face-to-face meeting was at the Annual General Meeting of Danube Soya on 23 March 2015, in Vienna. There is no formal Chairman and the Secretariat (Dr Silvia Sponza) organises the Board s business. Meeting are round table discussions, with representatives are appointed according to the specific requirements. The Board provides a range of scientific advisory and support functions as shown in slides 18 and 19. The first meeting showed a commitment to using science to support the good governance of Danube Soya generally. The wider engagement of experts ensures that Danube Soya leads in supply-chain technical developments and risk management (for example managing pests and diseases). The Board is also available to support Corporate Social Responsibility standards. The Board is committed to supporting good professional contact with the public policy community, both for agricultural policy and for research and innovation policy. It can be concluded that the Board recognises Danube Soya s public role and regard science as a contribution to good governance, as well as the foundation of improving supply chains.

3 Evidence-based policymaking is part of good governance

4 Who are these people?

5 Scientific Board Members Dr Johann Vollmann University of Natural Resources and Life Science, Vienna (BOKU), Austria. Plant breeding and genetics research Research on seed quality characters

6 Scientific Board Members Arnold Schori Agroscope, Switzerland Breeding of soy adapted to Europe (00 and 000).

7 Scientific Board Members Dr Svetlana Balesevic-Tubić Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad, Serbia Research on productivity of soya beans and transfer of knowledge to farmers and Processors.

8 Scientific Board Members Dr Donal Murphy-Bokern Kroge-Ehrendorf Germany Independent agricultural and environmental scientist. Agricultural and farming systems Research. Research policy and funding.

9 Scientific Board Members Cristina Micheloni On-farm organic research. Key Expert on the EIP Focus Group for Organic Research Italian Association for Organic Farming (AIAB) TP Organics

10 Scientific Board Members Dr Robert Schätzl LfL Bavaria (Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft), Germany, research on agro-economics and cash crops.

11 Scientific Board Members Prof. Dr Gheorge Valentin Roman Academy of agricultural and forestry sciences, Bucharest, Romania. Agronomy and environmental effects

12 Scientific Board Members Dr Christian Krumphuber Landwirtschaftskammer Oberösterreich Agronomy and environmental effects

13 Scientific Board Members Prof. Dr Franc Bavec Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, University of Maribor 13

14 Scientific Board Members Dr Volker Hahn University of Hohenheim Germany Legume and sunflower breeding Assistant Director of the State Plant Breeding Institute

15 Scientific Board Secretariat Dr Silvia Sponza Ursula Bittner Matthias Krön Danube Soya is the client

16 How do they work?

17 Scientific Board Secretariat Two meetings per year, one annual face-to-face meeting Round-table (case-by-case representation) Terms of reference, meetings minuted etc. Continual provision of scientific advice, dialogue

18 What do they do?

19 Scientific Board Scientific advice supporting the work and outputs of Danube Soya, assessment of scientific soundness Provision of strategic support based on sound scientific evidence and opinion Scientific support to interactions with public policy bodies Development of Danube Soya s Research Strategy Advice and support in research funding

20 Scientific Board Scientific support to development of Corporate Social Responsibility measures Support to stakeholder engagement Prizes and awards for Research and Innovation

21 Evidence-based policymaking is part of good governance