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ATF topics

Each year, ATF organises events on a specific theme.

This page serves as a comprehensive resource where you can explore these themes in depth.

 

Topic 2026 : « European livestock farming in a continuously changing world« 

  • One-day symposium of the ATF and EAAP Commissions on Livestock Farming Systems & Sheep and Goat (early September – Hamburg, Germany)
  • 16th ATF Seminar (25 November 2026 – Brussels, Belgium)

Topic 2025 : « Livestock farming systems in next generations – can we imagine the future?« 

  • Joint session of the ATF and EAAP Commission on Livestock Farming Systems (25 August 2025 – Innsbruck, Austria)
  • 15th ATF Seminar (26 November 2025 – Brussels, Belgium)

Topic 2024 : « Livestock are more than food« 

  • 4th one-day symposium of the ATF and EAAP Commission on Livestock Farming Systems (01 September 2024 – Florence, Italy)
  • 14th ATF Seminar (20 November 2024 – Brussels, Belgium)

A webinar was organised on 15 October 2024 to present the 2024 SRIA – Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda.

Topic 2023: « Sustainable livestock systems – what does this mean?« 

  • 3rd one-day symposium of the ATF and EAAP Commission on Livestock Farming Systems (28 August 2023 – Lyon, France)
  • 13th ATF seminar (15 November 2023 – Brussels, Belgium)

ATF-BAMST symposium: « The role of meat in society: presenting the Dublin Declaration of Scientists » (12 April 2023, Brussels, Belgium)

Webinar to introduce the ATF Policy Brief on Agricultural methane (06 November 2023)

Topic 2022: « Livestock emissions and the COP26 targets« 

  • 2nd one-day symposium of the ATF and EAAP Commission on Livestock Farming Systems (05 September 2022 – Porto, Portugal)
  • 12th ATF seminar (17 November 2022 – Brussels, Belgium)

In April 2022, the ATF General Meeting focused on the European food security and the role of livestock farming in the perspective of the Ukraine crisis.

Topic 2021: « Going beyond the Feed vs Food competition: crops and animals together to address food and nutrition security« 

  • ATF-EAAP Livestock Farming Systems Study Commission one-day symposium (30 August 2021, Davos, Switzerland)
  • 11th ATF seminar (18 November 2021 – Morning – Brussels, Belgium)

ATF-FEFAC-H2020 projects Stakeholder event (18 November 2021 – Afternoon – Brussels, Belgium)

Webinar to introduce the 2021 ATF Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA).

Topic 2020: « What livestock has to offer to biodiversity & healthy soils« 

  • 8th ATF-EAAP special session (01 December 2020, remote meeting)
  • the 10th ATF seminar (21 April 2021 – Brussels, Belgium)

The Animal Task Force and Plants for the Future ETP co-organised on 04 November 2020 a webinar on « How to re-implement crop-livestock synergies? »

Topic 2019: « Towards a climate smart European livestock farming« 

Topic 2018: « Balance Production/Consumption: Animal farming for Humans’ well-being and planetary health« 

  • 6th ATF-EAAP special session (27 August 2018, Dubrovnik, Croatia)
  • 8th ATF Seminar (7 November 2018, Brussels, Belgium)

Topic 2017: « Food integrity in the food chain: How can the animal production sector contribute?« 

  • 5th ATF-EAAP special session (28 August 2017, Tallinn, Estonia)
  • 7th ATF seminar in Brussels (26 October 2017, Brussels, Belgium)

Topic 2016: « Livestock, the key in a circular bioeconomy« 

  • 4th ATF-EAAP special session (26 August 2016, Belfast, UK)
  • 6th ATF Seminar (16 November 2016, Brussels, Belgium)

Topic 2015: « Precision Livestock Farming (PLF)« 

  • 3rd ATF-EAAP special session (31 August 2015, Warsaw, Poland)
  • 5th ATF seminar (17 November 2015, Brussels, Belgium)

The EU-PLF consortium and the Animal Task Force organised the final conference of the EU-PLF projets (29 September 2016).

Topic 2014: « Putting the i in livestock: innovation for a productive and sustainable livestock farming« 

  • 2nd ATF-EAAP special session (28 August 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark)
  • 4th ATF seminar (05 November 2014, Brussels, Belgium)

Topic 2013: « Responsible Livestock Farming Systems« 

  • ATF-EAAP special session
  • 3rd ATF seminar (06 November 2013, Brussels, Belgium)

Topic 2012: « Resource-use efficiency« 

  • 2nd ATF seminar (7 November 2012, Brussels, Belgium)