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OR in Agriculture and Forest Management
Last update: 2009-12-13
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| Coordinator: |
Lluis M. Pla-Aragones |
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Facultat de Dret i Economia
Universitat de Lleida
c./ Jaume II, 73
25001 Lleida. Spain |
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| Board: |
Ljusk Ola Eriksson
Frederik Garcia
Anders R. Kristensen
Lluis M. Pla (Cordinator)
Andres Weintraub
Daniel Sandars
Lars R. Nielsen
Lan Ge |
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| Members: |
The group started in 2003 with approximately 40 members from different countries. The number has been increased since then and now we are around 120. People belongs mainly to EU contries but we have also a significant representation from America and Asia. The list of members is shown at the webpage of the group (www.orafm.org).
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Purpose and history
As declared by the EURO Council, the main purpose of the EWG's is to encourage communication and research between small groups of members specialising in particular topics. The WG is open to people with different backgrounds (like industry, university, etc) and who are interested on OR methods and its application in Agriculture and Forest Management in order to exchange ideas, experiences and research results. In this context, we invite everyone interested in this topic to join us.
Past activities
The first meeting of the WG was held in September 2004 at Silsoe Research Institute (UK).
The second meeting of the WG was in July 2006 in the EURO Conference held in Reykjavik (Iceland).
The third meeting of the WG was integrated within EURO XXII Conference held in Prague (Czech Republic), july 2007.
The forth meeting was a stream at the OR50 held in York (UK), september 2008.
The fifth meeting of the WG was held in Bonn within EURO XXIII, july 2009. Furthermore we have also organised the EURO Summer Institute 2009 held in Lleida (Spain).
Future activities
The sixth meeting of the WG will be integrated within EURO XXIV in Lisbon, july 2010. We are organising a stream for such purpose and all members and people concerned with OR in Agriculture and Forest Management are invited to paticipate.
Publications
There is a Special issue of Annals of Operations Research about "OR in Agriculture and Forest Management" to be prepared more than 30 papers were submitted. It is expected the publication during 2010.
Given the successful results of this volume, another one is being prepared and a CfP is launched with the same journal (http://www.springer.com/journal/10479/submission) and covering similar topics: "Methods and Applications in Natural Resources Management"
Budget
Until this moment small financial support has been regularly received from EURO. The EURO annual subside was received in 2008 and 2009. Year 2009 we have had additional support for a successful preparation of the EURO Summer Institute.
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