Klaus-Peter Wilbois

Projects

• study about the availability of organic seeds
  
• evaluation of resources for organic agriculture
  
• development of a manual for on-farm field trials
  
• investigation of restraints in the process of approval of varieties which are suitable especially for organic agriculture
  
• study about the consideration of environment related aspects at the approval of crop varieties with a focus on genetically modified crops
  
• coordination of the network for pest control in organic agriculture, (Network "Forum Pflanzenschutz im Öko-Landbau")
  
• development of the producers` domain in the central internet portal on organic agriculture
  
• manager of the European Consortium for Organic Plant Breeding

Activity areas

• seed and seed health
  
• organic seed data base in the internet
  
• pest control, plant breeding and ? nutrition
  
• inputs evaluation for organic farming
  
• organic inputs
  
• on-farm field trials
  
• development of teaching materials and information on organic farming in the internet
  
• organic production in the central internet portal on organic agriculture

Training / professional career

• since 2002 head of the agriculture division at FiBL Deutschland e.V.
  
• 2000 - 2001 manager of the umbrella organisation on organic agriculture, "Arbeitsgemeinschaft ökologischer Landbau, (AGÖL)"
  
• 1998 - 2000 vice-manager of "Arbeitsgemeinschaft ökologischer Landbau, (AGÖL)"
  
• 1996 -1998 AGÖL
  
• 1994 -1995 doctorate at the university of Bonn
  
• 1992 - 1993 projects managerat "Noris Arbeit" in Nuremberg
  
• 1987 - 1992 studies of agricultural sciences at the university of Hohenheim and Gießen, specialisation in plant production

Membership in advisory bodies / other activities

• Member of the working group "techniqual applications in organic farming" in the Kuratorium Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft, KTBL
  
• Member of the working group "organic farming" in the Kuratorium Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft, KTBL
  
• Member of the advisory council "sustainable plant production" of the Bundesamtes für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (BVL)
  
• since 2001 manager of the European "Consortium for Organic Plant Breeding"
  
• 2001 - 2003 German member in the board of the IFOAM EU Regional Group