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Documents from the Congress

You'll find documents and fact sheets handed out during the Congress on the page Congress documents. Link to places we visited is published on the Program English.

The Welcome to Japan speech given by the president of the Japan Agricultural Journalists’ Association is also published on this web-page.



The Ministry of Agriculture and Food

The Norwegian Minister of Agriculture and Food Terje Riis-Johansen spoke on congress Wednesday. The speach was about Agriculture in Norway - perspectives and possibilities.

Link to The Ministry of Agriculture and Foods speech. 



Photo gallery

You find some pictures of Norway at the Photo gallery . The pictures taken during the trip to Gudbrand Valley is also published in the gallery. Please remember to credit the photographer if you want to use some of the photos. Social photos from the congress will be published soon. Chuck Zimmerman has published unedited photos from the Congress at Flickr Photo Album.



South Africa has the best Sweet Cherry pit spitter in the World

 Gavin Grobbelaar from South Africa (picture) is the world's best Sweet Cherry pit spitter in 2006. Agricultural journalists from 16 countries around the whole world were participating at the World Championship in Sweet Cherry pit spitting. Grobbelaar spat the pit 12.8 meter. His closest competitor was Carlos Curci from Argentina who early in the competition took the leading position with a spit of 12.2 m and also Rasmus Lang-Ree from Norway with a spit of 11.1.m. See the results here.



IFAJ Star Prize of Agricultural Journalism 2006
 "Sheepdog Tam looks on as john Hall of Stonehouse, Kled, north Yorkshire, clips the last of his Swaledales ewes at Beck Meetings sheep fold"
"IFAJ Star Prize for Agricultural Photography 2006"

First place winner of the Star Prize for Agricultural Photography 2006: John Eveson, Farmers Guardian, United Kingdom.

Second place winner of the Star Prize for Agricultural Photography 2006: Mark Rozin, Capital Press, USA.

"The writing contest"

First place winner of the IFAJ Star Prize of Agricultural Journalism 2006: Andrew Blake, Farmers Weekly, United Kingdom.

Second place winner of the IFAJ Star Prize of Agricultural Journalism 2006: Andrew Gouws, landbou Weekblad, South Africa.



Check out Chucks blog from the IFAJ Congress 2006!

Get the last news from the IFAJ congress at Hamar. Chuck Zimmermans' blog gives you a good insight about events and happenings.

http://agwired.com/about-zimmcomm/ifaj



Journalists from 24 countries at Hamar

 Agricultural journalists from 24 countries came to the Congress at Hamar. Ishill Hayato (48) from Japan had done a long trip before he arrived Hamar late Friday evening. What surprised him most about Norway was the variable weather conditions with changes from sun to rain several times during a day.
- That's a big difference from Japan, says Hayato.

Picture: Hayato brought his glove from Switzerland and was looking to find the other when he arrived the Congress.



 

Detalied programme available
A detailed programme for the congress is now made available in English here. You also find it in the menu to the left - Program English.



11 timely tips for getting the most from the 2006 IFAJ Congress
Get some tips for getting the most from a great opportunity as the 2006 IFAJ Congress is. The tips come from a variety of IFAJ members - and from others through resources in the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center.  You might expect some of these tips.  Others may not have occurred to you. In any case, we hope they help stir your thinking, spark some ideas and multiply the value of your experience in Norway.

Welcome to Norway and the 50th annual IFAJ Congress
August 12-16 2006!
Almost 200 agricultural journalists will meet in Hamar by the lake Mjøsa in August. Participants from 27 countries have registered for the congress.

We look forward to showing you our country, but most of all to seeing you all and to give you interesting agricultural stories from the top of the world. We will feed your senses and give you a taste of Norway.

Hamar is situated in one of the most interesting agricultural areas in the country. Hamar is close to the capital Oslo, the main airport, the mountains and Norway`s famous valleys.  

Practical information
You find practical information about how to get to Hamar, information about the hotel and so here.
 

About our web site: You will find the information in English and some of it in German.

Betreffend unsere Web-Seite: Der Inhalt ist in English geschrieben, doch teilweise auch in Deutsch.

 

 
 



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