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NAK Emmeloord, The Netherlands, 11 – 14 September, 2007
By Max Soepboer – NAK The Netherlands
From 11 till 14 September NAK1) organised an ISTA Workshop on Seed Sampling of agricultural species in Emmeloord, The Netherlands. Participants from various European countries attended the workshop which consisted of lectures and practicals. The subjects dealt with were:
- General principles of seed sampling
- Statistics in seed sampling
- ISTA Handbook on Seed Sampling
- Sampling containers (bags, boxes, big bags etc)
- Dividing the samples into submitted samples
- Automatic sampling
- Training, licensing and monitoring of samplers
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The lecturers were Michael Kruse (Professor of seed science and seed technology at the University of Hohenheim – Germany), Gerry Hall (Head of Cereal Certification for Scotland (SASA) and member of the BSC) and Max Soepboer (senior specialist seed policy of NAK and vice –chairman of the BSC). The chairperson of the BSC, Mrs. Leena Pietilä (Senior Inspector of Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira) was also present.
The practicals were given at Agrifirm (a cooperative cereal seed company) at Emmeloord and at Barenbrug Holland (a grass seed company) at Oosterhout. During the practicals the participants carried out sampling of seed in various types of containers. Besides that the practical aspects of automatic sampling were dealt with. Both during the lecturers and practicals there were lively discussions and valuable contributions from the participants.
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The social programme consisted of a visit to the former island of Urk, which is now part of the Noordoost Polder and to Giethoorn which, with its canals and high bridges, is called the Dutch Venice. Here a boat trip was made during which the old Giethoorn houses and farms with beautifully thatched roofs could be admired. The boat trip also gave an impression of the system of the transportation by water, which is still operated in Giethoorn.
On the last day of the workshop Mrs. Leena Pietilä gave a presentation of the present work and experiments of the BSC as well as of the plans for the future. After that she evaluated the workshop together with the participants and last but not least she presented the certificates.
1) General Dutch Inspection Service for agricultural seeds and seed potatoes |
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