Presentation from Dr Dora Chimonidou, Director of the Agricultural Research Institute of Cyprus during the EIT Stakeholders Conferece, organized during the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of E.U.
Building-up the Partnership for Using Biotechnological Tools for Sustainable ...apaari
Building-up the Partnership for Using Biotechnological Tools for Sustainable Conservation and Utilization of Bioresources - Role of Bioversity International by Zhang Zongwen
Heribert Hirt - Plant Sciences Research Priorities in the 21st Centuryepsoeurope
Presentation from Heribert Hirt, INRA, Evry, FR, President of the European Plant Science Organisation, at the 7th EPSO Conference, 2 Sept 2013.
"Plant Sciences Research Priorities in the 21st Century"
Building-up the Partnership for Using Biotechnological Tools for Sustainable ...apaari
Building-up the Partnership for Using Biotechnological Tools for Sustainable Conservation and Utilization of Bioresources - Role of Bioversity International by Zhang Zongwen
Heribert Hirt - Plant Sciences Research Priorities in the 21st Centuryepsoeurope
Presentation from Heribert Hirt, INRA, Evry, FR, President of the European Plant Science Organisation, at the 7th EPSO Conference, 2 Sept 2013.
"Plant Sciences Research Priorities in the 21st Century"
“Biotechnology’s Contributions to Increased Philippine Food Security”, presented by Randy Hautea, Global Coordinator, ISAAA at the ReSAKSS-Asia Conference, Nov 14-16, 2011, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Are edible insects the next sustainable source of proteins challenges in the ...foodresearch
Animal-based products, such as meat and milk, deliver primary nutritional components around the globe. To handle the rapidly growing population and to sustain global food production by keeping an account of the carbon emissions during this process is proving to be quite challenging. One of the potential alternative sources of proteins is edible insects with protein content ranged from 35% to 61%, lipids (13-33%) and contains significant amount of animal fiber in form of insoluble chitin. Insects are a part of the human diet in many cultures in different countries. However, entomophagy is not promoted widely even by many international organizations. The common popular insects fall into these categories, beetles, bees, caterpillars, ants, wasps, locusts, crickets, leafhoppers and grasshoppers, true bugs, termites, dragonflies and flies.
Are the insects eating could be the future?
As a consumer, we should be aware of entomophagy, and the insect rearing might become a necessity in the future. Some consumers in different countries are willing to pay a premium price as street foods are sold in hygienic conditions. Entomophagy is revalidated from time to time with the help of worldwide campaigns in countries suffering from acute food shortages. The global strategy is to maintain sustainable food security for everyone.
Food Research Lab can help you solve these problems related to the formulation of food products with edible insects. FRL is for food and nutraceutical manufacturers as well as those companies involved in NPD and developing spec without manufacturing. FRL gives you the ability to improve all phases and aspects of new product development, such as original specification, ideation, shelf-life, and packaging. Additionally, you can get them out to market quicker than ever before.
Want to know more: https://bit.ly/3zNDnV3
Contact us:
Website: https://www.foodresearchlab.com/
Contact no: UK- +44- 161 818 4656 , INDIA- +91 9566299022
Email: info@foodresearchlab.com
Bringing Science And Market Trends Together Via Genome-Enabled BreedingFabio Caligaris
Presented at Plant Genomics and Gene Editing Congress: Asia. For more information visit: www.global-engage.com
Growing population size and increased wealth in Asia are creating challenges and opportunities respectively for crop breeding. Furthermore, Applications of molecular breeding have led to the generation of healthy plant-based food market-focused products that have either been commercialised or are in the commercial pipeline. These include healthy & nutritious cereal grains, novel oils such as those enriched in omega-3 long chain fatty acids.
Presentation given at the session on 'Seeds of Resilience - Novel strategies for using crop diversity in climate change adaptation' at Tropentag 2016, September 21st, Vienna, by Bioversity International scientist Ronnie Vernooy.
Future impacts of climate change are expected to become more pronounced in many parts of the world, forcing farmers to change their practices and causing them to find crops and varieties better adapted to new weather dynamics. Providing farmers with better access to crop and varietal diversity can strengthen their capacity to adapt to climate change. Under supportive policy and socioeconomic conditions, such strengthened capacity could contribute to greater food availability throughout the year, the production of more nutritious and healthy crops, and income generation. This is easier said than done.
How do we design and implement a comprehensive strategy that will allow farmers to access and use plant genetic diversity more effectively in the context of climate change adaptation? This session responded to this question through an interactive introduction to the challenge of enabling farmers to use climate-adapted germplasm (led by Bioversity International), a practical example from the field to bring new diversity to farmers fields (a case study from Uganda), and a “this is how we support crop diversification for climate change adaptation” exchange among a number of experts from government (development cooperation), private sector and civil society.
Find out more:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/tropentag2016/
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/e-library/publications/detail/resource-box-for-resilient-seed-systems-handbook/
Biotechnology in agriculture and BioInformatics in AgricultureAbubaker Shekhani
This presentation is final project of my course Bioinformatics back in 2010. Bioinformatics and biotechnology together has a great role in Agriculture.
Re-collection to assess temporal variation in wild barley diversity in JordanBioversity International
Presentation delivered by Dr Imke Thormann at the International Agrobiodiversity Congress 2016, held in Delhi, India, 6-9 November.
Imke Thormann's presentation focused on crop wild relative genetic erosion and how it can be studied.
Find out more about the India Agrobiodiversity Congress:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/iac2016/
ICRISAT Research Program West and Central Africa 2016 Highlights-Good crop ma...ICRISAT
Clearing the road to higher quality groundnut production is being demonstrated in farmer participation plots that use improved varieties in combination with management practices to reduce crop contamination. It has been shown in certain regions of Mali that aflatoxin contamination in traders’ stocks can reach 120 parts per billion (ppb) and in groundnut markets up to 250 ppb, considerably higher than international standards for human consumption set at 4 ppb in the European Union and 20 ppb in the United States.
Presentation given by Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International, at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault Anniversary Event, February 2018.
This presentation outlines the results of a feasibility study for a Global Cryo-Collection of crops that cannot be conserved by seed. These include banana, cacao, cassava, coconut, coffee, potato and yams. These crops either don’t produce conventional seeds, like bananas, or because the seeds they do produce do not always resemble their parents, like potatoes and many other roots and tubers making it impossible to reproduce them.
Cryopreservation is safe and reliable and dependable. In cryopreservation, plants are stored in in liquid nitrogen at a temperature of -196 °C, a temperature so cold that it effectively stops all the living processes within the plant tissue, freezing it forever in time. Plants can then be regenerated from tiny stored samples and grown into whole plants.
This study was commissioned by Bioversity International, the International Potato Center (CIP) and the Global Crop Diversity Trust with financial support from Australia, Germany and Switzerland.
Read it here:
https://www.bioversityinternational.org/e-library/publications/detail/feasibility-study-for-a-safety-back-up-cryopreservation-facility-independent-expert-report-july-2017/
http://www.fao.org/agroecology/en/
Presentation held by Professor Long Li, a visiting expert from China Agricultural University to FAO. He presented an overview of agroecology in China, including Policies, Practices and Science.
Presenter: Dr. Marie Haga
Executive Director, Global Crop Diversity Trust.
Facing demographic and climate changes, our best and most important tool to develop a resilient agricultural system is found in the natural diversity of crops and within crops. The Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) works to safeguard the most important collections of crop diversity in genebanks around the world. This global common good will guarantee farmers and plant breeders have access to the raw materials needed to improve our crops, and ultimately, feed the world.
by Claudia Sorlini, President, Scientific Committee for EXPO 2015 of Milan
at IAI-OCP international seminar on
"Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in the Euro-Mediterranean Area", Rome – February 2, 2015
“Biotechnology’s Contributions to Increased Philippine Food Security”, presented by Randy Hautea, Global Coordinator, ISAAA at the ReSAKSS-Asia Conference, Nov 14-16, 2011, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Are edible insects the next sustainable source of proteins challenges in the ...foodresearch
Animal-based products, such as meat and milk, deliver primary nutritional components around the globe. To handle the rapidly growing population and to sustain global food production by keeping an account of the carbon emissions during this process is proving to be quite challenging. One of the potential alternative sources of proteins is edible insects with protein content ranged from 35% to 61%, lipids (13-33%) and contains significant amount of animal fiber in form of insoluble chitin. Insects are a part of the human diet in many cultures in different countries. However, entomophagy is not promoted widely even by many international organizations. The common popular insects fall into these categories, beetles, bees, caterpillars, ants, wasps, locusts, crickets, leafhoppers and grasshoppers, true bugs, termites, dragonflies and flies.
Are the insects eating could be the future?
As a consumer, we should be aware of entomophagy, and the insect rearing might become a necessity in the future. Some consumers in different countries are willing to pay a premium price as street foods are sold in hygienic conditions. Entomophagy is revalidated from time to time with the help of worldwide campaigns in countries suffering from acute food shortages. The global strategy is to maintain sustainable food security for everyone.
Food Research Lab can help you solve these problems related to the formulation of food products with edible insects. FRL is for food and nutraceutical manufacturers as well as those companies involved in NPD and developing spec without manufacturing. FRL gives you the ability to improve all phases and aspects of new product development, such as original specification, ideation, shelf-life, and packaging. Additionally, you can get them out to market quicker than ever before.
Want to know more: https://bit.ly/3zNDnV3
Contact us:
Website: https://www.foodresearchlab.com/
Contact no: UK- +44- 161 818 4656 , INDIA- +91 9566299022
Email: info@foodresearchlab.com
Bringing Science And Market Trends Together Via Genome-Enabled BreedingFabio Caligaris
Presented at Plant Genomics and Gene Editing Congress: Asia. For more information visit: www.global-engage.com
Growing population size and increased wealth in Asia are creating challenges and opportunities respectively for crop breeding. Furthermore, Applications of molecular breeding have led to the generation of healthy plant-based food market-focused products that have either been commercialised or are in the commercial pipeline. These include healthy & nutritious cereal grains, novel oils such as those enriched in omega-3 long chain fatty acids.
Presentation given at the session on 'Seeds of Resilience - Novel strategies for using crop diversity in climate change adaptation' at Tropentag 2016, September 21st, Vienna, by Bioversity International scientist Ronnie Vernooy.
Future impacts of climate change are expected to become more pronounced in many parts of the world, forcing farmers to change their practices and causing them to find crops and varieties better adapted to new weather dynamics. Providing farmers with better access to crop and varietal diversity can strengthen their capacity to adapt to climate change. Under supportive policy and socioeconomic conditions, such strengthened capacity could contribute to greater food availability throughout the year, the production of more nutritious and healthy crops, and income generation. This is easier said than done.
How do we design and implement a comprehensive strategy that will allow farmers to access and use plant genetic diversity more effectively in the context of climate change adaptation? This session responded to this question through an interactive introduction to the challenge of enabling farmers to use climate-adapted germplasm (led by Bioversity International), a practical example from the field to bring new diversity to farmers fields (a case study from Uganda), and a “this is how we support crop diversification for climate change adaptation” exchange among a number of experts from government (development cooperation), private sector and civil society.
Find out more:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/tropentag2016/
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/e-library/publications/detail/resource-box-for-resilient-seed-systems-handbook/
Biotechnology in agriculture and BioInformatics in AgricultureAbubaker Shekhani
This presentation is final project of my course Bioinformatics back in 2010. Bioinformatics and biotechnology together has a great role in Agriculture.
Re-collection to assess temporal variation in wild barley diversity in JordanBioversity International
Presentation delivered by Dr Imke Thormann at the International Agrobiodiversity Congress 2016, held in Delhi, India, 6-9 November.
Imke Thormann's presentation focused on crop wild relative genetic erosion and how it can be studied.
Find out more about the India Agrobiodiversity Congress:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/iac2016/
ICRISAT Research Program West and Central Africa 2016 Highlights-Good crop ma...ICRISAT
Clearing the road to higher quality groundnut production is being demonstrated in farmer participation plots that use improved varieties in combination with management practices to reduce crop contamination. It has been shown in certain regions of Mali that aflatoxin contamination in traders’ stocks can reach 120 parts per billion (ppb) and in groundnut markets up to 250 ppb, considerably higher than international standards for human consumption set at 4 ppb in the European Union and 20 ppb in the United States.
Presentation given by Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International, at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault Anniversary Event, February 2018.
This presentation outlines the results of a feasibility study for a Global Cryo-Collection of crops that cannot be conserved by seed. These include banana, cacao, cassava, coconut, coffee, potato and yams. These crops either don’t produce conventional seeds, like bananas, or because the seeds they do produce do not always resemble their parents, like potatoes and many other roots and tubers making it impossible to reproduce them.
Cryopreservation is safe and reliable and dependable. In cryopreservation, plants are stored in in liquid nitrogen at a temperature of -196 °C, a temperature so cold that it effectively stops all the living processes within the plant tissue, freezing it forever in time. Plants can then be regenerated from tiny stored samples and grown into whole plants.
This study was commissioned by Bioversity International, the International Potato Center (CIP) and the Global Crop Diversity Trust with financial support from Australia, Germany and Switzerland.
Read it here:
https://www.bioversityinternational.org/e-library/publications/detail/feasibility-study-for-a-safety-back-up-cryopreservation-facility-independent-expert-report-july-2017/
http://www.fao.org/agroecology/en/
Presentation held by Professor Long Li, a visiting expert from China Agricultural University to FAO. He presented an overview of agroecology in China, including Policies, Practices and Science.
Presenter: Dr. Marie Haga
Executive Director, Global Crop Diversity Trust.
Facing demographic and climate changes, our best and most important tool to develop a resilient agricultural system is found in the natural diversity of crops and within crops. The Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) works to safeguard the most important collections of crop diversity in genebanks around the world. This global common good will guarantee farmers and plant breeders have access to the raw materials needed to improve our crops, and ultimately, feed the world.
by Claudia Sorlini, President, Scientific Committee for EXPO 2015 of Milan
at IAI-OCP international seminar on
"Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in the Euro-Mediterranean Area", Rome – February 2, 2015
’Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity conservation and use in Sri Lankan agro-ecosy...Janathakshan Gte Ltd
Presentation by Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment
Technical Session 02: Climate Change Adaptation
Experience Sharing Forum on Climate Smart Initiatives of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Next – A blue Green Era – Conference and Exhibition 2017
16 – 17 October 2017, BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka
DIVERSIFOOD Final Congress - Session 1 - Diversity and sustainability within ...diversifoodproject
"Transforming research for diverse and sustainable food systems: a paradigm shift for multi-actor and transdisciplinary research" - the Keynote Speech by Michel Pimbert, Executive Director of the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience, UK. The DIVERSIFOOD Final Congress was held in Rennes on 10-12 December 2018.
Presented by Ben Lukuyu and Michael Blummel, ILRI, at the Workshop on Identifying Investment Opportunities for Livestock Feed Resources Development in the Eastern Africa Sub-Region, ILRI Addis, 13-15 December 2017
Options of making livestock production in West Africa “climate-smart”ILRI
Presented by Amole Tunde and Augustine Ayantunde at the 7th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Accra International Conference Centre, Ghana, 29 July–2 August 2019
Agricultural biodiversity - an essential asset for the success and resilience...Bioversity International
Bioversity International scientist Pablo Eyzaguirre present on family farming and the contribution that family farms make to the conservation and use of agricultural biodiveristy. Family farmers are an important asset to food security - they manage a lot of agricultural biodiversity and they have gendered knowledge of the ecosystems where their farms are embedded.
Find out more about our work on agricultural ecosystems: www.bioversityinternational.org/research-portfolio/agricultural-ecosystems/
Conception and Engineering of Cropping Systems: How to integrate ecological ...FAO
http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/afns/en/
Presentation from Eric Malézieux and Eric Scopel , CIRAD, outlining the need for shifting towards ecologically-based food production systems. The presentation was prepared and delivered in occasion of the International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition, held at FAO in Rome on 18-19 September 2014.
Enhancing Global Food Resources: CGIAR Strategy and its future Portfolio of P...CGIAR
Presented to the Second International Forum on Global Food Resources, 5-6 October 2016, Hokkaido University.
By Peter Gardiner, CGIAR System Management Office, France
A presentation about research and developments on agricultural robot sprayers, as presented at the Precision Viticulture event, organized by the American Embassy at the CUTing Edge American Spaces, in Limassol on June 26, 2018
Παρουσίαση του Ανδρέα Στυλιανού, Λειτουργό Γεωργικών Ερευνών του Ινστιτούτου Γεωργικών Ερευνών με θέμα "Νέες τάσεις στον αγροδιατροφικό τομέα".
Η εκδήλωση με τίτλο «Νέες Τάσεις στις Δημιουργικές Βιομηχανίες» πραγματοποιήθηκε στις 14 Απριλίου 2016. Υπεύθυνο για τη διοργάνωση της εκδήλωσης ήταν το Κέντρο Καινοτομίας, Επιχειρηματικότητας και Νέων Τεχνολογιών του Πανεπιστημίου Λευκωσίας. Η εκδήλωση έλαβε χώρα στο κτίριο Research and Technology του Πανεπιστημίου υπό την αιγίδα του έντιμου Υπουργού Γεωργίας, Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Περιβάλλοντος, κ. Νίκου Κουγιάλη.
Ομιλία κας. Μαλούπα στην ημερίδα με θέμα
Παρουσίαση βιβλίου: «Με… Νου αρωματόκηπος και ευεξία"
που πραγματοποιήθηκε την Παρασκευή 4 Μαρτίου στο ΙΓΕ: Εργαστήρι με θέμα "Βιωματικό Εργαστήρι για τα Αρωματικά και Φαρμακευτικά φυτά"
http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/ari/ari.nsf/all/6B5039327BB1B943C2257BA40030F364/$file/ergastiri04032016.pdf?openelement
Παρουσίαση από τον Δρ Γεώργιο Τσοκτουρίδη με θέμα "Εργαστήριο Προστασίας και Αξιοποίησης Αυτοφυών και Ανθοκομικών Ειδών" που έδωσε την Ημερίδα για τα Αρωματικά και Φαρμακευτικά Φυτά. Η διάλεξη έγινε στο Ινστιτούτο Γεωργικών Ερευνών στη Λευκωσία, την Τετάρτη 4 Φεβρουαρίου 2015.
Παρουσίαση από την Κωνσταντίνα Σταυρίδου με θέμα "ΓΕΝΕΤΙΚΗ ΤΑΥΤΟΠΟΙΗΣΗ ΠΕΝΤΕ ΕΙΔΩΝ MENTHA SP. ΜΕ ΜΟΡΙΑΚΕΣ ΜΕΘΟΔΟΥΣ" που έδωσε την Ημερίδα για τα Αρωματικά και Φαρμακευτικά Φυτά. Η διάλεξη έγινε στο Ινστιτούτο Γεωργικών Ερευνών στη Λευκωσία, την Τετάρτη 4 Φεβρουαρίου 2015.
Παρουσίαση της Δρ Ελένης Μαλούπα με τίτλο "Διατήρηση και Αξιοποίηση των Ελληνικών Αρωματικών-Φαρμακευτικών Φυτών " που έδωσε στην Ημερίδα για τα Αρωματικά και Φαρμακευτικά Φυτά. Η διάλεξη έγινε στο Ινστιτούτο Γεωργικών Ερευνών, στη Λευκωσία την Τετάρτη 4 Φεβρουαρίου 2015
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
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Food4Future
1.
2. Food4Future: Sustainable Supply Chain
from Resources to Consumers
Dora Chimonidou
Director of Agricultural Research Institute of
Cyprus
3. Food4Future – Challenges
Challenges:
oIncreasing world population
oEnergy security (linked to scarcity of fossil fuel and bioenergy development)
oAdaptation and mitigation of climate change
oConsumers demand of affordable, diversified, high quality & convenient food
products responding to their tastes & needs
oConcerns regarding food safety, environmental protection, fair trading practices
& animal welfare
Horizon 2020:
"The challenge is to secure supplies of safe and high quality food and bio-based products
and to ensure sustainable management of biological resources, contributing to both rural
and coastal development and to competitiveness of the European biobased industries,
while preserving terrestrial and marine eco-systems, reducing fossil-dependency, mitigating
and adapting to climate change and promoting zero-waste."
4. Food4Future – Facts & Figures
Facts:
oThe EU food and drink industry is the largest manufacturing sector in Europe
with a turnover of €965 billion in 2009
oQuestions of food safety and security have a bearing on nearly all sectors of
economy and society
oOver the last decade, Europe's share of the global market has declined from
25% to 21% in the face of competition from emerging economies (BRIC)
oEuropean food research was estimated as 0.37% of gross output in 2009
compared to 1.01% in Japan
oThe Food Sector is made up of 99% SMEs, producing ~50% of total turnover,
however the research performers are the universities and public research
institutes
oEU Governmental & public institutions with important role in food policy are
mostly not linked to policy research
5. Food4Future KIC – Issues & Needs
Food Research – Issues & Needs
o New Developments in Agricultural research mainly occur at the borderlines of
different disciplines, interdisciplinary research is needed
o Gaps between all stakeholders (public research, private breeding companies,
farmers, consumers)
o Gaps between research and innovation, local and European networks
o Greater involvement of farmers, resource users and consumers in the
research efforts for both, the setting of research priorities and for the
application of research
SCAR Report on Agri-Food Research – Issues & Needs
o Financing is a major obstacle to sharing research infrastructures, specifically
the lack of funding & difficulty of sharing costs
o Competition between countries & potential conflict of interest between
coordination at a European level and national strategies
o Lack of networking and coordination
6. Food4Future KIC – Added Value
Knowledge & Innovation Communities (KICs) Added Value for
Research:
o Holistic Approach:
o Bridge the gaps between Stakeholders
o Promote interdisciplinary research
o Provide access and sharing of infrastructures
o Enhance networking and coordination (gap of National, Regional & European)
o Mobilize investment and long-term commitment through the involvement of
Business Sector (99% SMEs)
o Knowledge Triangle:
o Bring together critical mass of excellent research, innovation, education
and training stakeholders along the whole chain
7. Agricultural Research Priorities in Cyprus
- Plant health and Crop Production -Integrated Crop Production (ICP) and
Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Rational use of inputs (fertilizers, pesticides,
water etc.) - "Using less produce more“
- Health and welfare of animals / production and safety of animal products
- Saving and Rational Use/Management of Water Resources-Evaluation of
crops with low water requirements and resistance to dry climates and use of
recycle water for irrigation
- Agricultural systems and implementation of new technologies- Molecular
genetics and plant breeding - Postharvest management of agricultural
products
- Renewable energy, Protection of natural resources, Energy
conservation, Adaptation of crops to climate change, Protection of the
environment and Biodiversity
- Agricultural Economics and Rural Development- Reducing production cost,
increasing overall system performance and efficient use of inputs «produce
more-pollute less»
8. Integrated Crop Production (ICP) and Integrated Pest Management
(IPM)
Low input production systems
Macrolophus caliginosus
(Hemiptera: Miridae)
Determination of irrigation needs Optimised use of water & nutrients
Production of healthy propagated material
Formation of new crop rotation systems Conservation of local varieties
Biodiversity
Use of endemic
species from Cyprus
flora in commercial
Floriculture
9. Creation of New Varieties of
cereals and legumes adapted
to Cyprus conditions
Training Centre
Creation of a Bio economy: Use of biomass
core of ship and for energy production and
goats of high growing algae for biodiesel
genetic production
standards
Reduction of Post-harvest losses
Training Centre: Training of the Extension officers of the Department of
Agriculture and growers - transfer knowledge-
“Building bridge between science and application”
10. Thank you for your attention!
Questions and Suggestions?