Press Conference
"Educational kit for Young Farmers"
At a press conference organized last Friday in the presence of Mr. Panicos Pouros, Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, the Research Center – Intercollege presented an educational package entitled “Educational Kit for Young Farmers”. The Kit is the outcome of the collective work by the partners of a consortium participating in the Leonardo da Vinci program “Educational Kit for Young Farmers in Candidate Countries / New Member States of the EU”.
The consortium was made up of ten partners from seven countries with the Environmental Studies Unit of the Research Center - Intercollege acting as the network’s Coordinator (Partners: Research Center - Intercollege, Agricultural Federation of Ammochostos - Cyprus, Czech University of Agriculture in Prague - Czech Republic, Italian Agricultural Confederation - Italy, Biopolitics International Organization - Greece, University of the Aegean, Department of Environmental Studies - Greece, Technological Educational Institute of Kalamata - Greece, Institute for Buildings Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture – Poland, Institute for Sustainable Development - Slovenia and Advanced Research Partnership - UK).
The Educational Kit aims at providing the young farmers with critical knowledge and information on the following areas:
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The European Union and Common Agricultural Policy
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Agriculture and the Environment
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Occupational Health and Safety in Agriculture
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Quality and Safety in Food Production
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Environment Friendly Agricultural Activities and Complementary Economic Activities
This package includes 5 guidebooks, one for each thematic area, and a CD-Rom including the information of the guidebooks in 6 languages (Greek, English, Italian, Polish, Czech and Slovenian).
For more information click here.
