MAICh News and Events

CerOrganic

Sat Mar 10 10:42:41 EET 2012

Starting:25 of June, 2010
Ending:25 of June, 2012
*The CerOrganic Programme* The CerOrganic LdV Project will produce a quality assurance procedure for the vocational education/training (VET) of advisors/trainers in Organic Agriculture (OA), based on European Quality Assurance Reference Framework (EQARF). The QA procedure will be developed and refined in parallel with an exemplary quality-certified training programme for OA trainers/advisors that will lead to a European qualification. The QA procedure will subsequently be made available for application to other VETs in OA. Through the development of these products, CerOrganic aims to increase the quality and attractiveness of European OA-related training systems, and stimulate agricultural extension service employment. Currently there are a large number of initiatives to develop VET programmes in OA, however, the standard of training varies very widely among EU member states, and none leads to a recognized, transferable, international qualification as an OA advisor/trainer. The CerOrganic Training of Trainers (ToT) course will employ a blended-learning approach with particular emphasis on the use of Information and Communications Technologies. The development of the CerOrganic ToT according to the QA specifications will ensure that all aspects of the Training will be rigorously tested. *The CerOrganic Summer School: May 2011* The *CerOrganic Programme Training of Trainers Summer School* will be held between the *22nd – 28th of May, 2011, at MAICh*. The ToT programme is open to graduates holding degrees in agriculture-related subjects and individuals with direct experience (5 years) of organic cultivation, and will teach the key competences and skills required by trainers/advisors of organic farmers. The ToT will consist of a 2-week introductory period of self-study and exercises supported through the CerOrganic Web Platform, followed by the week-long Summer School incorporating lectures, discussions, learning scenario development, practical workshops and visits to organic farming businesses. The programme will be completed by a 2-week period in which the trainees will develop their own training course for farmers, at distance, supported by the CerOrganic programme tutors through the Web Platform. The training will be taught by internationally-recognized experts in organic agriculture, pedagogy and e-learning, predominately in English. The cost of participation is 200€. The (optional) cost of accommodation and all meals during the Summer School is 300€. The closing date for applications is 31st march, 2011. For further information, and details of how to apply, please contact Dr Carolyn Owen (owen@maich.gr, 003028210 35000 x533).

REVERSE

Thu Jun 02 15:13:56 EEST 2011

Starting:02 of June, 2011
Ending:02 of June, 2012
REVERSE - REgional exchanges and policy making for protecting and valorising biodiVERSity in Europe

SYLVAMED

Thu Jun 02 22:23:21 EEST 2011

Starting:02 of June, 2011
Ending:02 of June, 2012
Mediterranean Forests for All

MINERVA Olive Oil Production Standard and Experimental Application

Thu Mar 15 09:42:15 EET 2012

Starting:04 of November, 2011
Ending:04 of November, 2013

Project title	MINERVA Olive Oil Production Standard and Experimental Application
Funding	MINERVA AE
Coordinator	Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania
Partners	Ecological Production Systems Unit Institute of Viticulture and Horticulture of Heraklion National Agricultural Research Foundation (NAGREF)
Date of approval (duration)	June 2011 - Duration: 3 years
Increasing demand for food quality and safety as well as sound management of biotic and abiotic resources towards a minimum environmental impact have enforced a collaboration between MINERVA (a Greek leading company in the food sector), Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania and the National Agricultural Research Foundation (NAGREF). In a three years project, production Standards will be created to cover primary production, processing and packing of olive oil. Operations will be inspected by a third party ensuring compliance of the farmer’s groups with the developed Standards. The initiative follows previous examples worldwide for food safety and quality (e.g. farm to fork, the Global Food Safety Initiative etc.). Added value for the farmer, consumer and environment are envisaged and primary production critical points are targeted and experimentally tested: agrobiodiversity, nutrient, water and energy use, CO2 emissions. The results will be announced in the end of the project and will provide information for farming production practices improvement. Tangible outcomes are expected to benefit significantly olive primary production in Greece and the Mediterranean leading towards sustainable agriculture..

University support for research and development in industry

Tue Jan 31 09:50:25 EET 2012

Starting:31 of January, 2012
Ending:31 of January, 2013
R&D Industry builds upon the Lisbon objectives and focuses on strengthening innovation capacities in the Mediterranean area. The partnership includes 5 partners from 5 countries. According to the European Innovation Scoreboard 2008 (which presented four categories: 'innovation leaders', 'innovation followers', 'moderate innovators' and 'catching-up countries'), France is an 'innovation follower', Slovenia, Spain, Greece and Italy are 'moderate innovators'. The guidelines suggest that while enhancing the efficiency of the mentioned countries, the output performance may be improved without having to invest more in innovation inputs. The project thus engages university R&D as the input to be exploited.

Omics response of tomato to salinity

Tue Apr 03 10:16:19 EEST 2012

Starting:03 of April, 2012
Ending:01 of January, 2013
Research Project SYNERGASIA: Optimization of environment control in protected crops for salinity management using –omics technologies The use of saline water for irrigation in greenhouses is a major problem causing abiotic stress to vegetable crops compromising production and leading to diminished incomes for the growers. The objective of this proposal is the development of biomolecules into biosensors in order to predict abiotic stress progress and use CO2 to enhance the response of plants to salinity stress. To this direction, genomics and metabolomics approaches will be used to identify molecules or cellular processes as early predictors of salinity stress progress. Contact: P. Kalaitzis, panagiot@maich.gr
Coordinator: Dr. P. Kalaitzis, Department of Horticultural Genetics & Biotechnology
Partners: Center for Research, Technology and Development of Thessaly (KETEAΘ); Institute of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Processes of High Temperature – Institution of Technology and Research (ITE).
Duration: 2010-2012
Financed by: ESPA – Action at National Level – Cooperation (SYNERGASIA)

Η "Ημέρα της Μαγείας των Φυτών"

Wed Mar 21 09:18:41 EET 2012

Starting:18 of May, 2012
Ending:18 of May, 2012

	Η Ημέρα της Μαγείας των Φυτών
	Με την πρωτοβουλία του Διεθνούς Οργανισμού Επιστημών των Φυτών

MICHIGAN ECCE-ECPE

Mon May 14 11:27:23 EEST 2012

Starting:26 of May, 2012
Ending:27 of May, 2012
Organizer: Hellenic American Union
Number of participants: 260

Animation of rural development – a new profession?

Tue Feb 28 14:46:49 EET 2012

Starting:07 of June, 2012
Ending:09 of June, 2012
The consortium of the European Masters Programme for Rural Animators announces the International Conference: Animation of rural development – a new profession? To be held on 7-9 June 2012 At the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania Crete,Greece This conference aims to promote discussion in the field of rural development, focusing especially on ways and means that rural development can be encouraged in disadvantaged or remote territories, in territories facing restructuring or in any other rural areas that lag behind in sustainable development. A key profession, that of the “rural animator” is introduced, as a focal player in the process of community encouragement and mediation towards the objective of sustainable development. The necessary qualifications for conducting such a profession in an efficient way are also considered for discussion and evaluation.

17th INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL & ECONOMIC STUDIES (IIPES)

Mon May 14 11:28:10 EEST 2012

Starting:21 of July, 2012
Ending:06 of August, 2012
Organizer: The Fund for American Studies, Greek Association for Atlantic & European Cooperation, Georgetown University
Number of participants: 70

EAAE Seminar

Wed Mar 14 15:42:20 EET 2012

Starting:15 of June, 2013
Ending:16 of June, 2013
EAAE SEMINAR "Developing Integrated and Reliable Modeling Tools for Agricultural and Environmental Policy Analysis "
Organizer: European Association of the Agricultural Economists, MAICh