Title: Meeting of producers of Istrian garlic and onion landraces

Participants: Ivan Jakovičić – European Parliament; Representatives of the Institute of Agriculture and Tourism and Crop-BioDiv; Local producers; Local county officers, journalists, etc.

Organizer: Institute of Agriculture and Tourism; Crop-BioDiv;  Office of Ivan Jakovčić – Member of European Parliament

Time: 27 January, 2018 at 10:00

Location: Institute of Agriculture and Tourism

Short summary: The goal of the meeting was to discuss the possibilities to increase the production area and yield of garlic and onion in Istria county by using local landraces of garlic and onion. The mode of action to achieve the goal and synergy among participants was discussed as well.

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Title: How to create a long-term sustainable food production system in Croatia?

Organizer: Regional development agency Međimurje (REDEA)

Participants:

– assistent professor Klaudija Carović-Stanko, CoE CroP-BioDiv

– Mrs. Marijana Petir, member of the European Parliament

– Mrs.Andrea Laklija, Ministry of Agriculture

– Mr. Milorad Šubić, head of the Agricultural Advisory Services of the Međimurje County

– Mrs. Silvija Kolar-Fodor, Biovrt

Time: January 26th, 2018

Location: Čakovec

Title: Exploring Maize Genetic Diversity – a Quality-Driven Perspective

PhD Candidate: Mara Lisa Vieira Alves
Institution: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Lisbon, Portugal
Supervisor: dr Maria Carlota Vaz Patto, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Lisbon, Portugal
Co-Supervisor: professor Zlatko Šatović, CoE CroP-BioDiv, Zagreb, Croatia

President of the Jury: dr Cecília Maria Pais de Faria de Andrade Arraiano, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Lisbon, Portugal

Members of the Jury:
– professor Zlatko Šatović, CoE CroP-BioDiv, Zagreb, Croatia
– professor João Manuel Neves Martins, Instituto Superior de Agronomia da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
– professor Elisabetta Frascaroli, Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Bologna, Italy
– professor Sílvia Maria da Rocha Simões Carriço, Universidade de Aveiro, Departamento de Química, Aveiro, Portugal
– dr Pedro Revilla Temiño, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Misión Biológica de Galicia, Pontevedra, Spain
– dr Maria Carlota Vaz Patto, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Lisbon, Portugal

Time: January 22st, 2018

Location: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Lisbon, Portugal