Academy of Agricultural Sciences has been founded on June 8th, 2017 in Zagreb. Professor Frane Tomić, member of the Croatian Academy of Science and Arts (HAZU) , has been elected the first president and 128 scientists became regular members of the newly founded scientific society dedicated to the advancement of agricultural sciences.

CoE CroP-BioDiv welcomes the establishment and its members will support the activities initiated by the Academy. Ten CoE CroP-BioDiv scientists became regular members of the Academy: Dean Ban, Smiljana Goreta Ban, Jasminka Karoglan Kontić, Edi Maletić, Dario Novoselović, Slavko Perica, Aleksandra Sudarić, Zlatko Šatović, Domagoj Šimić i Karolina Vrandečić.