What have you done during your Mobility?

What did this experience mean to you?

Staying at the University of Hohenheim exceeded my expectations which were at the beginning of my mobility. I was able to give the first results of my work to European scientists and participate in 1st International conference of Agronomists in Bosnia and Herzegovina, research conferences “European Science and Technology”, International scientific conference “European Applied Sciences: modern approaches in scientific researches” in Germany. I attended interesting and useful seminars such as “Sustainable systems of biomass production”, “Time and self- management”, “Presentation training”, completed German language courses. During stay in University of Hohenheim I’ve participated in the excursions to World Organic Trade Fair Biofach, International Green Week in Berlin and to companies such as BayWA AG, BASF, CLAAS, John Deere

For me, it is an invaluable and practical experience. I learned to manage my time, how to prepare presentations, got a lot of information about agrarian policy of European Union and former Soviet countries. The biggest achievement is improving of communication skills with European professors and scientists and working with multicultural and multilingual students. I believe that in the future it will be very useful in creating of joint educational and research projects.

How would you describe the impact of your mobility at your home country?

I think that all of acquired skills and abilities can be used for the development and improvement of master and doctoral education programs at my university. Upon return I’m planning to organize seminars/workshops for my colleagues from KazNAU to explain present technologies of crop production in Europe and development in agricultural science.

Name: Yeltay Alkenov

Mobility level: Doctorate

Duration: 18 months

Host university: University of Hohenheim Home university: Kazakh National

Agrarian University

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