StrengtheningtheEngagementofEasternandCentralEuropeinAgriculturalResearchand

InnovationPartnerships

VladimirVernerAssistantProfessor,HeadofDepartmentofEconomicsandDevelopment,

FacultyofTropicalAgriSciences,CzechUniversityofLifeSciencesCzechRepublic

EFARD2016AnnualTechnicalandBusinessMeeting

FutureofUsers’-LedResearchandInnovationPartnershipsPrague,2016

MainkeyresearchinterestsinCentralandEasternEurope

TransformationofagriculturalproductionRoleoffamilyfarmsLand-usesystemsAgriculturalpoliciesSoilanalysesEcology(e.g.heavymetalcontent)Ruralsociology,traditionalknowledgeHumannutritionAgriculturalmarketing

Researchoutcomes(ThompsonReuters)

AgriculturalUniversitiesinCEE

Prague Warsaw Budapest

Articles 4,000 3,500 4,700

Researchareas

Agriculture FoodScienceTechnology VeterinaryEnvironment Veterinary AgricultureFoodScienceTechnology Agriculture EnvironmentZoology Chemistry PlantSciencesPlantSciences PlantSciences ChemistryForestry Environment Zoology

ManykeyresearchinterestsinCentralandEasternEurope

TransformationofagriculturalproductionRoleoffamilyfarmsLand-usesystemsAgriculturalpoliciesSoilanalysesEcology(e.g.heavymetalcontent)Ruralsociology,traditionalknowledgeHumannutritionAgriculturalmarketing

ResearchtopicslinkedtoCULSandFacultyofTropicalAgriSciences

EthnobotanyandTraditionalknowledge

Wildedibleplants

Non-timberforestproducts

HerbalmedicineandEthnopharmacology

Foodsafety,DietarysupplementsandFunctionalfood

Value-chainsanalysis

LA: Peru

CA: Kyrgyzstan

Vietnam

SEA: Indonesia

GeographicallocationsofresearchofCULSandFacultyofTropicalAgriSciences

SAA: Ethiopia

EE, CA: Moldova, Georgia, Mongolia

SEA: Vietnam, Cambodia

GeographicallocationsofdevelopmentofCULSandFacultyofTropicalAgriSciences

Ethnobotany,EthnobiologyandTraditionalKnowledge

LukasLuczaj UniversityofRzeszow,PolandZsolt Molnar HungarianAcademyofScience,HungaryZbynekPolesny CULSPrague,CzechRepublicRenataSoukand EstonianLiteraryMuseum,Tartu,Estonia

andothers…

Western– EasternpartnershipacrossEuropeSwedenandItaly

Agroforestryandalternativefarmingsystems

CzechAgroforestryAssociation,EuropeanAgroforestryFederation(EURAF)Established2014

BohdanLojka,Radim KotrbaUniversitiesandResearchInstitutesinCzechRepublic

Western– EasternpartnershipacrossEuropeGermanyandFrance

Consumerbehaviour,prevalenceandattitudes

PrevalenceofherbalmedicineanddietarysupplementsDomestic(European)vsExoticherbspeciesNon-timberforestproductsmarket

VladimirVerner,PetraChaloupkova,LadislavKokoska CULSPrague,CZE

Slovakia,Poland

Western– EasternpartnershipacrossEuropeFranceandBelgium

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