Climate Change in Agriculture
22.10.18
On Saturday 22 October 2018, Dr. Athanasios Drigas presented the CLICHA project in front of 250 educators, researchers and policymakers, during his welcome speech at the Annual Educational Conference, organized by Net Media Lab, at the congress center in the campus of N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”.
04.07.18
Presentation at the 53rd Summer School of N.C.S.R. “Demokritos” in the framework of the 6th Hellenic Forum for Science, Technology and Innovation. On Wednesday 4 July 2018, Dr. Athanasios Drigas, Director of Net Media Lab of N.C.S.R. “Demokritos” presented the CLICHA project during his annual speech at the 53rd Summer School of N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”.
13.10.18
5000 citizens sent a loud message on climate change by building the largest mosaic of 357.5 square meters of recyclable materials, a Guinness world record. The event took place on Saturday, October 13, 2018, at the Kallimarmaro Panathinaiko Stadium under the auspices of the Hellenic Olympic Committee. The Greek partners of the CLICHA project had the chance to disseminate to the general public and especially young people the activities and the targets of the program. Networking with youth organisations also took place. The event was widely publicised and it was screened by at least two national TV networks.
26.03.18
ASA UniTo
On 19 December 2018 in the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies (LLU) held a seminar about the measures to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture. During the workshop it was opened a monograph prepared by the scientists of the LLU on climate change, on the possibilities for farmers to adapt to climate changes and to mitigate environmental impacts. Clicha project partners from LLU Elita Aplocina, Dzidra Kreismane and Dina Popluga presented the objectives of Clicha project and told about participation of the LLU in the project.
01.11.18
On the 1st of November, 2018 Vecauce hosted the Harvest Festival “Vecauce 2018” dedicated to the 100th birthday of Latvia and the 155th anniversary of agricultural education. The seminar was attended by around 120 participants from the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Scientific and Business Institutions, the Latvian Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, as well as students and farmers. During the first part of the seminar, the participants were introduced to the research carried out in 2018 in both the crop and livestock sectors, as well as the activities and development of scientific institutions. In the second part of the seminar, there were poster presentations, including a presentation on the CLICHA project. The third part of the seminar covered tastings of various agricultural products.
Paris 2018
16-18 November 2018
International Symposium on Biology and Development
Mauritania
CACC & UJ-ESIER
10.11.18
On November 8th it was organized a seminar for farmers in organic farming in Latvia in Amata parish about climate change. Professor of LLU Dzidra Kreismaine gave a lecture on climate change for the production of agricultural products and farmers’ possibilities to adapt to climate change. The event was attended by 55 farmers. Farmers were very enthusiastic, asking about the threats and actions of the harmful organisms and the quality of production in changing climate conditions.