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| Welcome to CROPWAT |
Centre for Sustainable
Crop -Water management |
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Faculty of Agriculture University of Belgrade Serbia |
Project summary |
Faculty of Agriculture (FoA)
is the only expert institution in Western Balkan region specifically
targeting the problems of water saving in agricultural production
using a multidisciplinary approach. The CROPWAT project intends to
contribute to development of agriculture in Serbia and Western Balkan
by reinforcing this existing expertise. The proposal builds on complementary
collaborations in several existing international projects and aims
to increase human potential and expertise in new analytical methods
that allow the production of safe food and crops grown with less water
and water of controlled quality. Expertise will be developed in new
methods for detection and removal of microbial and chemical contaminants
in the system of irrigation water/soil/irrigated crops. This expertise
will also help in implementation of EU standards for control of quality
of water for irrigation and irrigated crops. Human potential of the
FoA and its sustainability will be increased by training young scientists
in EU laboratories. New water saving irrigation techniques are based
on crop-monitoring systems and, therefore, FoA will also develop its
expertise in crop stress physiology, biochemistry, anatomy and molecular
biology. These methods are also missing in Serbia and whole region,
but are essential if we intend to diminish the effects of drought
on agricultural crops. The acquisition and transfer of new knowledge
will be done through training young researchers and students, exchange
visit of experts, stakeholder meetings, presentation activity and
preparing national and international research projects. This will
ensure long-term sustainability of the FoA as the only research unit
in Western Balkan region with expertise and networking in crop water
saving technologies. In years to come CROPWAT will help in implementation
of EU policy in quality and safety in standards in both: agriculture
and environmental protection.
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