The University of Thessaly at AgEng 2024 The LIFE AgrOassis project partners from the University of Thessaly presented the project with a poster at the International Conference of Agricultural Engineering and Technology (Agricultural Engineering AgEng2024), which took place at the conference facilities of the Agricultural University of Athens from July 1 to July 4, 2024.The conference...
LIFE AgrOassis launches Biodiversity Monitoring Activities The LIFE-AgrOassis project is pleased to announce the launch of a comprehensive biodiversity monitoring initiative as part of Work Package 7 (WP7). Following extensive fieldwork across the project's agricultural fields, researchers are now meticulously sorting and analyzing soil invertebrate samples and identifying collected plant species. This critical phase, conducted...
Construction of machinery for the Composting unit The AgrOassis project aims in providing ideas and solutions for the establishment of small-scale composting plants equipped with low-cost machinery, if possible, purchased by local manufacturers.For the operation of the pilot composting unit at ARI’s farm, project team constructed a compost turner and a rotary compost sifter.A significant achievement...
LIFE AgrOassis at the “Landscape Resilience and Integrated Fire Management“event LIFE AgrOassis at the “Landscape Resilience and Integrated Fire Management“eventDuring the series of Events and Workshops, under the overall theme of: “Landscape Resilience and Integrated Fire Management“ organised by the Centre of Excellence in Risk & Decision Sciences, European University Cyprus from April 9th to the...
Completion of the first Tree Planting period within the LIFE-AgrOassis Project The first phase of planting for the establishment of resilient hedgerows (work package 4) as a measure to combat desertification, enhance ecosystem resilience, and promote sustainable agriculture, took place in Cyprus from November 2023 to March 2024.Approximately 3,000 shrubs and trees, including 2,000 deep-rooted plants,...
Sitia Geopark at the seminar "The Mediterranean diet in the past and in the present. Application in education" On March 29, 2024 during the seminar "The Mediterranean diet in the past and in the present. Application in education" the coordinator of the Sitia Geopark informed the participants about the implementation and practices of the LIFE AgrOassis...
Completion of farmers’ competition in Crete– Milestone 4 The submission of applications from farmers in Crete to participate in the land-selection competition was completed on October 6, 2023. Submission of applications began on March 20, 2023. Submission was made through an application distributed to farmers at the project’s informative meetings. The total land offered to the project...
First meeting of the LIFE AgrOassis Scientific Committee On March 6, 2024, the first meeting of the Scientific Committee of the LIFE AgrOassis project took place.The project coordinator Dr. Panagiotis Dalias, gave a brief overview of the project and the progress so far, while presentations followed by the heads of each workpackage on the individual actions,...
2nd LIFE - AgrOassis project partners' meeting The second meeting of the Life AgrOassis project partners took place on Tuesday, March 5 2024 at the Open University of Cyprus. The project partners from Greece joined the meeting online. At the meeting, a summary was made of the development of the project and all implementation actions that...
Open University of Cyprus at the LIFE AgrOassis tree planting event On Saturday, March 2nd, students of the Open University of Cyprus had the opportunity to observe and contribute to the actions of the LIFE AgrOassis project.In the framework of the thematic unit "Management of Terrestrial Ecosystems" of the Postgraduate Program "Environmental Conservation and Management"...