LIFE – AgrOassis

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With great success, the tree-planting activities of the European project LIFE-AgrOassis continue! On Wednesday, 24 November 2025, in the Mazotos area, 24 volunteers from Boutique Beverages helped plant more than 110 trees. A big thank-you to everyone for their valuable contribution! The hedgerow plantings are carried out under the auspices of the Commissioner for the...

The second tree-planting event of the LIFE-AgrOassis project was successfully completed! On Wednesday, 19 November 2025, in the Mazotos area, 20 volunteers from UCLan University helped plant over 130 trees. A big thank you to all volunteers for their valuable support! The hedgerow plantings are carried out under the auspices of the Commissioner for the Environment...

The new and final planting season for the European project LIFE-AgrOassis began successfully in Mazotos area on Saturday, November 15, 2025, with the participation of 13 volunteers from Sassy Events DMC. The planting efforts are under the auspices of the Commissioner for Environment and Animal Welfare, Mrs. Antonia Theodosiou. Among its initiatives, the LIFE-AgrOassis project promotes the...

On October 13 and 14, 2025, the partners of the LIFE-AgrOassis project met in Sitia for their second in-person meeting, hosted and organised by the Municipality of Sitia. During the meetings, the partner’s reviewed the project’s progress, discussed challenges encountered across all action areas, and presented results from activities implemented in Cyprus, Thessaly, and Crete. As the...

As part of its ongoing networking efforts with other LIFE projects that support the agricultural sector in adapting to climate change, the LIFE-AgrOassis team recently met with the LIFE Desert-Adapt. The project was completed in September 2023 and was awarded the LIFE Action Award at the LIFE Awards 2025, recognised as the best project in its...

The Cyprus Agricultural Chamber in collaboration with the National Rural Network and the Union of Cypriot Farmers (EKA), organized an event on Friday, 26 September 2025, titled ‘the pressures Cyprus faces due to climate change and the need to redefine agriculture.’ Dr. Panayiotis Dalias, soil scientist and Senior Agricultural Research Officer at the Ινστιτούτο Γεωργικών Ερευνών...

On April 29 and 30, 2025, the partners of the LIFE-AgrOassis project met in Thessaly. The meeting took place at the Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment of the University of Thessaly, in Volos, Greece. The urgent need for the agricultural sector to adapt to the climate crisis is now undeniable. According to a...

Signing event in Cyprus   The official signing of contracts between the European project LIFE-AgrOassis (2022–2026) and the participating farmers took place on Friday, April 4, 2025, at the Agricultural Research Institute (ARI). During the event, Dr. Panayiotis Dalias, Senior Agricultural Research Officer at the Agricultural Research Institute and project coordinator, spoke about the three main pillars of...

Farmers Sign Agreements – LIFE-AgrOassis On Sunday, March 16, during a public event held at the "Kierion" Hotel in Karditsa, 21 farmers – members of the Local Organization for Land Improvements (TOEV) of Tavropos, Karditsa, signed cooperation agreements with the University of Thessaly, the project coordinator for the LIFE-AgrOassis project in Thessaly. The project is funded by...