The Laona Foundation at the European Researchers' Night Bringing Sustainable Agriculture into the Spotlight: LIFE-AgrOassis at European Researchers' Night 2023On September 29, 2023, the Laona Foundation participated in the European Researchers' Night at the Cyprus State Fairground in Nicosia. This year's event, organized by the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), revolved around the theme "Mission: CONNECT,"...
Informative meeting with the applicants – Cyprus On September 20, 2023, the KES RESEARCH CENTRE organized an informative meeting at the Lambrou Agro Ltd facilities in Latsia as part of the Life - AgrOassis project.The event featured a presentation on the actions led by the KES RESEARCH CENTRE. It focused on the evaluation of agricultural...
Presentation on deep-rooted plant production methodology On September 13, 2023, the Kes Research Centre organized an informative meeting as part of the Life-AgrOassis project. The primary objective was to promote the cultivation of deep-rooted plants within Deep Root Training Tubes among large-scale plant producers in Cyprus. The event featured an informative presentation on this cultivation method,...
Completion of farmers’ competition in Cyprus – Milestone 4 The submission of applications from Cypriot farmers to participate in the land-selection competition was completed on June 30, 2023 (after a one-month extension). Submission of applications began on March 1, 2023. Submission was made both through an application distributed to farmers at the project’s informative meetings and...
All project AgrOassis partners from Cyprus and Crete express our undivided support to our partners TOEB Tauropou Karditsas and the University of Thessaly, but also to the thousands of citizens who are being tested by the devastating floods that hit Greece hard. We also express our condolences to the families of the victims and our...
Informative event at the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry An informative event for the LIFE AgrOassis project was held at the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) on July 5, 23. Dr. Dimitris Sarris was the main speaker....
Production of deep-rooted plants The production of the first 3,000 deep-rooted plants with the pioneering system of root-growth tubes by the Department of Forests in collaboration with the KES RESEARCH CENTER has begun.The system is being implemented for the first time in the Mediterranean and will be used to create 30km of drought-resistant hedgerows...
LIFE - AgrOassis project partners' meeting The first online meeting of the partners of the Life AgrOassis project for 2023 took place on Monday, June 19. At the meeting, a summary was made of the planning so far and the preparations for the implementation of the three main actions of the project, followed by a...
Crete – Informing the farmers about the LIFE-AgrOassis project Informative meetings with farmers are held in the Sitia region in Crete by the Municipal Organisation for Socio-Cultural Development of Sitia (DOKAS). Aiming to convince the farmers to participate in the project, during the meetings the farmers are informed by the DOKAS team about the actions...
ARI at the sCYence Fair 2023 The Agricultural Research Institute participated in the sCYence Fair 2023 organised by the Cyprus Institute on April 5, in Nicosia informing the public, among other things, about the LIFE-AgrOassis project.School groups with students between 9 and 18 years old participated in the Fair, presenting innovative ideas and their own...