Establishment of Research and Information Centre in Agriculture at the Goce Delcev University

Offering information, services and technology transfer for users with different background and area of interest.

Updating knowledge on governmental employees, advisors (public/private) and NGO’s.

Implementation period

Target group

Farmers and their associations, Public/private advisors, Offices for Local Economic Development, Centers for Development of Plan Regions, employees in Local municipalities, Agricultural high-schools

Résumé

Development in agriculture often depends on multiple factors (direct & indirect) and their common interest is to sustain domestic agriculture to a level which will provide sustainability against market competition. Institutions, part of those factors, are oriented in following agricultural development pace in foreign countries and to perform comparative analysis on conditions and production methods at home and abroad, in order to draw conclusions and give suggestions for keeping touch with world trends.

One of the strongest tools for maintaining well informed sector is well developed advisory and information system.

Donor

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy

PROVIDING OPTIMAL CONDITIONS IN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION BY USE OF RENEWABLE RESOURCES OF ENERGY

Goal

• To determine optimal period for destruction of soil borne pathogens and pests through the use of renewable energy resources
• To decrease use of synthetic pesticides for soil disinfection
• To increase use of renewable resources

Implementation period

August 2008 – May 2009

Target group

• Agricultural high-schools (Strumica, Sveti Nikole)
• Universities students (Faculty of Agriculture at Goce Delcev University, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food at Ss Cyril and Methodius University-Skopje)
• Advisors and Advisory institutions (National Extension Agency, private advisors)
• Farmers

Résumé

Soil borne pathogens represent one of the most limiting factors in vegetable production. They cause plant damages at all stages of development, from preparation of seedbed until last harvest). Keeping them under control is hard and requires use of pesticides which can cause contamination of soil and underground water.

Keeping control is through a use of physical means as steam generators or a technique known as solarization. Steam generators waste enormous amounts of energy which contribute to higher production cost and solarization is a method usually implemented over limited period (June-August).

Donor