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Strengthening the Engagement of Eastern and Central Europe in Agricultural Research and Innovation Partnerships Vladimir Verner Assistant Professor, Head of Department of Economics and Development, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Czech Republic EFARD 2016 Annual Technical and Business Meeting Future of Users’-Led Research and Innovation Partnerships Prague, 2016

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StrengtheningtheEngagementofEasternandCentralEuropeinAgriculturalResearchand

InnovationPartnerships

VladimirVernerAssistantProfessor,HeadofDepartmentofEconomicsandDevelopment,

FacultyofTropicalAgriSciences,CzechUniversityofLifeSciencesCzechRepublic

EFARD2016AnnualTechnicalandBusinessMeeting

FutureofUsers’-LedResearchandInnovationPartnershipsPrague,2016

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MainkeyresearchinterestsinCentralandEasternEurope

TransformationofagriculturalproductionRoleoffamilyfarmsLand-usesystemsAgriculturalpoliciesSoilanalysesEcology(e.g.heavymetalcontent)Ruralsociology,traditionalknowledgeHumannutritionAgriculturalmarketing

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Researchoutcomes(ThompsonReuters)

AgriculturalUniversitiesinCEE

Prague Warsaw Budapest

Articles 4,000 3,500 4,700

Researchareas

Agriculture FoodScienceTechnology VeterinaryEnvironment Veterinary AgricultureFoodScienceTechnology Agriculture EnvironmentZoology Chemistry PlantSciencesPlantSciences PlantSciences ChemistryForestry Environment Zoology

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ManykeyresearchinterestsinCentralandEasternEurope

TransformationofagriculturalproductionRoleoffamilyfarmsLand-usesystemsAgriculturalpoliciesSoilanalysesEcology(e.g.heavymetalcontent)Ruralsociology,traditionalknowledgeHumannutritionAgriculturalmarketing

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ResearchtopicslinkedtoCULSandFacultyofTropicalAgriSciences

EthnobotanyandTraditionalknowledge

Wildedibleplants

Non-timberforestproducts

HerbalmedicineandEthnopharmacology

Foodsafety,DietarysupplementsandFunctionalfood

Value-chainsanalysis

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LA: Peru

CA: Kyrgyzstan

Vietnam

SEA: Indonesia

GeographicallocationsofresearchofCULSandFacultyofTropicalAgriSciences

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SAA: Ethiopia

EE, CA: Moldova, Georgia, Mongolia

SEA: Vietnam, Cambodia

GeographicallocationsofdevelopmentofCULSandFacultyofTropicalAgriSciences

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Ethnobotany,EthnobiologyandTraditionalKnowledge

LukasLuczaj UniversityofRzeszow,PolandZsolt Molnar HungarianAcademyofScience,HungaryZbynekPolesny CULSPrague,CzechRepublicRenataSoukand EstonianLiteraryMuseum,Tartu,Estonia

andothers…

Western– EasternpartnershipacrossEuropeSwedenandItaly

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Agroforestryandalternativefarmingsystems

CzechAgroforestryAssociation,EuropeanAgroforestryFederation(EURAF)Established2014

BohdanLojka,Radim KotrbaUniversitiesandResearchInstitutesinCzechRepublic

Western– EasternpartnershipacrossEuropeGermanyandFrance

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Consumerbehaviour,prevalenceandattitudes

PrevalenceofherbalmedicineanddietarysupplementsDomestic(European)vsExoticherbspeciesNon-timberforestproductsmarket

VladimirVerner,PetraChaloupkova,LadislavKokoska CULSPrague,CZE

Slovakia,Poland

Western– EasternpartnershipacrossEuropeFranceandBelgium

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