PROLAND
EU partnership to protect agricultural land in the face of climate and environmental challenges. Caring for future generations.
Start date: 01 September, 2024
End date: 31 Auguste, 2027
Code: Project 2024-1-PL01-KA220-HED-000252809 - PROLAND
Project Coordinator:
POZNAŃ UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES (POLAND).
Beneficiaries:
- UNIVERSITÀ ROMA TRE, ITALY.
- SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA, SLOVAKIA.
- UNIVERSIDAD DE ALMERIA, SPAIN (UAL).
- TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL. UNIVERSITY OF KYIV, UKRAINE.
UAL Contact:
- María José Cazorla González (mcazorla@ual.es)
Funding: ERASMUS+
Status: In progress.
ABSTRACT:
The Project EU partnership to protect agricultural land in the face of climate and environmental challenges. Caring for future generations, ProLand (nr 2024-1-PL01-KA220-HED-000252809) aims to increase awareness, knowledge, competence and develop management skills in the face of the impact of climate change on agriculture and the legal measures put in place to protect it by conducting a new interdisciplinary educational module among graduate students on quantitative and qualitative conservation of agricultural land towards environmental and climate challenges, strengthening teachers' competencies in this area and stimulating sensitivity to social responsibility.
ACTIVITIES:
- Preparation and conduct of educational module,
- Preparation of master theses,
- Conducting training sessions for teachers,
- Conducting university-wide educational activities (workshops) on World Soil Day,
- Creation of a virtual platform, a living laboratory for agricultural land conservation (LiLAC) and a related smartphone application,
- Creparation of educational materials and dissemination of project issues,
- Organization of dissemination events.
EFFECTS:
- To improve students' knowledge and career prospects,
- To support the professional development of academics,
- To increase the practical value of scientific research,
- To increase public awareness and sensitivity to climate change,
- To sensitize society to the need to take care of environmental resources and agricultural land,
- To stimulating entrepreneurship and youth activity in the rural sector,
- To raising public awareness and strengthening the need for lifelong learning,
- To conducting open dialogue with stakeholders.
Website: Proland.
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