Ainis Lagzdins - Ponics Vet

PONICS VET: Hydroponics Agricultural Technician – from an idea to implementation Trends & Innovations Theatre / June 13, 2018 Ainis Lagzdins Dr.sc.ing., associate professor Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies e-mail: ainis.lagzdins@llu.lv

Project partners Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies (Latvia) Union “Farmers’ Parliament” (Latvia) Eurocrea Merchant (Italy) IDEC (Greece) Business and Innovation Centre INNOBRIDGE (Bulgaria) Association for Vertical Farming e.V. (Germany, international)

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Why hydroponics is the topic of this project?

Eurocrea Merchant (Italy) Union “Farmers’ Parliament” (Latvia)

Came up with the idea

Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies New topic and interest to explore more Latvia Potential for implementation 3

Main responsibilities of the project partners Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies (Latvia) coordinate the project from a management and financial point of view, disseminate the results through its network.

Union “Farmers’ Parliament� (Latvia) - involved in all project activities according to its expertise especially in the field of collection of information for the main target audience.

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Main responsibilities of the project partners Eurocrea Merchant (Italy) - responsible not only for the implementation of all project activities at national level, but will also play the role of Quality Manager, to monitor and assess project interim and final achievements.

IDEC (Greece) - a leading provider of education and skills training. Will be responsible to guide the partners in the development of the online platform for training modules.

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Main responsibilities of the project partners Business and Innovation Centre INNOBRIDGE (Bulgaria) - responsible to lead the partners in the development of a dissemination strategy of the project outcomes and will intervene in the building up of contents of modules related to entrepreneurship skills and innovation.

Association for Vertical Farming e.V. (Germany, international) - has the specific expertise to develop the technical content of the training modules on hydroponics.

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The main objectives of the PONICS VET project is : To build up an innovative professional profile - the HYDROPONICS TECHNICIAN. To create and implement a training course for such a profile.

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Questionnaire Please describe your level of knowledge of hydroponics.

Considering your own experience with hydroponics, what would you need in a priority order?

At what extent you would like to be involved in training activities related to hydroponics?

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Questionnaire How would you define sustainable agriculture?

Would you be interested to learn more about sustainable agriculture?

Are you feeling familiar with these topics?

Sustainability, Marketing, Digital tools, Networking

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Kick-off meeting in Jelgava, Latvia

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Kick-off meeting in Jelgava, Latvia

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More information on the web: http://hydroponicsvet.eu/ Thank you for your attention!

Questions, comments or suggestions?