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<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An expert meeting called \" Poljoprivreda budu\u0107nosti Karlova\u010dke \u017eupanije\", organized by the Public Institution Regional Development Agency of Karlovac County and Europe Direct Karlovac, in cooperation with Regional Energy Agency of Northwest Croatia (REGEA), was held on November 4, 2022 in the congress hall of Public Institution Aquatika in Karlovac.<\/p>\n
Bringing together eminent experts in the field of agriculture, the agriculture of Karlovac County was looked at from several different aspects. In addition to providing an insight into the current state of agriculture in our county, possible directions for future development were also presented, along with available modern technological solutions that are already successfully applied in the world, as well as those that are currently in the development phase and should be counted on in the future.<\/p>\n
After welcoming speeches were given by the organizers and collaborators, Mr. Tomislav Sokol, Member of the European Parliament, presented the EU\u2019s concept of developing rural areas through the development of smart communities. The mentioned concept is already being applied and giving results in the more developed countries of the European Union.<\/p>\n
The agriculture development plan of the Republic of Croatia in the new programming period was presented on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture by Mr. Ivan Ciprijan, head of the service for local community development in the Sector for Implementation of Rural Development Measures, while Mrs. Branka \u0160eketa Karlovi\u0107, gave an insight into the current state of agriculture in our county.<\/p>\n
Professors Ante Gali\u0107, Dubravko Filipovi\u0107, Stjepan Pliesti\u0107 and Vladimir Poljan\u010di\u0107 from the Faculty of Agriculture in Zagreb gave interesting presentations about new technological solutions and the future of their application in agriculture. For the first time, in public was shown a prototype of the autonomous robot cRobot for recognition and ecological treating weeds.<\/p>\n
Professor Marijana Bla\u017ei\u0107 from Karlovac University of Applied Sciences spoke about connecting the industrial transition with the agricultural production organization and presented several projects in preparation related to the local distribution center, reception and processing of milk, abattoir and meat processing.<\/p>\n
The second part of the expert meeting was dedicated to the climate impact and digitization of the agricultural sector. The impact of climate change on the agricultural sector was discussed by Mr. Miljenko Sedlar, assistant director of REGEA, while prof. Bo\u017eidar Benko from the Faculty of Agriculture in Zagreb presented concrete solutions and equipment for reducing the impact of climate change in protected areas.<\/p>\n
Professor Nikola Biland\u017eija from the Faculty of Agriculture in Zagreb referred to renewable energy sources and the possibilities of collecting and using agricultural biomass as a contribution to green strategies and the concept of smart rural communities.<\/p>\n
As an example of smart and sustainable solutions with the application of a communication platform, the pilot project of the Zagreb County called \"Smart Agriculture\" was presented by Mr. Tomislav Mari\u0107, director of the sales department from Oda\u0161ilja\u010di i veze d.o.o.<\/p>\n
At the end of the event, a panel discussion entitled \"Holistic approach to the development of smart and resilient rural communities\" was held, in which professors Marijana Bla\u017ei\u0107 and Stjepan Pliesti\u0107, Mr. Tomislav Mari\u0107 and, as a representative of local family farm, Mrs. Snje\u017eana Kova\u010d from OPG Kova\u010d, first handedly presented to the gathered a realistic path from an entrepreneurial idea to a successful businessman, which nicely rounded off and put into context the entire topic of the held professional meeting.<\/p>\n
The event was sovereignly and expertly moderated by Mr. Vlatko Grguri\u0107, presenter and editor of the well-known agricultural show \"Plodovi zemlje\".<\/p>\n
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Stru\u010dni skup pod nazivom \u201ePoljoprivreda budu\u0107nosti Karlova\u010dke \u017eupanije\u201c, u organizaciji Javne ustanove regionalne razvojne agencije Karlova\u010dke \u017eupanije i Europe Direct centra Karlovac, uz suradnju s Regionalnom energetskom agencijom Sjeverozapadne Hrvatske, odr\u017ean je 4.11.2022. u kongresnoj dvorani Javne ustanove Aquatika u Karlovcu. Okupiv\u0161i eminentne stru\u010dnjake iz podru\u010dja poljoprivrede, stru\u010dnim je skupom poljoprivreda Karlova\u010dke \u017eupanije sagledana sa […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vijesti"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n