Field classes at SDOO Krzyżewo

On 19.06.2022, students of the 4th semester of non-full-time engineering studies at the Department of Agriculture along with Dr. Peter Ponichtera and Dr. Ing. Mariusz Brzeński in the subjects: Plant breeding and seed production and Agricultural Chemistry, participated in field exercises that took place at COBORU Experimental Variety Assessment Station in Krzyżów.

This year's Pole Workshops in Krzyżów, entitled 'Dissemination of information on the principles of sustainable agriculture with special attention to the appropriate selection of crop varieties and innovative techniques in agriculture', began with a speech by Arkadiusz Kalinowski, Director of the Experimental Station for Variety Assessment in Krzyżów, who welcomed all the guests.

Then, according to the program, two lectures were given. First on "Sustainable cultivation technique guarantees the development of Polish agriculture in the context of the European Green Deal strategy", which Dr. inż. Jerzy Pęchnicki“ and the second “Possibilities to finance investments and actions for environmental and climate protection in the Strategic Plan Framework for the years 2023-2027” was presented by PZDR manager in High Mazowiecki – Paweł Śliwowski.

The lectures were followed by a presentation of a collection of cereal and coarse-seed beans on experimental plots, as well as demonstrations of innovative agricultural machinery and equipment for environmental protection.

We thank all the organizers, and in particular the Director of SDOO Krzyżewo, Mayor Arkadiusz Kalinowski, as well as all the staff who shared with the students their knowledge and experience in plant breeding, seedling and fertilisation.

The excursion of the students took place under the patronage of the Polish Agronomic Society (Lomzhin branch) and the Polish Society of Agricultural Engineering (Plastic section).

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