39. TRADITIONAL CONSULTATION OF THE PUBLIC AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY SERVICE
Soil, our irreplaceable resource
18-19 November 2024
Bled Festival Hall
Public Agricultural Advisory Service Consultation and European Innovation Partnership - EIP event
Organised by the Slovenian Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
On Monday and Tuesday (18 and 19 November), the 39th Bled Festival will take place at the Bled Festival Hall. The traditional consultation of the public agricultural advisory service entitled "Soil, our irreplaceable resource" will be held in the Bled Festival in Bled on 39th. The key aspects of responsible water management in crop production in the perspective of the One Health Triad will be discussed by the Dean of the UL BF, Prof. Dr. Marina Pintar. Dr. Marjetka Suhadolc, Associate Professor of the Department of Agronomy, will lecture on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing C fixation in soil through conservation tillage (ReC-Till), and Dr. Rok Mihelič, Associate Professor, also from the Department of Agronomy, will speak on reducing drought stress and increasing soil fertility through the introduction of conservation tillage in sustainable agriculture.
The programme is below.
MONDAY, 18 NOVEMBER 2024
Consultation of the Public Agricultural Advisory Service
08:00 Registration of participants
09:00 Opening greetings
Anton Jagodic, Head of the Agricultural Advisory Service, KGZS
Dr Jože Podgoršek, President, KGZS
mag. Ervin Kosi, State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
09:40 EU Mission "Soil for Europe": the role of agricultural extension, Luis Sánchez Alvarez, Head of Unit - Mission soil, DG AGRI, European Commission
10:15 EJP Soil - European Research Programme on Agricultural Soil Quality: important results also for Slovenian agriculture, Prof. Dr. Helena Grčman, UL BF
10:35 The importance of farmland protection for ensuring food security in Slovenia, Tanja Gorišek and Tomaž Primožič, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Slovenia
11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 Role of JSKS in the conservation of agricultural land and soil fertility, Igor Škerbot, KGZS - Zavod Celje with JSKS colleagues,
12:10 Monitoring system for agricultural soils in Slovenia, Dr. Boštjan Petelinc, Head of the Department for Climate Policy in Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
12:30 Key aspects of responsible water management in crop production in the perspective of the One Health Triad, Prof. Dr. Marina Pintar, UL BF
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
15:00 Compromise proposal for a Directive on Soil Monitoring and Resilience, Dr. Petra Karo Bešter, MOPE
15:15 Round table: Experiences of consultants - from theory to practice
Participants:
Matic Leben, KGZS - Zavod Ptuj ,
Igor Škerbot, KGZS - Zavod Celje,
Marija Kalan, KGZS - Zavod Kranj,
Mateja Strgulec, KGZS - Zavod Novo mesto,
Timotej Horvat, KGZS - Zavod Maribor,
Nada Gabrenja, KGZS - Zavod Ljubljana,
Anka Poženel, KGZS - Zavod Nova Gorica,
Boštjan Ferenčak, KGZS - Zavod Murska Sobota.
16:30 Climate change mitigation and adaptation through regenerative agriculture, mag. Jochen Buchmaier, HUMUS+Model of the Kaindorf ecoregion
The first day of the JSKS Consultation was co-financed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food of the Republic of Slovenia.
TUESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2024
European Innovation Partnership - EIP 2024 event
8:30 Registration of participants
9:00 Opening welcome to participants, Maša Žagar, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
9:05 AKIS interventions of the CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 in support of the grassroots, Tanja Gorišek, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
9:30 Soil as an irreplaceable and non-renewable natural resource - How aware are we of this? dr. Borut Vrščaj, KIS
PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
9:45 Foreign EIP: Innovative strategies for resource-saving and resilient grassland management, KUHproKLIMA, Germany (web presentation), Christine Bajohr, AERA Land gGmbH
10:00 Interreg: Linking knowledge on soils in the Alpine region to improve sustainable ecosystem management (Links4Soils), Dr. Borut Vrščaj, Agricultural Institute of Slovenia
10:15 EIP: Adaptation of crop production to climate change and soil protection, Marko Černe, KGZS - Zavod Ptuj
10:30 Questions and answers
10:45 COFFEE BREAK
11:15 EIP: Integration of soil green crops into the arable rotation - possibilities of replacing nitrogen from mineral fertilisers in the fertilisation of the next crop, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anastazija Gselman, Faculty of Agriculture and Biosystem Sciences
11:30 EIP: Establishment of geo-referenced mobile sampling for soil analysis with the aim of optimal use of fertilizers and reduction of negative environmental impacts, Grm Novo mesto - Centre of Biotechnology and Tourism
11:45 CRP: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing soil C fixation through conservation tillage (ReC-Till), Dr. Marjetka Suhadolc, Faculty of Biotechnology
12:00 LIFE: Promoting GHG emission reductions with a view to 2030 (LIFE IP Care4Climate), Dr. Aleksander Marinšek, Forestry Institute of Slovenia
12:15 Questions and Answers
12:30 Short presentation of pilot projects
12:45 LUNCH BREAK, networking, presentation of new EIPs (panels in the lobby)
13:45 Interreg: Developing carbon management in agriculture in Central Europe (Carbon Farming CE), Dr. Aleš Kolmanič, Agricultural Institute of Slovenia
14:00 CRP: Reducing drought stress and increasing soil fertility by introducing conservation tillage in sustainable agriculture, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rok Mihelič, Faculty of Biotechnics
14:15 LEADER: HUMUS, Peter Pribožič, LAS Bogastvo podeželja
14:30 Questions and answers
14:45 Round table: How to translate innovative and practical solutions into general practice?
15:15 Conclusion and evaluation of the event, Maša Žagar, Director General, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
The European Innovation Partnership - EIP event is organised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food and is an event on the functioning of the EIP Operational Groups.