CERTH team participated in the “Towards Pesticide Free Agriculture” European scientific conference, on 2-3 of June, 2022, at Dijon, France to provide science-based solutions in response to the ambitious pesticide reduction objective laid out in the Farm to Fork strategy.
The PestNu coordinator Dr. Ria Pechlivani along with the representative of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment of Cyprus, Mrs Margarita Hadjistyli, discussed the European Green Deal priorities to deliver an environmental friendly, sustainable, fair and competitive agri-food sector across the whole value chain.
The conference attracted several project coordinators from European funded Farm to Fork projects, policy makers, representatives of relevant public authorities, academics and other professionals. PestNu project participated in the conference with a poster, which presented the project’s main topic, objectives, and innovative technologies. PestNu attended also in a special workshop for clustering activities between EU coordinators working on pesticide related projects, to identify urgent research needs to move towards Green Digital Transition in pesticide free agriculture together with EC policy officers.