Terra Thessalia and the Agricultural Cooperative of the Farsala District “Enipeas”, a member of ETHEAS, in collaboration with the Rural Studies Laboratory of the University of Thessaly, invite you to the presentation of the results of the four-year implementation of the International Regenerative Agriculture Program – cotton and its expansion prospects:
The presentation will take place in Farsala on March 13 at 5:30 p.m. at the “Aigli” Estate, located at the 2nd kilometer of the Farsala–Anochori road.
Program
17:30 Event Opening: Brief welcome addresses by officials
Georgios Stratakos, Secretary General, Ministry of Rural Development and Food (YPAAT)
Kostas Tsimboukas, Professor, Agricultural University of Athens
Stavriani Koutsou, Professor, International Hellenic University
Athanasios Karaiskos, President, “Enipeas” Agricultural Cooperative
17:50 Regenerative Agriculture: A vehicle for innovation and development for the “Enipeas” Agricultural Cooperative
Prof. Dimitris Gousios, Terra Thessalia
18:00 Organization and operation of the Project
Procedures and methods for monitoring and controlling implementation
Dimitra Gaki, EDIP, Laboratory of Rural Space, University of Thessaly
Creation of a Monitoring System
Charoula-Maria Karatosidou, MSc, Agronomist, ENIPEAS Agricultural Cooperative
Use of technological tools for the Monitoring System
Ioannis Faraslis, EDIP, Department of Environment, University of Thessaly
Precision irrigation system
Vasilis Liakos, Professor, Department of Agriculture – Agrotechnology, University of Thessaly
18:40 Results of regenerative agriculture at the ENIPEAS Agricultural Cooperative
Dimitra Gaki, Laboratory Teaching Staff (EDIP), Laboratory of Rural Space, University of Thessaly
18:50 Interventions
Evaluation of biomass produced by cover crops
Prof. Ioannis Hatzigeorgiou, Agricultural University of Athens
Reducing the energy footprint of regenerative cotton
Dr. Christos Kavalaris, Laboratory Teaching Staff (EDIP), Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly
Collaboration between Earthworm Foundation, Terra Thessalia, and the Enipeas Agricultural Cooperative
Milena Till, Agronomist, Earthworm Foundation
19:10 Prospects and future planning
International certification for Regenerative Agriculture
Georgios Korombilias, MSc Agronomist, ELGO-DEMETER
Expanding the project’s scope and including additional high-potential products
Nikolaos Gousios, Vice President, AS Enipea
A Social-Private-Public partnership for regenerative agriculture.
Prof. Giorgos Vlachos, Agricultural University of Athens
19:30 Conclusions – Discussion