Role of Traditional Fruit Farming in Regional Development Erasmus Project

Project Title

Role of Traditional Fruit Farming in Regional Development

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Rural development and urbanisation

Project Summary

The project called “Role of Traditional Fruit Farming in Regional Development” was a project aimed to sharing experiences at the level of several different organizations from five EU countries in which the organizations are more or less engaged in the field of fruit growing. All partners were actin in vocational training (education) in their region or provide vocational training to schools (as experts from bussinness practice). Why is it important fruit farming in regional development and in education? The project was aimed to demonstration of possibilities, opportunities and possible ways of development fruit farming (apples, pears, stone fruits or other specific species and their varieties) in connection with education. Always with reference to locality, local varieties or old and classic varieties. In most cases, they are historically proven in terms of resistance and adaptation to particular climate and local conditions. They are specific for both taste of the fruits as well as appearance and aroma. For uniqueness and local specificity, they are partially considered as cultural heritage and local wealth. Project participants were students of vocational schools, their teachers and people who is active in vocational training and experience in the fruit farming and local marketing. Goal was to combine theory and practice of teaching and local bussiness. Then demonstrate good practice and “know how”, how to do business in fruit farrming. The main idea of this point was cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices between different institutions devoted to the fruit farming in education. In the whole time of the project duration, we made educational material which will be continue to be used for teaching subjects at schools and educational institutions – handbook. Results of the project is presented all the informations and dissemination activities on the web: www.fruitfarming.eu. The project also included “local activities – four workshoops”. Based on implementation of local activities, the target group of the project shall become wider. These were 4 workshops in Czech Republic focused on the cultivation and processing of fruit, as well as on tree nursing and use in local culinary industry.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 82620 Eur

Project Coordinator

Natura Opava – Czech Republic & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• RUDE – Associação de Desenvolvimento Rural
• UNIVERSITATEA DE STIINTE AGRONOMICE SI MEDICINA VETERINARA DIN BUCURESTI
• Masarykova strední skola zemedelská a Vyssí odborná skola, Opava, príspevková organizace
• Zespol Szkol nr 1 w Kedzierzynie-Kozlu