• December 5, 2009 - Opening of the Krusnica Fish Hatchery

Nedžad Ajanović of the FAO contacted BTRG two weeks ago and invited us to the opening of the Krušnica fish hatchery (description of the project). The project is founded by the Kingdom of Norway, represented at the opening by ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Jan Braathu.

Saša and Andrej represented our group, another geneticist - Belma Kalamujić came from the Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (INGEB), Sarajevo. We have all done a lot of work in population genetics of salmonid fish in the area and we used the opportunity to discuss our paper in the making, see the state-of-the-art hatchery and meet representatives of the local fishermen association. We hope that our visit will result in new research projects. 

• 8^th Alps-Adria Scientific Workshop, 27^th April - 2^nd May  

The aim of the scientific workshop is to open a forum for the discussion of research results related to biotic and abiotic stress induced by anthropogenic and environmental stressors in the field of agri-environment. The workshop will be organized in oral and poster sessions in two consecutive discussion series, roundtables, supported by a permanent poster display. More  

• The CORINE Land Cover 2006 Project successfully completed

The main objective of the CORINE Land Cover 2006 Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina was to provide the land cover map for the year 2006 and the information on land cover changes during the period 2000-2006. The project organization and management was carried out by the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science, University of Sarajevo, which was a project’s sub-contractor. Land Cover in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been characterized by 33 out of 44 classes of the CORINE Land Cover nomenclature. The analysis of land cover database shows that more then 61.04% of the surface of Bosnia and Herzegovina is covered by forest and natural vegetation, while about 36.69% is occupied by agriculture. Land classified as artificial areas occupied about 1.48%, while about 0.77% is classified as wetlands or water.

For further information please contact:
prof. dr Hamid Custovic - Team leader
Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science
Address: Zmaja od Bosne 8, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Phone: +387 61 77 52 11
Fax: +387 33 66 74 29
custovic.hamid@gmail.com

•  AGROFOOD, Sarajevo, 18-21.12.2009
• 6^th Plant Protection Symposium in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 08 - 10. 12. 2009
• 8^th INTERNATIONAL FAIR ECONOMY, Brčko, 02-06.12.2009
• 13^TH INTERNATIONAL FAIR OF HUNTING, FISHING, SPORT, TOURISM AND CATERING „LORIMES“, Banja Luka, 05-08.11.2009
• FAIR OF AGRICULTURE AND A SMALL ANIMALS „AGROZOO“, Zenica, October
• Conference on Family Company - 28 October 2009, Sarajevo
• 16^th GENERAL BH FAIR ZEPS 2009, Zenica, 6-11.10.2009
• 6^th INTERNATIONAL FAIR OF THE AGRICULTURE “INTERAGRO“, Bijeljina, 20-24.09.2009
• 13^th INTERNATIONAL FAIR OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD INDUSTRY – “AGROS”, Banjaluka, 9-13.09.2009
• 35^th INTERNATIONAL FAIR OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY - PLUM FAIR, Gradačac, 23-27.09.2009
• INTERNATIONAL FAIR “EKOBIS”, Bihać, 03-06.09.2009
• SARAJEVO BEEKEEPING FESTIVAL – DAYS OF THE BEEKEEPING AND THE BEEKEEPERS EQUIPMENT (BEE-FEST) - SARAJEVO HONEY FEST, Sarajevo, 02-06.09.2009

The Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences of the Sarajevo University organizes the XX Scientific Conference on Agriculture and Food Industry – Neum 2009. The Conference will take place at hotel “Zenit” in Neum, in the period 30 September – 3 October 2009. More

On the first day of the meeting, Mr. Demes gave an introduction about AgroWeb networks describing the main objectives of this network. After an introductory speech, the participants expressed their opinion, wishes and expectations regarding the BiH AgroWeb portal. Mr. Kovac gave a short training to Ms. Ljuša and Mr. Šertović related to the use of Typo3 Content Management System. During this training, the key functions as well as transfer of data were presented. Some practical work was performed as well.

After the training, there was an extensive discussion about improvement of the fisheries and aquaculture portal. The focus of the discussion was the integration of outputs of the Hatchery Project in Bosanska Krupa and its promotion. The portal could also serve as an excellent opportunity for the promotion of resources and potential of fishery and tourism development in Bosanska Krupa.