VIRAL

Vitalising ICT Relevance in Agricultural Learning

Project Summary

Modern agriculture is largely based on new technological solutions closely related to the increasing use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and various software solutions, not only for monitoring, but also for managing production processes. In Bosnia and Montenegro agriculture remains largely dependent on manual farming, with technical and technological solutions being poorly explored. At the same time, both countries have strong ICT sectors employing sizeable number of highly educated professionals who develop front-end software solutions. Building a sustainable regional future for the large extent hence depends on the intersection of the two which, even though a concern that should be addressed in all parts of society as a critical strategic area for development and economic activity, has in so far not been given a fair attention in educational and training practices. Read more…

Project partners

• University of Banja Luka
• University of Mostar Džemal Bijedić
• University of Mostar
• University in Tuzla
• University of Bijeljina
• University Donja Gorica
• Wageningen University
• University of Maribor
• University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of București
• Agro-Voće (AV)
• Jaffa-komerc
• Plantaže 13. Jul
• Western Balkans Institute
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center Tehnopolis
• Innovation Center Banja Luka
• Foundation for Innovation and Technology Development (INTERA)
• Montenegrin Association for New Technologies (MANT)

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