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The 13th Blueberry Conference, organised by Hortus Media, was held on 6-7 March 2025 in Ożarów Mazowiecki. A lecture on soil-feeding pests, which are also a threat to blueberry plantations, was given by Dr hab. Małgorzata Tartanus.  The lecture allowed to introduce AGROBIOCONNECT concept and research methods, showing also some preliminary results about the impact […]

On 5 March 2025, at the Forest Training Centre in Nagórzyce belonging to the Regional Directorate of State Forests in Łódź, a meeting and discussion were held on problems and research on the occurrence of pests that cause great damage to forests and orchard crops. The Instytut Ogrodnictwa-PIB was also invited to the meeting and

In September, Michelle Fountain visited Food and Plant Research, NZ. Talks were given to around 60 grower groups and scientists on the project and potential outcomes. There was much debate and discussion on increasing heterogeneity in the landscape and on farms.

On 12 July at an annual industry event Fruit Focus, 30 growers, agronomists, and other industry related members were introduced to the project via a   PowerPoint presentation detailing the project aims and methods that would be used project and methods. At the same event Dr Sarah Arnold and Dr Francis Wamonje also had an

On 12 March 2024, a conference was held at the Mazovian Agricultural Advisory Centre in Warsaw, Płońsk branch, entitled “Comprehensive berry crop technology. Threats and prospects for the new season.” The conference was attended, both stationary and online, by berry growers, industry advisors and students from agricultural schools. During a lecture given by Dr. Małgorzata

The project kick-off meeting was organised in hybrid form on 20-21 March 2023 in Skierniewice (Poland), at which a Steering Committee was elected, comprising, in addition to the coordinator, the WP leaders. The meeting was useful to fine tune the implementation of the different activities planned. The meeting was also an occasion to share information