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NARA: TraiNing on Agriculture and posthaRvest fruit and vegetables through sustainable best prActices

Geographical location
Cyprus
European Union
Italy
Luxembourg
Spain
Keywords
Agricultural production system
farmer association
fruit farming
horticulture
vermiculture
General
training
Plant production and horticulture
Supply chain, marketing and consumption
Waste, by-products and residues management
Additional keywords
education tool
training
Agricultural sectors
Vegetables
Main funding source
Other EU research funds
Project acronym
NARA
Project type
Research project
Starting date
2015
End date
2016
Project status
Completed
Title (in English): 
NARA: TraiNing on Agriculture and posthaRvest fruit and vegetables through sustainable best prActices
Language: 
English
Objective of the project (native language): 

The main objective of the NARA project has been to contribute to the improvement of the professionalization of young farmers in Europe, especially those of the horticultural sector. To this end, the project partners have worked for 2 years on the development of an online training platform that offers free training and in five languages in six cross-cutting areas of high interest to the target audience: food security; Post-harvest technologies; Logistics and marketing; Soil, water and by-products; Packaging, and entrepreneurship. The project has been funded by the ERASMUS Program.

Objective of the project (in English): 

The main objective of the NARA project has been to contribute to the improvement of the professionalization of young farmers in Europe, especially those of horticultural sector. To this end, the project partners have worked for 2 years on the development of an online training platform that offers free training and in five languages in six cross-cutting areas of high interest to the target audience: food security; Post-harvest technologies; Logistics and marketing; Soil, water and by-products; Packaging, and entrepreneurship. The project has been funded by the ERASMUS Program.

Description of activities (native language): 

In the framework of the project project, different activities have been carried out that have contributed to the development of the main result of the project: the design and construction of an online platform that offers open and free training for the horticultural sector.
The training platform is available through the link: http://training.naraproject.eu/login/index.php

Description of activities (in English): 

In the framework of the project project, different activities have been carried out that have contributed to the development of the main result of the project: the design and construction of an online platform that offers open and free training for the horticultural sector.
The training platform is available through the link: http://training.naraproject.eu/login/index.php

Contact e-mail: 
adediego@pctad.com
Project coordinator
Organization/Institution name (original language): 
Fundación Parque Científico Tecnológico Aula Dei
Contact person: 
Ana de Diego
Address: 
Avenida Montañana 930. 50.059 Zaragoza. SPAIN
E-mail: 
adediego@pctad.com
Phone: 
+34 976 713040
Partner category: 
Researcher
Further details
Additional information: 

If you want to have further information about the proyect, please visit:. http://www.naraproject.eu/en/

You also have a direct access to the offered training in this link: http://training.naraproject.eu/login/index.php