Erasmus+ Project: Participatory Botanical Varietal Selection Programme in the EU
- Type Project
- Status In progress
- Execution 2020 -2023
- Assigned Budget 353.195,00 €
- Scope Europeo
- Autonomous community Galicia
- Main source of financing Erasmus +
The project focused on the introduction of a new transversal activity in the three participating educational centers, supervised by three public scientific entities,
This new activity, called the "Participatory Selection and Breeding Program for Botany in the EU," will be delivered during the student academic term, extending into the summer for data collection and analysis by scientific supervisors. The project will last a total of 36 months, from September 2020 to September 2023. The need for a project of this duration is predetermined by the calendar of activities designed by the participating scientific entities, which have established a minimum of three years to reach the expected scientific conclusions after a prior analysis. Furthermore, from an educational perspective, the three centers understand that three academic years are necessary to establish a permanent link and obtain the resulting pedagogical method with which we intend to implement the new subject after the Erasmus+ period.
Obtaining new varieties of Brassica plant species. Registration and publication of scientific results in the journals 1/ Natural Sciences Education (NSE), 2/ Bordón, 3/ The Journal of Experimental Education, 4/ Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 5/ The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 6/ HORIZON (official scientific publication of the European Union) and, finally, EDUGA (official publication of the Xunta de Galicia). Introduction of a new optional subject in the applicants' curriculum after the end of the subsidized period.
This course will preserve the botanical garden created during this Erasmus+ project, continuing the Research and Development program, now integrated into a specific course for the permanent breeding of new plant varieties. In this new course, along with fieldwork in the garden, a specific course on local agricultural integration will be taught, including internships facilitated by the partner municipalities. Special emphasis will be placed on EU aid for young farmers: EU income support and rural development funds. Agricultural work will be promoted in these three towns, which are strongly rooted in this economic activity, thus contributing, through our respective educational centers, to the fight against unemployment, emigration, and denaturalization among the residents of Meis, Vila Franca, and Galway.
Year 1 : a. Selection of plant material (September). b. Planting of plant material (October 2020). c. Management of field experiments and data collection (October 2020–June 2021). d. Data collection and analysis (July–September 2021).
Year 2 : a. Planting of selected plant material from the previous harvest in each country (October 2021). b. Management of field experiments and data collection (October 2021–June 2022). c. Data collection and analysis (July–October 2022).
Year 3 : a. Documentation and research (October 2022–June 2023). b. Presentation of results and elaboration of joint conclusions with all project partners (February–April 2023). c. Dissemination of project results (May–September 2023). d. Transfer of the obtained materials (September 2023). e. Publication of the Article and Manual (May 2023).
- Coordinator/entity name: MOSTEIRO-MEIS INTEGRATED PUBLIC CENTER
- Postal address: 2 College Street - The Monastery, 36637 MEI
- Telephone: 986712057
- Centro Público Integrado Mosteiro-Meis
- AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DEINVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
- Ignad College
- Escuela Primaria y Secundaria Armando Côrtes-Rodrigues
- UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE IRLANDA GALWAY
- Servicio de Desarrollo Agrícola de São Miguel
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