TITLE: BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION APPROACHES AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE MANAGEMENT

The Academy through lecturing, discussions with university professors, industry and NGO experts involved in projecting innovative products and processes, on food production, processing and nutrition, aim to attain highest outcomes by offering cohesive and coherent topics and knowledge on the sustainable food production and consumption, food processing and respective certifications. The International Summer Academy in Smart Agriculture, Innovating Sustainable Development of the Agrifood Industry, offer value added approach through best existing models and highlighting the key need to change and advance, while increasing the participants’ competence with knowledge and skills through defining alternatives and solving approaches. Summer Academy aim to cross-cut experience, knowledge by involving non and academicians’, industry and experts.

Upon completion participants will be able to:

• evaluate the safety and sustainability, of production, processing and healthy consumption 
• understand sectorial importance beginning from projecting at field and processing level
• be familiar with the certification schemes, development of various sectors in Kosovo, allergens, microorganisms, and safety standards at food and beverage industry\
• gain insight knowledge what upcoming challenges are, needs of society and industry they are going to face as researchers and as experts and what they expect from them to solve in the near future.
  

Target groups:

Students worldwide from the field of Agriculture, Food systems and Technology, and Nutrition Sciences and other related fields.