National Tempus / Erasmus+
Office in Ukraine

“Environment Risks Management in Agro-Industrial Complex”

1.Name of university, intending to join TEMPUS Program:

 Mykolayiv State Agrarian University, Mykolayiv, Ukraine

2.Principal fields of activities:

educational, tutorial and scientific work, international cooperation.

For detailed information on the activities of the MSAU please follow the link: www.mdau.mk.ua/en/index.html

3.The subject of work matches regional priorities.

Structural activities: Higher education and society

4. Project proposal / Description:

Misuse of natural resources turned to be a reality of scientific and technological progress. For a certain period of time the human seems to forget that some of the natural resources are exhaustible. Land, water, forests are the resources that are used in many countries without considering consequences. As of today the issue of farm lands polluting with chemical fertilizers, pest control and plants diseases control agents, wastes dumping are extremely urgent. All these elements get the ground water to finally reach the consumers in the form of products. And it is a fact that agricultural sector holds the second position following a heavy industry in polluting the environment.

An important mission for scientists today is to develop measures would help public, producers and managers to timely realize these risks and take every step possible to divert them and rectify the negative impacts already suffered. Based on the above, we put forward a subject: « Environment Risks Management in Agro-Industrial Complex » for TEMPUS IV project

 Directions for realization of the project:

- Development of agrarian tourism («green tourism»), as a key element of revival of careful attitude of people, especially, the younger generation, to the environment;

- Development of a project for agricultural producers in “transition from chemical to organic”;

- Development of a project for agricultural producers in waste-free production;

- Development of education and working programs in advanced training of officials, tutors and specialists involved into manufacturing;

- Training of specialists capable to organize products manufacturing in compliance with the up-to-date requirements to quality, environmental friendliness and competitiveness of the products.

 5.Previous international experience: None

 6.Contact details:

 Mykolayiv State Agrarian University,

9 Parizskoi Kommuny Street, Mykolayiv, Ukraine

Tel.:+380(512)341082

E-mail: rector@mdau.mk.ua

Contact person: Natalia Dolgosheya, Ph.D. candidate, Candidate of Sciences in Economics, Dean, Faculty “Organization of Manufacture and Agricultural Business

Tel.: +380505524797, e-mail: natalia.dolgosheia@yandex.ru