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Crops for better Soil News
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LIFE Crops for Better Soil promoted at Biofach 2017 Germany
As part of our project’s After LIFE dissemination efforts, Sven Kallen of Transfer Consultancy, together with Mariano Saz and Rosario Rivera of Transati and Montse Escutia of Vida Sana, promoted the layman’s report to several interested parties present at Biofach.
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Presentation at the international seminar: How to face climate change
The seminar was organized by the INIAV (Instituto Nacional de investigaçao Agrária e veterinária) in colaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands, in Oeiras, Portugal.
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After LIFE Communication Plan ready
During the last months, the partners of Crops for better soil project have developed a plan to continue efforts of communication and dissemination of results.
