Bean trial assessment in Kocani, North Macedonia (September 2021)
Assessment of plant growth, pod maturity and estimation of harvest time for bean on the demonstration plot in Kocani, North Macedonia.
The efforts are part of an FAO project aimed at creating enabling environments for enhanced climate resilience in agriculture in several countries in the region. In North Macedonia, FAO supports the Government to enhance the country’s seed system by improving the domestic production of high-quality and climate-tolerant seeds of strategic crops by building the national capacities to ensure proper seed supply for farmers. In 2021, FAO in cooperation with the Macedonian Institute of Agriculture – Skopje, supported the establishment and maintenance of demonstration sites for multiplication of quality seed materials from several strategic crops, including beans, pepper and wheat, and also provides inputs (seeds and fertilizers). The established demonstration trials in the Municipalities of Kochani, Skopje and Lozovo are helping to assess the impact of climate change on agricultural production by testing several varieties of each selected crops under different climate and soil conditions, as well as the effects of applying various agro-technical measures with special attention to protection and nutrition of these crops, as important preconditions for sustainable agricultural production.
More: www.fao.org/europe/news/detail-news/en/c/1470236/
Photo: ©Institute of Agriculture
Bean trial assessment in Kocani, North Macedonia (September 2021)
Assessment of plant growth, pod maturity and estimation of harvest time for bean on the demonstration plot in Kocani, North Macedonia.
The efforts are part of an FAO project aimed at creating enabling environments for enhanced climate resilience in agriculture in several countries in the region. In North Macedonia, FAO supports the Government to enhance the country’s seed system by improving the domestic production of high-quality and climate-tolerant seeds of strategic crops by building the national capacities to ensure proper seed supply for farmers. In 2021, FAO in cooperation with the Macedonian Institute of Agriculture – Skopje, supported the establishment and maintenance of demonstration sites for multiplication of quality seed materials from several strategic crops, including beans, pepper and wheat, and also provides inputs (seeds and fertilizers). The established demonstration trials in the Municipalities of Kochani, Skopje and Lozovo are helping to assess the impact of climate change on agricultural production by testing several varieties of each selected crops under different climate and soil conditions, as well as the effects of applying various agro-technical measures with special attention to protection and nutrition of these crops, as important preconditions for sustainable agricultural production.
More: www.fao.org/europe/news/detail-news/en/c/1470236/
Photo: ©Institute of Agriculture