Events

On 11 May 2012 the National Research Institute of Animal Production in Balice was visited by a group of students of bioinformatics from the University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław in the care of the professors: vice dean Edward Pawlina, Prof. Ph.D. and the manager of the project “Bioinformatics development of educational offer of the University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław”, Andrzej Zachwieja, Ph.D., Associate Professor of UELS.

The visit was organized as part of the project financed by the European Union, implementing the Bioinformatics field of study at the University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław.

On 10 May 2012 at 12:00 p.m. in the Conference Room of the National Research Institute of Animal Production in Balice there was a public defense of Ph.D. thesis of Paweł Radomski, M. Sc. Eng.

The title of the thesis: "Analysis of the results of economic activity of the National Research Institute of Animal Production using the example of experimental stations and limited liability companies"

On 10 May 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in the Conference Room of the National Research Institute of Animal Production in Balice there was a public defense of Ph.D. thesis of Piotr Moskała, M. Sc. Eng.

The title of the thesis: "Management of the dissemination of research results and its influence on innovative processes in animal production."

On 8th May 2012 the National Research Institute of Animal Production was visited by a group of students with their tutors from HAS Den Bosch University of Applied Sciences in Holland. The university specialises in agriculture, horticulture, food production, nature and environment protection and maintains excellent relations with industry thanks to which it has created a network of cooperating with one another companies and organizations in related fields of science.

The Scientific Council of the National Research Institute of Animal Production informs that on 10 May 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in the Conference Room of the National Research Institute of Animal Production in Balice, public defense of Ph.D. thesis of Piotr Moskała, M. Sc. Eng. will be held.

The title of the thesis: "Management of the dissemination of research results and its influence on innovative processes in animal production."

The Scientific Council of the National Research Institute of Animal Production informs that on 10 May 2012 at 12:00 a.m. in the Conference Room of the National Research Institute of Animal Production in Balice, public defense of Ph.D. thesis of Paweł Radomski, M. Sc. Eng. will be held.

Title of the thesis: "Analysis of the results of economic activity of the National Research Institute of Animal Production using the example of experimental station and limited liability companies"

A visit of Agricultural Education Centre School Complex in Nowy Targ to the National Research Institute of Animal Production

On 4 April 2012 the National Research Institute of Animal Production was visited by a group of students and their tutors from the Agricultural Education Centre School Complex named after Augustyn Suski in Nowy Targ. The visit took place as part of the cooperation agreement between the School Complex and the Institute.

Those who arrived in Balice were officially welcomed by Professor Eugeniusz Herbut Ph.D., who presented the history and current activities of the National Research Institute of Animal Production.

The employees of the National Research Institute of Animal Production – Professor Franciszek Brzóska, Ph.D., Professor of NRIAP Beata Szymczyk, Ph.D. and Professor Sylwester Świątkiewicz, Ph.D. took part in the conference entitled “GMO in agriculture and food production – opportunities or threats of genetic modification of plants and animals”.

The conference was organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as a form of social consultations concerning legislation in the field of GMO and took place on 3 April 2012 in the Column Room of the Polish Parliament. During the conference, which was opened by the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Kazimierz Plocke, 7 papers were presented which were devoted to various aspects of using genetically modified organisms in agriculture and medicine. The conference generated a lot of interest, and was attended, among others, by representatives of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, members of parliament, scientific staff of universities and research institutes, and representatives of agricultural and ecological organizations.

One of the papers, delivered by Professor Sylwester Świątkiewicz, Ph.D. concerned the research on GM feed materials, which is conducted by the National Research Institute of Animal Production in Kraków and the National Veterinary Research Institute in Puławy (represented during the conference by its Director, Krzysztof Niemczuk, Ph.D and Professor Krzysztof Kwiatek Ph.D.).

Minutes from the 175th session of the Scientific Council of the National Research Institute of Animal Production – 28 March 2012

During the 175th session of the Scientific Council of the National Research Institute of Animal Production, which was held on 28 March 2012 in the Palace in Balice:

Between 16 and 18 March 2012, the 18th International Fair of Agricultural Techniques AGROTECH and the 12th Timber Industry & Forest Resources Management Fair were held in Kielce.

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Marek Sawicki assumed the honorary patronage over the fair.

AGROTECH fair provides an opportunity to become acquainted with a wide range of agricultural equipment and see modern equipment for each sector of agriculture presented by Polish producers and dealers of foreign companies. This year’s curiosity was the winner of the competition for the Agricultural Machine of the Year 2012 – a gigantic combine harvester New Holland CR 9090 (record-holder entered in the Guinness Book of Records for picking over 551 tons of wheat in 8 hours!).