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ERASMUS+ teaching visit in Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Hassan II

Lecturer Otilija Miseckaite (Institute of the Water Resources Engineering, Faculty of Water and Land Management) with the support by Erasmus+ teaching programme visited Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco. She presented the lectures and the possibilities for exchanges studies at Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy. During the stay at the Institute the possible cooperation in research, the inter-university cooperation within the framework of the Erasmus + program establish and strengthen the scientific cooperation were discussed with Director Ali Hammani and Deputy Director of Partnership and Development Cooperation Sanaa Zebakb. .

The Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary (IAV) is a multidisciplinary polytechnic center for biological and earth sciences and technologies. It uses an integrated approach to higher education, training, and scientific research to serve agricultural and rural development. IAV comprises six schools located on two campuses in Rabat and Agadir: agronomy, veterinary, agro-food industry, horticulture, topography, and rural engineering. It has more than 320 professors and researchers, 180 technical staff, several research laboratories, and a veterinary teaching hospital. IAV offers masters and doctoral training in engineering, veterinary, water resources management, ecosystem management, and horticulture, among other subject areas.

Otilija Miseckaite also attended the 5th Interregional CIGR conference on “Challenges of Water Mobilization and Soil Conservation on Better Adapting to Climate Change” held on 10-13th September 2019, and joined session at 2nd conference of the Pan Afarican Society of Agricultural Engineering on the topic “Role of Agricultural Engineering in Meeting the Challenge of Global Food Security”.

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