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Elections at the Steering Committee meeting dated 18 June 2021

Congratulation to Professors Elena Horská (Slovak Republic) elected as Vice President of the UEAA and to Maria Salomé Soares PAIS (Portugal) and Tomas García Azcárate (Spain) elected as observers and welcome to them as UEAA Steering Committee members.
Click here to find the brief CVs of Professors Elena Horská
Click here to find the brief CVs of Maria Salomé Soares PAIS
Click here to find the brief CVs of Tomas García Azcárate









COMMUNIQUE – UEAA meets with the « Forest Team » of the EU Commission Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG Agri)

The aim of the meeting was to underline and elaborate on the UEAA Position Paper regarding the New Forest Strategy of the EU Commission.
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UEAA Position Paper on the new EU Forest Strategy for 2030

Forest strategy and forest management practices: to achieve optimal balance between the conflicting demands will be crucial to find compromise solutions that can unite the different stakeholders. Prior to any decision, the UEAA strongly recommends broad scientific discussions and evaluations of scientific findings e.g. between scientists within the different regions, before changes in current management practices are requested.

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A letter from Commissioner STELLA KYRIAKIDES about Gene editing

A message from the French Veterinarian Academy through the French Academy of Agriculture.

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A communiqué from the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Cooperation of Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences with Private Agricultural Companies.

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Message from the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences





News from The Accademia dei Georgofili (italy)

Action to support the agricultural world during this COVID-19 pandemic.

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Message from the Italian Academy dei Georgofili













Position Paper: Gene editing and new eu regulations urgently needed

The U E A A (Union Européenne des Académies d’Agriculture, www.ueaa.info) claims that the Directive 2001/18 / EC has become unsuitable due to advances in scientific knowledge and recent technical advances such as genome editing and hence urges the E U Governance to review and adjust the European regulations on GMO’s to recent scientific progress.

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GMOs and Genome Edited Organisms (GEOs): regulatory and geopolitical challenges

Publication in English of a book dedicated to Genome Editing and written by members of the French Academy of Agriculture
see the link on the “News and comments from UEAA Members





European Citizens’ Initiative: sign the Green Biotech Petition

The future of using biotechnology tools to develop agriculture has never been darker in the European Union (EU).



European Citizens’ Initiative: sign the Green Biotech Petition

European Citizens’ Initiative: sign the Green Biotech Petition























International Barley Genetics Symposium 13

Distingushed Presidents, please, find attached a preliminary program and a flyer for the IBGS13 and diseeminate it among your Academics. Warm regards, Michele





Excellent meeting in Florence on 22-23rd November 2018

New President : Professore Michele Stanca (Accademia dei Georgofili, Florence, Italy) Full report will be posted later. At this stage : Congratulations and Good luck to Professore Michele Stanca, signed : Past President Professeur Michel Thibier 25 November 2018 – – – – – – – – – – – – Latest News from the […]



UEAA acts to safeguard plant genome editing which is essential to develop sustainable agriculture

UEAA acts to safeguard plant genome editing which is essential to develop sustainable agriculture
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UEAA acts to safeguard plant genome editing which is essential to develop sustainable agriculture

The UEAA observes that the opinion issued by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 25 July 2018 on the status of mutagenesis puts at risk the use, in the European Union, of new plant breeding techniques (NPBT), including genome editing, by subjecting them to the same GMO directive as plants derived […]



Date and Place of the next UEAA meeting

Professor M Stanca has just sent me this message: “I am glad to inform you that, for logistic reasons, the date of UEAA meeting will take place in Florence at the Aula Magna of Accademia dei Georgofili in Florence, Italy, at 22-23 of november 2018“. President M Thibier, 14 June 2018 Further details will follow.



The International Association of Agriculture Museums

The purpose of the association is to educate the public about the significance of agriculture to human society, to explain the many ways that agriculture has evolved through time, and to facilitate dialogue between museums across the globe about agricultural topics and discoveries. Call for support. Please feel free to read more in page : […]





An important message from the Accademia dei Georgofili – Florence, Italy

Dear UEAA Members, This to inform you that for several reasons, including the great loss of our President Professore Giampiero Maracchi, we intend to postpone the 2018 UEAA Meeting in Florence next October. Soon, I will inform you all about the date and the program. Warm regards, Professore A Michele Stanca Vice President of Accademia […]







The UEAA Board is particularly sad to announce that his Vice President Professore G Maracchi, President of the Academia Georgofili has passed away on March 10, 2018

The UEAA expresses its deepest condolences both to Mrs G Maracchi and to the Accademia dei Georgofili, Florence, Italy.





A note from the International Association for Agricultural Museums, AIMA

Please have a look on this interesting note on page / Activities/News and comments from members of the UEAA.





TRES BONNE ANNEE, HAPPY NEW YEAR, FELICE ANNO NUOVO

From the  Steering Committee members to all UEAA members and friends.





The Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences celebrates its 60th Anniversary

see on page :Activities/ News and comments from UEAA members













Feed back from the Romanian National Press on the UEAA meeting in Brussels on 28 September 2017

see on the following page : about UEAA/ Governance/ minutes of the General Assembly and Steering Committee meetings









A very successful International Conference at the Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences. October 25-27 2017, Tbilisi, Georgia

Viticulture and Wine making in European countries – Historical aspects and prospects

Check in page: Activities/ News and comments from UEAA members.





Message from France about the new European Joint Program (EJP)

The “One Health Program” of research selected by the European Commission and begins on 1st January 2018

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Report of the meeting of the UEAA Steering Committee with the EU Commissioner for Agriculture Ph Hogan – 28 September 2017 – The Berlaymont Building, Brussels – Belgium

see the report on either of those two pages on this very site : about/ueaa/ Governance/ minutes… or Activities/News.  Enjoy your reading.













News from the European Commission

Very interesting note on new techniques in agricultural biotechnology, have a look on the Activities/News page on this very site.





The full article of Paul Brassley  given at the UEAA meeting in Paris (12 October 2016) is now on this web site

Brassley P.2017. The impact of agricultural science 1850-2016 : a gentleman’s amusement to the saviour of the world? Have a look on the Activities/News page on this very site.









Latest news  from the UEAA Chairperson of the Electronic Working Group about the new UEAA commission: “agricultural education

This concerns all the UEAA members, please have a look and respond; see Activities/News page on this very site.





News from Italy : Accademia dei Georgofili’s Opening Ceremony of the 264th Academic Year

On Friday April 7th 2017 at 10.30 am, has taken place the Opening Ceremony of the 264th Academic Year in the Salone dei Cinquecento at Palazzo Vecchio (Firenze).



News from Italy : Accademia dei Georgofili’s Opening Ceremony of the 264th Academic Year

After the Mayor’s greetings and the President’s report,  Mr. Phil Hogan, European Commissioner of Agriculture and Rural Development has delivered a speech. During the Ceremony, diplomas have been delivered to new Ordinary and Corresponding Foreign, Emeritus ad Honorary Members; the “Antico Fattore” Prize and “Prosperitati Publicae Augendae” Prize were also awarded to winners. (http://www.georgofili.it/detail.asp?IDN=1654).



Happy New Year 2017

TRES BONNE ANNEE  HAPPY NEW YEAR  FELICE ANNO NUOVO From the  Steering Committee members to all UEAA members and friends



To all members

A note from the Chairperson of the Electronic Working Group about the new UEAA commission: “agricultural education”.



To all members

Check in the  Activities/News/ section  on this web site Please have a look and respond to make this EWG alive aiming at producing some interesting concepts.



Upcoming Conferences 

The 10th General Assembly will take place in 2018, in Florence (Italy)





9th General Assembly of UEAA

11th-13th  October 2016 in Paris, FRANCE



9th General Assembly of UEAA

Scientific colloquium of the UEAA, Paris, 12 October 2016,  “Science in agriculture: historical perspectives and prospective insights” Chairman : Professor Michel Thibier see the “Governance” and “Past activities of the UEAA members” sections of this web site



The UEAA has a new President

Latest news: The UEAA has a new President succeeding to Professor V Podraszky (Czech Republic), his name is Professor Michel Thibier, from France. He was nominated President on the 11th October at the 9th General Assembly of UEAA in Paris. Professor M Thibier, DVM, Dr ès Sciences







The new Union of European Academies for Science applied to Agriculture, Food and Nature web site

Dear colleagues Welcome to the new Union of European Academies for Science applied to Agriculture, Food and Nature web site This new web site has been performed under the technical expertise of a Czech company by the name of e-fractal and we thank them very much for this achievement. This was undertaken under the responsibility […]



8th General Assembly of UEAA

18th-19th  September 2014, in Prague, Czech Republic

“Utilization of GMO in Agriculture”



8th General Assembly of UEAA

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7th General Assembly of UEAA

 5 October 2012, in Stockholm, Sweden