AEIFORIKI S.A (Partner – Coordinator)
AEFORIKI S.A. has been active since 2001 and is one of the most specialized companies providing consulting services in the wider agri-environmental sector. It is addressed to entities that are directly or indirectly active in the sectors of production, processing and marketing of agricultural products and management of the rural environment.
The experienced and qualified staff of the company, which consists of agronomists of plant and animal production, agro-economists and veterinarians, is able to provide solutions, directions and vision to any institution, company and individual agricultural and livestock farms. The basic principle of the company is to develop a climate of trust with its clients, to create prospects and to achieve goals aimed at providing comprehensive and effective service and support to its clients.
Based on more than 20 years of experience in the field, it offers integrated solutions and services throughout Greece, always tailored to the needs of producers and businesses
| Information: www.aeiforiki.gr |
| Role in the OLIZO Cooperation Group: The company AEΙFORIKI S.A. with its experience in the development and implementation of protocols in agricultural production will contribute to the creation of the protocol for the identification of soil-climate zones, the recording of soil and microclimate data and the dissemination actions of the project. |
| Type of partner, in the OLIZO Cooperation Group: Advisor |
LABORATORY OF REMOTE SENSING, SPECTROSCOPY AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, A.U.TH. (Partner)
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the largest Greek University. The main campus is located in the city center and covers an area of about 430,000 m2, while some of its facilities, whether educational or administrative, are located outside the campus or in other cities. It includes a total of 10 faculties, consisting of 40 departments and 1 one-part faculty. There are 60 Clinics (Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine), 319 institutionalized Laboratories and 23 Study Centers.
LABORATORY OF REMOTE SENSING, SPECTROSCOPY AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, A.U.TH.
The Laboratory of Remote Sensing, Spectroscopy and Geographic Information Systems serves educational and research needs and treats the collection and processing of earth observation data by applying terrestrial, aerial and satellite remote sensing methods using appropriate sensors. In addition, the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tool performs the spatial analysis procedures and creates the appropriate spatio-temporal databases, the corresponding thematic maps and the corresponding spatio-temporal simulation and fusion of these levels of information so that they can the corresponding services to the end users are produced.
The main areas in which the Laboratory utilizes the data collected through remote sensing are the agricultural applications of remote sensing, spectroscopy and GIS, including the wider area of agricultural activity and its effects on the environment:
- Monitoring and evaluation of agricultural resources (crop mapping, digital soil mapping, agricultural water use, aquaculture mapping, changes in land use over time, etc.).
- Monitoring the effects of agricultural activity on the environment (modeling of soil erosion, mapping of downstream wetland and aquatic vegetation degradation, monitoring of downstream water body quality, development of early warning systems, erosion risk assessment, erosion risk, etc.).
- Precision agriculture applications. Report of the qualitative and quantitative properties of soil, water and vegetation (estimation of leaf area index, its evapotranspiration, soil moisture, biomass, diagnosis of malnutrition, pathogens and other stressors of agricultural crops, etc.).
| Information: http://labrsgis.web.auth.gr/ |
| Role in the OLIZO Cooperation Group: Based on the research conducted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki will participate in mainly in the development of the necessary methodologies by introducing innovative elements and low-cost tools tools and low-cost instruments for the identification of territorial and climatic zones. |
| Type of partner, in the OLIZO Cooperation Group: Research institute |
AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE OF ARACHOVA “ANALIPSIS” (Partner)
The Arachova Cooperative was founded in 1924 and operated as an Agricultural Credit Cooperative. The founding members numbered 75. In 1938 it was decided to take out a loan of 800,000 drachmas for the construction of a cooperative olive oil factory. The statutes of the Cooperative were amended to the Olive Oil Credit Cooperative of Arachova ‘Analipsis’.
In 1955, the land where the offices of the Cooperative and the Thiafio-Phytopharmaceuticals warehouse are built was purchased. The cooperative operated a flour mill, a sawmill and later on fertilizer and animal feed warehouses were built. Later on, the cooperative also engaged in other activities such as timber exploitation, canning of bromide olives and export of woven fabrics.
Today it is engaged in supplier credit operations, accepts deposits on behalf of banks, such as the Agricultural Bank, and handles whatever subsidies are still granted. Today it has 1,000 m2 with complete facilities of a modern olive mill, fertilizer-fodder warehouses with a total area of 400 m2, salt 60 m2, a 150 m2 plot of land with an office and a 70 m2 thrift store.
| Information: www.analipsi.gr |
| Role in the OLIZO Cooperation Group: The agricultural cooperative and producers with their experience involved in the project provide the fields and ensure the proper functioning of the pilot by recording the necessary reference data and soil, microclimatic parameters. The cooperative will also contribute to dissemination activities. |
| Type of partner, in the OLIZO Cooperation Group: Agricultural Cooperative |
INTERBALKAN ENVIRONMENT CENTER (Partner)
i-BEC is a non-profit and mission oriented international organization that links local communities and countries in the wider Balkan nations, with EU and UN agencies. i-BEC supports and co-develops with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki state of the art technologies and innovative research for sustainable management of natural resources and environmental protection.
i-BEC sustains training of civil and private sectors through long distance learning, translating Earth Observation [EO] data into services and creating Living Labs, thus enhancing Capacity Building of these sectors. In partnership with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, is a leader in environmental research in Greece with more than 200 publications, mostly in international journals
i-BEC was founded on 30 July 2007 by the concerted efforts of the Regional Development Fund of Central Macedonia, the Research Committee of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki [AUTh] and the Municipality of Lagadas within the framework of the project “Establishment of Balkan Environment Center” [BEC] funded by INTERREG III / A, INTERREG III / B. In 2014, after 7 years of constant, active presence in Greece and the Balkans with numerous projects and programmes, the former ’’Balkan Environment Center’’ became the ’’InterBalkan Environment Center’’.
Αfter 15 years of successful course and active presence in Greece, the Balkans, Europe, Asia and Africa, the Inter-Balkan Environment Center now operates as a flexible international organization with actions and collaborations between the public and private sectors as well as the research community, in Greece and abroad. During this course, it creatively contributed to the development of environmental awareness in Greece with actions at a global level that constituted environmental innovation, with research applications that turned into application standards for green policies at the Local and Regional level, with practical interventions in sensitive natural systems and environmental resources, by linking scientific knowledge with political public priorities to protect natural resources and support rural and natural ecosystems and environmentally sensitive areas.
| Information: www.i-bec.org |
| Role in the OLIZO Cooperation Group: The Interbalkan Environment Center, as a transfer of know-how to end users, will contribute substantially to the pilot actions, ensuring the implementation of the methodologies in the pilot fields. |
| Type of partner, in the OLIZO Cooperation Group: Advisor |
ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES OF HALKIDIKI (Partner)
The Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Halkidiki is a secondary cooperative.
It was founded in 1928. The headquarters 60 km from Thessaloniki, in Nea Moudania Halkidiki in privately owned offices in the commercial Union centre.
In March 2012 under the Law 4015/2011 on Cooperatives the Union of Agricultural Cooperatives the Agricultural Cooperatives Association of Halkidiki was transformed into an Agricultural Cooperative of Halkidiki Cooperative with the distinctive title ” Association”.
| Information: http://www.easxal.gr/ |
| Role in the OLIZO Cooperation Group: The agricultural cooperative and producers with their experience participating in the project provide the fields and ensure the proper functioning of the pilot projects with recording the necessary reference data and soil and microclimatic parameters. |
| Type of partner, in the OLIZO Cooperation Group: Agricultural Cooperative |
KALAFATIS PANAGIOTIS (Partner)
Cultivation of olive trees of various varieties, for production of table and oilseed olives.
| Role in the OLIZO Cooperation Group: The producer participating in the project provides the fields and his/her experience in field management to ensure the proper functioning of the pilot and the recording of the necessary reference data and soil and microclimatic parameters. |
| Type of partner, in the OLIZO Cooperation Group: Farmer |
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