Study visit under the project Western Balkans Urban Agriculture Initiative - BUGI,

Continuation of the implementation of activities on the ERASMUS CBHE project Western Balkans Urban Agriculture Initiative - BUGI, this time, Berlin, Germany.
The study visit lasted from 29.10. to 31.10. Activities included lectures, workshops on aquaponics and microalgae, aquaponics engineering systems, visits to urban gardens, and representatives of eight partner institutions discussed plans, implementation and application.
Urban agriculture is a model that refers to   growing, processing and distributing food in, or in the immediate vicinity of populated areas. The main characteristic of urban agriculture is the local production of food for local use - a concept that ensures: employment of the population, cultivation of urban and suburban areas, more food and healthier nutrition, increasing economic power of the city and residents, stronger ties between residents. A typical way of production in urban agriculture is the bio-intensive method - which produces large amounts of organic food on limited areas.