ENDURE's Exploratory Training Workshop met in Budapest, Hungary, last week and gained valuable insights into farmer advisory schemes across Europe and in the USA.
The federal research centres of the German Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMVEL) have been re-organised. The three research centres which dealt with plants were merged at January 1, 2008. The new name for the organisation is the Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants - Julius Kuehn Institute.
