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The new Envirocenter will test measures against heat, drought, and torrential rains in real-world conditions
The new center in Chodov, in the Karlovy Vary Region, integrates water management, green spaces, renewable energy sources, and smart technologies. Rather than simply presenting individual solutions, it will measure and evaluate their performance in real-world conditions over the long term and share the insights gained with cities and municipalities.
Discovering the Secrets of Food – Do You Know What You Eat?
In cooperation with the National Museum of Agriculture in Prague and the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, the Ministry of Agriculture is organising the 11th edition of the educational competition Discovering the Secrets of Food – Do You Know What You Eat? for families with children and school groups. The event will take place on 2 and 3 October 2026 at the National Museum of Agriculture in Prague.
DRIFT-FOOD: Food Technologies for the 21st Century Are Being Developed at CZU’s Cutting-Edge Research Centre
The ambitious DRIFT-FOOD project, which has been running at the Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources since 1 October 2020 under the European Horizon 2020 ERA Chairs programme, is coming to an end. It aimed to build and strengthen the Faculty’s long-term research capacity in food technology. This goal has been achieved: an interdisciplinary centre of excellence has been established at CZU, the University’s scientific and educational capacities have been strengthened, and modern food technologies have been made more accessible to industry and other stakeholders. The DRIFT-FOOD Research Centre was established at the Faculty. Although the project had to cope with several personnel changes, a stable international team has been formed whose activities will continue well beyond the project´s end.
Academic and scientific relations between the Philippines and the Czech Republic are on a new level.
On September 4, 2026, the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (FTZ), Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, hosted the first PH-CZ STARR (STrengthening Academic and Research Relations) scientific meeting, bringing together representatives of academia, research, and diplomacy to share experiences and explore new opportunities for cooperation between the Philippines and the Czech Republic.