Global rice production, so far, has been able to meet population demands. Rice production is considerable exposed to the environment and natural detrimental affect especially weed and weedy rice problems. Present herbicides are often suffered to kill weed and weedy rice that allows for more chemical usage and non-sustainable rice production system. Weed and weedy rice are a great problem because of resistancy and cultivation system such as direct seeded area, especially in Europe. In order to control the problem, Clearfield and Provisia technology developed in the United States. But some weed species or weed varieties are getting resistant to Clearfield rice in Europe in the last years. Thus, new alternative tools are needed for weed control. The main aim of the project is develop to non-GMO herbicide resistant new base rice for European countries. Herbicide resistant new base rice might be utilized control weed and weedy rice where gained resistance against to conventional rice herbicides in the fields. Project will investigate to develop non-GMO resistancy with Clethodim (Cyclohexanedione-Dim Group) herbicide resistance for rice. For this reason first objective is execute a mutation on rice seeds, second is develop to low and high resistancy on rice plant, the next objective is determination of mutation point on mutagen resistant rice. Last objective is investigated to deterioration of currently utilized herbicide resistancy system on especially the basis of IMI resistant red rice at incoming phase. The new resistancy system might be available to use when Clearfield and Provisia technology break down because of gene flow and misusage. The HerbaRice project will give new insights on weed and weedy rice problem on rice fields, providing new tools for herbicide resistancy producing safer and sustainable food production.

Youth unemployment is still an important problem in some European countries. The average youth unemployment rate (23,3%) in Turkey is considerably higher compared to the EU-28 (15,2%) (TUIK, May 2019; EUROSTAT, 2019). Long-term unemployment among young people is seen as an obstacle to their full integration into society by the European Union. The mismatch between education, training and competences required by existing job vacancies and the low-level entrepreneurship activities are associated with youth unemployment problem (Putun et al., 2017). According to T-Kit on Social Inclusion (No.8), different methodologies such as non-formal education (workshop, conference etc.) can be used to encourage young people to actively participate in society. Improving key competencies and working skills of young people with fewer opportunities (especially from rural areas and including NEETs) by using these methodologies could be a great tool to contribute them to the labour market and move society forward (Erasmus+ Inclusion and Diversity Strategy, 2014).There is a young and dynamic population in Turkey and agriculture is the largest sector for young labor (Balaban, 2015). However, in Turkey and in the rest of Europe, young people start to leave rural areas and they don’t want to choose farming careers. Negative perceptions about farming and limited access to information, technology and financial services are the leading causes of this situation. On the other hand, villages can be the center of production and young people can continue their life by doing profitable agri-food business in these areas. That is why increasing the qualifications and skills of the unemployed youth has social and economic benefits.Objectives of the project;-To enhance the social inclusion of youth with fewer opportunities (including NEETs)-To encourage young people to enter the labour market-To stop migration towards big cities-To increase the entrepreneurship and language skills -To teach new technologies used in agriculture such as drones-To develop the competence of young people in profitable agri-food activities (e.g. exportation of agri-food products)-To promote the development of target group (unemployed youth, future farmers, agri-food professionals, local authorities, NEETs, students at high-school or university etc.) to tackle unemployment through free, innovative training materials including topics of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), Agri-Food Marketing, Agricultural Entrepreneurship, Food Safety and Traditional Processing Technologies, and Value-Added Food Products from Fruits and Vegetables-To increase the agricultural production contribution of young people-To make farming activities more attractive for youth-To tighten the cooperation among partners from different countries-To support agricultural sustainability The project consortium is formed by 5 experienced partners from 3 countries. The project coordinator is TARIMAS. Its main objective is to develop projects for rural development and to lead agri-food producers in the most accurate way with trainings as well as model applications. It will serve trainings to target groups (students at vocational agriculture high schools & universities, agri-food professionals, young people with fewer opportunities (including NEETs), employees/employers working in agri-food sector etc.) and has EU project experience (ERASMUS+).The other core partners are: -Central Research Institute of Food and Feed Control (CRIFFC, Turkey)-Ministry of Food Agriculture and livestock/General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (GDAR, Turkey)-The National Technological Centre for the Food and Canning Industry (CTC, Spain)-Center of Food and Fermentation Technologies (TFTAK, Estonia)The short-time impact of the project: It will prepare unemployed youth to agri-food business life by enhancing their skills and qualifications through innovative training materials and young tailored activities, and enriching international cooperation for increment in agriculture and food manufacturing activity performance by creating a network for mutual exchange of experience.The long-term outcomes of the project: The level of youth unemployment will decrease since more qualified young people may be employed by agri-food companies more easily and some of them may start-up their own business. International agri-food trade activities will boost and the number of people moving from rural areas to cities will be lower.

(relevant information is also provided in the Executive Summary and the various Project Managmenent reports, uploaded to the Erasmus+ Dissemination Platform)CONTEXT - RATIONALEFuture farmers and agriculture professional are confronted with severe challenges, especially under financial stress in EU economies and other factors which call for improved competitiveness, a ‘green’ sustainable development and an increase in the agricultural productivity of EU. Such needs are accounted for in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform 2014-2020, which foresees the strengthening of three long-term objectives: a) viable food production, b) sustainable management of natural resources and c) balanced territorial development, and provides new policy instruments that reward resource-efficient services that protect the landscape/bio-diversity and innovative trends and technologies in farming and rural development. We considered the development of new transversal skills for agricultural practice absolutely critical in order to cope with the emerging challenges. We adopted the distance-learning paradigm, considering all recent innovations and wide-spread use of e-learning and m-learning systems, in order to develop a sustainable, multilingual courseware freely available to farmers, vets and any practitioner in the agricultural field, including groups at risk. Through a close synergy of key stakeholders in the consortium, we have already reached out to a wide audience and enabled their access to continuing vocational education and training.PARTNER PROFILESSKIFF (Skills for Future Farmers) mobilized six (6) field experts and key stakeholders from Greece, Netherlands, Lithuania and Turkey. 1. The Computer Technology Institute - CTI, GR, (project coordinator) is an IT research organization, supervided by the Greek Ministry of Education.2. The European Institute for Evolution and Integration - EIEO, GR, is an non-profit social enterprise specializing in agricultural topics and technologies.3. MKV Consulting Ltd - MKV, TR, is an SME specializing in education and VET training.4. Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock - MOFAL, TR, is a govermental body.5. Lithuanian Agricultural Advisory Service - LAAS, LT, is non-profit organization established in 1993 by the Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture, Lithuanian Farmers’ Union and the Lithuanian Association of Agricultural Companies, to provide training, scientific expertise, lab infrastructure and consutling to farmers.6. BLANCON SA, NL, is an SME specializing in agricultural areas and VET training.OBJECTIVES - RESULTSThe consortium developed a sustainable, multilingual training program (see http://future-farmer.eu) under the e-learning and m-learning paradigms, covering six (6) important thematic areas that cut-across most of the above requirements: 1. Organic Farming, 2. Rural Development, 3. Agricultural Markets, 4. Farming Management, 5. Biobased Economy, 6. ICT in Agriculture. In addition to the above six course modules initially described in project's application, the partners developed two (2) additonal courses: a) 'ICT in Agriculture - Precision Farming' (the most successful course, according to user attendance statistics and user evaluation score), b) 'Setting up a Farm'.In addition, a multilingual mobile app that provides weather forecast, agricultural news, and more, has been developed. Finally, a free, easily parameterized e-commerce platform has been developed, targeted to those users who wish to advertise their products through the Internet or even built their own e-shop.ACTIVITIESAll participants have been engaging in wide dissemination actions and at least two multiplier events have been organized in each country. Through a pilot training phase, users have been accessing the platform at their own pace, space and time, taking self-assessment quizzes and providing feedback, online. As of 24-4-2018, 837 users have registered for the online courses.IMPACTThe impact of the online training platform was significant in all countries. For the Greek case in particular, the Head of the General Directorate of Plant Protection of Greek Ministry of Rural Development and Food, after thoroughly checking the e-learning platform, sent a letter to literally all Ministry’s supervised bodies (at regional and prefectural level), inviting them to disseminate further information on SKIFF to end-users.The number of registred users rises steadily every day.Finally, SKIFF’s consortium managed to have four ECVET agreements signed regarding the e-learning modules developed. The project's intellectual outputs, project management activites, multipler events, training activites and transnational meetings are described in detail in material submitted to the Greek Erasmus+ Agency, some of it also uploaded to the Erasmus+ Dissemination Platform.

The project aims to reinforce the olive oil sector through capacity building for the production of high quality olive oil with health protective properties. The project will focus on the exchange of good practices in olive oil producing countries and aspires to create a pool of adequately trained stakeholders of the olive oil sector, namely: producers, olive millers, bottling companies etc. who will be able to add value to their final product. The project builds on existing know how developed within ARISTOIL project co- financed through Interreg Med programme regarding the Reinforcement of the Mediterranean olive oil sector competitiveness through development and application of innovative production and quality control methodologies related to olive oil health protecting properties. ARISTOIL has developed a database with approximately 2500 producers from Mediterranean who have already benefited from the project and participated to trainings. These producers whose number increases in the course of time can benefit also from a new project, the one proposed, which will focus not on experimentation and pilot testing anymore but instead on intensive training on topics that have been identified as crucial for all stakeholders to know in order to ensure olive oil of high quality and high competitiveness to the international markets.Training topics will be adapted to the needs of each stakeholder category, as identified by ARISTOIL project. In addition, past project under ERASMUS+ with title ECOLIVE has developed tools on distance learning regarding Organic production of Olive Oil which is going to be used to the extent that fits the purpose of the current proposal. SVIMED one of the partners of the proposed action had been a partner in ECOLIVE project too, so it will be them who will transfer this know-how to the current partnership.Producers will be trained on harvesting techniques, selection of the time for harvesting, plant protection and integrated pesticide management, olive mill selection criteria, organic production and integrated production management.Olive millers will be trained on olive oil management issues (standby temperature prior to pressing, cleanliness, etc.), temperature and time of kneading, centrifugation in the absence of water, Minimization of waiting time of olive oil in tanks before filtering.Bottling Companies will be trained on Ideal storage and bottling conditions for olive oil. Classification of olive oils with hygienic and organoleptic features.