ESCORENA Network on the web is a European initiative to enhance sustainable agricultural development and food security by improving the use of information, communication, and associated technologies. The overall aim is to enable ESCORENA members, its partners and users to exchange opinions, experiences, good practices and resources related to agriculture research, and to ensure that the knowledge created is effectively shared and used in the European region and worldwide.

November  29– December 3, 2010.
FIBRATEC 2010 - VI Symposium on Natural Fibers: Full Use and Applications.
Havana, Cuba.
A part of the 15th Scientific Convention on Engineering and Architecture.
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Conference under patronage of ESCORENA

Future plans of FAO/ESCORENA European Cooperative Research Network on Flax and other Bast Plants in 2010 and 2011.
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Current Activities of the Nut Network.
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3 – 6 October 2010
ITC&DC, 5th International Textile, Clothing & Design Conference - Magic World of Textiles.
Dubrovnik, Croatia.
ITC&DC is organized by the Faculty of Textile Technology, University of Zagreb, based on successful organisation of previous ITC&DC conferences. The past decade and four of our Conferences have witnessed it being transformed from our first (rather amateurish) attempts to establish a forum for new ideas and experiences into one of the most renowned conferences in the field of textiles globally. You are all to blame for it. The fifth Conference will again try to present and exchange knowledge, experience, results and information related to the newest scientific achievements in the field of textile and garment technology, as well as in fashion design and marketing of textile and clothing. We are certain we shall succeed this time again. The Faculty of Textile Technology, University of Zagreb will once again offer hospitality to the textile world and looking forwards to your valuable contribution to the magic world of textiles. Conference under patronage of ESCORENA.

The Conference is planned to deal within the following research fields:

• textile fibres and advanced materials
• manufacture of yarns, fabrics and nonwovens
• textile finishing, dyeing and care
• clothing technologies and engineering
• analysis, testing and quality control
• design and marketing of textile and clothing
• environment protection, ecology and energy management.

7 - 8 June 2010
16th International Conference for Renewable Resources and Plant Biotechnology NAROSSA®2010
Magdeburg, Germany.
This year's edition of Narossa will focus on: Plant breeding for non-food applications; renewable resources for material applications; processing, characterisation and application of secondary plant metabolites; biomass and efficient energy generation and sustainable development in evironment, economy and society. You will find the details in the circular below.
Please send your submissions to: narossa@ppm-magdeburg.de
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1 - 2 October, 2009 NOTE: The organizing committee decided to postpone the FAO conference to 01-04 June 2010
International Conference Agricultural Knowledge Exchange in Russian Language
Moscow, Russia
The purpose of this Conference is to provide an international forum for the presentation of the work of Russian-speaking experts and their partners in agricultural education, science and practice, and to discuss developments in agricultural information and knowledge exchange. The Conference will offer a platform for discussion, analysis and review of current status and future actions in these fields. The objective is to achieve a better understanding of global and national constraints, particularly in countries marginalised from the mainstream West European communities. The Conference also aims to encourage and enhance the development of international co-operation in the important field of knowledge dissemination. The Conference will introduce the new international initiative on Coherence in Information for Agricultural Research for Development (CIARD), and promote action to strengthen collaboration among agricultural institutions in Russian-speaking countries towards making research information more publicly accessible.
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March 11, 2010.
FAO Subregional Office for Central and Eastern Europe (SEUR)
Budapest, Hungary
Two Research Networks have become the affiliated partners of the European System of Cooperative Research Networks in Agriculture (ESCORENA), namely: Interregional Cooperative Research Network on Apricot and Organic Edunet. Workshop photo gallery: