Universita Degli Studi Di Padova - Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals, and Environment (DAFNAE)
Italy

Description: The Department of Agronomy Food Natural resources Animals and Environment (DAFNAE) of the University of Padova (Italy) was founded in 2012 by the fusion of the teaching, technical and administrative staff of the Departments of Environmental Agronomy and Crop Production, Agricultural Biotechnology and Animal Science. The "mission" of the Department is to promote the quality of human life, the competitiveness of the agri-food sector and the sustainable use of natural resources, biotic and abiotic, through the production and dissemination of knowledge on the management and improvement of plants, animals, microorganisms and soil for the production of quality food and biomass, ensuring the conservation of ecological systems, the protection of cultivated plants and preservation of the environment and biodiversity. The main novelty in the cultural project of the department is to study the environmental and agri-food sectors with an innovative and comprehensive approach, in order to consider and exploit the multidisciplinary interconnections that exist within individual scientific areas and among different steps of the production/transformation chains. In particular, we are organized in a logical and strategic system of units based on scientific disciplinary sectors and aggregations.

Regional focus: Eastern Italian Alps (Dolomites) 

Official contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Staff members involved: Prof. Enrico Sturaro, Prof. Maurizio Ramanzin, Salvatore Raniolo (PhD student), Marta Teston (PhD student)

Working Packages: WP3, WP4

Category: Academic

Links:

• Website: https://www.dafnae.unipd.it/en/
• Facebook: https://it-it.facebook.com/dafnae.unipd/

Photo: Salvatore Raniolo