Students visit AU Viborg during International Climate Smart Agriculture Competition Week
This week, students from agricultural schools in Finland, Poland, the Netherlands, Hungary and Denmark visited AU Viborg as part of the International Climate Smart Agriculture Competition Week.
The visit began with an introduction to AU Viborg and the Department of Agroecology, given by Nele Lohrum, before the group headed out for a field trip guided by Esben Øster Mortensen.
The field trip included a visit to the green biorefinery, where the participants were introduced to the biorefining process and saw examples of products derived from grass, including proteins for feed and food, fibres for paper, and potentially textiles in the future.
The group then continued to the field experiments at Foulumgård, where several ongoing research activities were presented. These included the BioBase experiments, which produce biomass for the biorefinery, the GrassTool experiments, and the Agrivoltaics experiments, where solar energy production is combined with agricultural land use.
There was lively interest throughout the visit, with questions coming from both students and lecturers.
The International Climate Smart Agriculture Competition Week is organised by EVECSA – European Vocational Excellence for Climate Smart Agriculture and brings together students from across Europe to collaborate and develop solutions to climate and sustainability challenges in agriculture.