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framework of professional consultancy, the Institute provided preparation and publication of
27 e-textbooks and 6 e-specialized databases and catalogues.
The transfer of knowledge for the professional is ensured by the collective of the
Institute by organizing cycles of conferences and seminars with many institutions. Collective
organized the 6 editions of 'Natural Resources and Cultural Heritage of the Regions', 7
editions of 'Biosafety in Agriculture”, 5 editions of 'Tokay Viticulture and Winemaking', 7
editions of 'Preservation Endangered Plant Genetic Resources in Slovakia', and 5 editions of
seminaries on the application of mathematical-statistical methods. Collective has organized 3
editions of International scientific conferences in cooperation with the M.M. Gryshko National
Botanical Garden (Kyiv) about Conservation and Exploitation Non-traditional Plant Species,
with the Institute of Phytotherapy at the National University of Uzhhorod 7 editions of
Phytotherapy and Nutrition, as well as with the Centre of Organic Agriculture in Selenca in
Serbia 4 symposiums about Organic Farming.
Throughout the period, the institute's collective provides extensive cooperation at the
national (34 institutions) and international level with 38 institutions on the base of the
contracts. The most important activities in this area are research stays of PhD students and
researchers. 176 foreign participants with financial support from SAIA agencies, Visegrad
Fund, Erasmus-world, Bilateral agreements, and others) have completed research stays from
1 to 40 months period.
The extensive results and knowledge of the research activities were presented by the
collective in more than 500 professional papers, including 393 articles in cooperation with
foreign authors. The collective of Institute received 6 awards at the national level and one
award at the international level (FAO). In cooperation with partners from Ukraine, the staff of
the Institute are co-authors of 6 common patents.
Extensive activity and mainly the international cooperation of the Institute already for
25 years has grown to a new level. Based on the initiation of the Institute and the decision of
the Rector of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Mr. h. c. prof. Ing. Peter Bielik and
Director of the M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden at the National Academy of Sciences
of Ukraine, Mrs. prof. Nataliia Zaimenko, Doctors of Botanical Sciences, they established in
Memorandum signed in 2013 within the framework of the TRIVE project (ITMS
26110230085) the international AgroBioNet network for the realization of joint international
research, education and development program 'Agrobiodiversity for Improving Nutrition,
Health and Life Quality'. The network is already registered by over 200 experts and more than
30 institutions. With the establishment of this international network, the Institute has
acquired a new form of a virtual platform with new possibilities for the realization of
extensive activities in cooperation with many national and foreign institutions. For the
presentation of extensive results and knowledge obtained from common resolved projects
within the AgroBioNet network, the guarantors created the Proceedings of Scientific Papers
entitled Agrobiodiversity for Improving Nutrition, Health and Life Quality in the on‐line form.
Keywords: history, overview, activities, research, education, international cooperation, scientific
publications, knowledge transfer for practice.

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