AGRIMED C
AGRIculture Management EDucation Towards Climate resilience
According to the European Environment Agency, Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world, and climate risks threaten energy and food security. Rising temperatures, infectious diseases, and severe droughts negatively impact agricultural productivity. Antimicrobial resistance and zoonotic disease control remain a high priority.
Young professionals in veterinary, agricultural, and environmental sciences study and adapt their practices to an individual-animal perspective. However, a transition to a herd-level approach is required. This shift is essential for effective, informed decision-making in agricultural management, enabling the implementation of preventive health strategies, increased productivity, sustainable, climate-resilient resource use, and responsible information delivery to industry.
The aim of a herd-level health perspective into veterinary and agricultural education is to:
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Enhance young professionals' ability to implement One Health-based agriculture management strategies
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Promote responsible antibiotic use to avoid antimicrobial resistance
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Enhance practices for controlling and preventing zoonotic diseases
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Align with European and global sustainability goals under the One Health perspective
Mission
The AGRIMED C project's overall mission is to develop and implement innovative training to promote a herd-level approach among young professionals in veterinary, agricultural, and environmental sciences. By promoting skills to apply sustainable and climate-resilient agrarian management practices, this project supports the EU’s goals for sustainable agriculture, climate resilience, and public health protection. It aims to foster dialogue with policymakers to raise awareness of climate and public health sustainability.
Specific Objectives
Interdisciplinary Curriculum
Develop an interdisciplinary training curriculum that integrates human and veterinary medicine, public health, herd health management, agriculture, and digital technology, equipping young and future professionals with sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture management skills.
Cross-Sector Collaboration
Stimulate dialogue and collaboration between multiple sectors (academia, SMEs, and public health professionals) on sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture management strategies.
Innovative Digital Learning
Introduce challenge-based, transdisciplinary, and digital learning approaches in VET through AI-driven case studies and gamified assessment tools, and implement blended and dual learning models to ensure accessibility.
Career Employability
Increase the employability of young and future professionals in emerging job roles across various environments, such as public health management, veterinary medicine, agricultural management, and food safety.
Lifelong Learning
Promote life-long learning by developing open-access mobile-friendly courses that allow young and future professionals and vocational learners to upskill while working flexibly through blended and part-time blended options.
