AGROSYM
Jahorina, 4-7 October 2018, Bosnia and Herzegovina

IX International Agriculture Symposium "AGROSYM 2018"
University of East Sarajevo
Faculty of Agriculture
Bosnia and Herzegovina

University of Belgrade
Faculty of Agriculture
SerbiaMediterranean Agronomic
Institute of Bari (CIHEAM-IAMB)
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International Society of Environment and Rural Development, Japan
Balkan Environmental Association (B.EN.A), Greece
CDR, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria
Perm State Agro-Technological University, Russia
Voronezh State Agricultural University named after Peter The Great, Russia
Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Kaunas, LithuaniaChapingo Autonomous University, Mexico
Selçuk University, Turkey
University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania
University of Valencia, Spain
Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Egypt
Tarbiat Modares University, Islamic Republic of IranHigher Institute of Agronomy, Chott Mariem-Sousse, Tunisia
Faculty of Economics Brcko, University of East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Biotechnical Faculty, Montenegro
Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Serbia
Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, Serbia
Institute for Applied Science in Agriculture, Serbia
Agricultural Institute of Republic of Srpska - Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Maize Research Institute “Zemun Polje”, Serbia
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Institute for Animal Science, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia
Serbian Academy of Engineering Sciences, Serbia
Balkan Scientific Association of Agricultural Economics, Serbia
Institute of Agricultural Economics, Serbia
organize

9th International Agriculture Symposium“AGROSYM 2018”
That will be held on Jahorina mountain (near Sarajevo), October 4-7, 2018

For further information please visit the website:www.agrosym.rs.ba

AGROSYMJahorina, 4-7 October 2018, Bosnia and Herzegovina

IX International Agriculture Symposium "AGROSYM 2018"
About International Agriculture Symposium „AGROSYM“AGROSYM is, since nine years, an annual platform for international scientiﬁc discussion on agriculture,food, rural development, environment and forestry. AGROSYM represents a good opportunity toexchange ideas, to strengthen existing and to create new academic networks, and to foster dialogue
between the academia, public institutions, the private sector and civil society organizations on therecent global and regional trends in the agro-food sector. Multidisciplinary results reported during
AGROSYM will contribute to the dissemination of knowledge and good practices to all actors of the agrofood chain (e.g. farmers, extension agents, researchers, policy makers) as well as the general public
about the importance of agriculture and food science, one of the most important strategic areas ofmany national research strategies.
thThe 8 edition of the International Agriculture Symposium “AGROSYM 2017” made an important
contribution to the agriculture practice in different areas. During the four-day Symposium (5-8 October,2017), over 1300 contributions were presented to more than 1200 participants representing 85 world
countries (list of participants` countries available here).
AGROSYM 2018 will deal with the following thematic areas:
Plant production
Plant protection and food safety
Organic agriculture
Environment protection and natural resources management
Animal husbandry
Rural development and agro-economy
Forestry and agro-forestry

Official Symposium language:
The official Symposium language will be English.
Important dates:
Registration and abstracts submission
Notification of abstracts acceptance
Submission of full papers
Notification of papers acceptance
Detailed programme
AGROSYM 201820 April 201830 April 2018
10 June 2018
10 July 2018
10 September 2018
4-7 October 2018

Symposium venue:
Symposium will be held in hotel Termag**** on Jahorina mountain, near Sarajevo.
Accommodation:
AGROSYM participants are advised to book their accomodation only in hotels listed on AGROSYM
website (link) as free transfer service and special price rates are provided for Symposium participants.
For further information please visit the website:www.agrosym.rs.ba

AGROSYM
Jahorina, 4-7 October 2018, Bosnia and Herzegovina

IX International Agriculture Symposium "AGROSYM 2018"
Registration fee:
Before 30th June 2018

After 30th June 2018

Regular90 Euro

100 Euro

Student*

60 Euro70 EuroAccompanying person

60 Euro70 EuroRegistration fee*Students must provide a photocopy of valid student card or equivalent document by e-mail.

The registration fee includes:
 Full access to all Symposium sessions
 Material pack (including certificate) Refreshments
 Mountain cable car ride
 Music concert (traditional folklore) Gala dinner party Access to exhibition of local handicrafts and traditional and typical products
 Excursion during Symposium (Andrictown and tourist attractions nearby) Shuttle service Sarajevo International airport - hotel - Sarajevo International airport
Payment instructions are available on the official Symposium website link.
*Registration fee does not include post-conference excursion to Sarajevo Old Town. The price for thisexcursion is 20 euro per person.
Other information:
The other relevant information (e.g. honorary, scientific and organizing committees, practicalinformation, instructions for writing abstracts and full papers, photo gallery, AGROSYM archive, how toreach Symposium venue from different directions, etc.) is provided on the official Symposium website.
Preliminary programme:
October 4th 2018

October 5th 2018

October 6 2018thOctober 7th 2018

 Registration
 Opening ceremony
 Welcome cocktail
 Plenary lectures
 Evening dinner party

 Registration
 Working session
 Mountain cable car Lunch break Working session
 Gala dinner Excursion
 Dinner Entertainment evening Working session
 Final discussion

and conclusions
 Lunch Departure Post - conference

excursion
Excursion (Andrictown and tourist attractions nearby) details are available at: linkFor further information please visit the website:www.agrosym.rs.ba

AGROSYM
Jahorina, 4-7 October 2018, Bosnia and Herzegovina

IX International Agriculture Symposium "AGROSYM 2018"
Contact:
For any additional information please feel free to contact Dr. Sinisa Berjan, Symposium secretary:
Phone/Fax: + 387 57 490 401
Mobile: + 387 65 987 097
E-mail address: agrosym2018@gmail.com
University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Agriculture, Bosnia and Herzegovina
or
Dr. Noureddin Driouech (Ph.D)
Coordinator of MAIB Alumni Network (FTN)
Phone/Fax: + 39 080 46 06 203
E-mail address: infoftn@iamb.it
CIHEAM-Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (Italy)
Instructions for writing abstracts are available at: link
The length of the abstract should not exceed 250 words.
Abstracts should be submitted online at: link
Deadline for abstract submission is 20 April, 2018.
Instructions for writing full papers are available at: link
Papers should be written in English. Full papers should not exceed max. 6 pages.
Full papers should be submitted to the following e-mail address: agrosym2018@gmail.com
Positively reviewed papers will be published in the Proceedings of the Symposium, if participation fee ispaid. Deadline for full paper submission is 10 June, 2018.
Indexing and archiving of “AGROSYM” Proceedings in CABI database:
The proceedings of AGROSYM are indexed and archived, (among others) in the CAB abstracts and CABI
Full-Text Repository (www.cabi.org); the world’s leading database in agriculture, animal and plantsciences, natural resources and rural economics.
Selected papers will be published (free of charge) in: AGROFOR International Journal (www.agrofor.rs.ba) Vol. 3/3, ISSN 2490-3434 (Printed); ISSN 2490-3442 (Online) in November 2018
 International Journal "Agriculture and Forestry" (www.agricultforest.ac.me) Vol. 64/4 ISSN (Printed):0554-5579, (Online): 1800-9492 in December 2018
 EcoPersia (ecopersia.modares.ac.ir) Vol 6/4 ISSN 2322-2700 (Printed); ISSN 2538-2152 (Online) and other selected journals.
Excellent paper awards
The Scientific Committee of AGROSYM 2018 will provide the Award of Excellent Paper for oralpresentations and Award of Excellent Poster for poster presentations.
Sponsorship: Rates for presentation of companies, organizations and institutions available at: link
For further information please visit the website:www.agrosym.rs.ba