BEAN-QUORUM: Building an Euro-Asian Network for Quality, Organic, and Unique food Marketing

- The aim of the project is to promote exchange of experience on specific marketing tools for organic and quality agriculture development. It will be strengthened and improved human resources relationships and know-how circulation among the selected higher education institutions, listed as follows:  the Department of Agricultural Economics and Engineering of the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna (Italy) - UniBO,  The Thammasat University (Thailand) - Tham,  The Xinjiang Agricultural University (China) - XJAU,  The University of Agricultural Sciences of Vienna (Austria) - BoKu,  The University of Gloucestershire (United Kingdom) - Glos. - The direct target groups are graduate students and scholars (future professors, researchers and teachers) (about 35 persons in Asia; 40 persons in EU) and academic staff (about 20 persons in Asia; 25 persons in EU). Indirectly the universities students (about 8500 students) will benefit of enhanced learning opportunities. Organic and quality sector operators (directly 35, indirectly 800) will have better knowledge aimed at improving and increasing their economic development and co operation with high education institutions (HEI). - the main activities are the realisation of in-country and overseas general seminars (3), workshops and round tables (3) short intensive overseas programme (SIOP) (1), post-graduate students exchange (9), development of common modules (1), the development of common research activities indispensable for curriculum development activities (2); development of industrial relations and internship. - the duration of the project is thirty-six months.