Introduction

CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE

A university with a tradition

Life – Society – Environment

24 000 students 1 400 employees6 Faculties and 1 institute

• Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources

• Faculty of Economics and Management • Faculty of Engineering • Faculty of Environmental Sciences• Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences• Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences• Institute of Education and Communication

FACULTY OF TROPICAL AGRISCIENCESFounded in: 2013Former Institute of Tropics and subtropics with more than 50 years of history.

Students: 600 Staff: 38

Department of Tropical Crop Sciences and Agroforestry Department of Animal Science and Food Processing in TropicsDepartment of Sustainable Technologies Department of Economy and Development

• Bachelor's– Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture– Sustainable development in Tropics and Subtropics

• Masters– Sustainable Rural Development in T&S– International Economic Development– Tropical Crop Management and Ecology– Tropical Forestry and Agroforestry– Wildlife Management in Tropics and Subtropics– Animal and Food Science in T&S

• Ph.D. – Agriculture in Tropics and Subtropics– Sustainable Rural Development

Studies Study porgrammes at ITS

Main research activities• Crop protection and utilization (indigenous

knowledge)• Biodiversity conservation• Improving appropriate, low-cost technologies

using renewable energy sources• Sustainable development strategies of rural

areas• Post-harvest processing and food safety• Veterinary and diseases• Household economics analysis and

development

Peer-reviewed scientific journal – open access