Nine students won K&H’s 2022 scholarship competition for sustainable agriculture

According to the announcement, agriculture is facing increasingly serious challenges: inflation, the increase in energy costs, the lack of suitable labor, last year’s drought, and now the extremely mild winter weather are causing difficulties for farmers. In addition, the K&H agricultural index, which shows the expectations of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the agricultural and food industry, has been decreasing since the second quarter of 2021, standing at 7 points compared to the average value of around 20 points in recent years. The outlook is also worsened by the fact that purchase prices will rise significantly for the next production cycle, which is why the working capital needs of agriculture are more intense, they said. Zoltán Demeter, head of the K&H Agricultural Development Department, emphasized that in this situation, the necessary investments cannot be postponed, because companies can only produce more efficiently, sustainably and in line with consumer needs with modern, innovative tools. Young agricultural professionals open to sustainability and innovations have a decisive role in its implementation and application.

Since 2015, K&H has been awarding and supporting the studies and research of students participating in domestic agricultural education

The novelty of the 2022 application is that the institution nominating the most successful students also received recognition. Éva Kiss Nikolett won first place in the PhD category, Evelin Török took second place, both from the Doctoral School of Animal Husbandry Sciences of the University of Debrecen, and László Kaszás from the Kálmán Kerpely Doctoral School of the University of Debrecen took third place. In the master’s degree category, Bence Szabó and Árpád Wágner from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics won second place, Tamás László Kádár from the Faculty of Forestry Engineering of the University of Sopron took second place, and Dorottya Szám from the Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences Georgikon Campus took third place. student. In the bachelor’s degree category, Ottó Fesztóry, from the Faculty of Technology and Agricultural Sciences of the Nyíregyház University, and Péter Hock, a student of the Institute of Viticulture and Oenology of the Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences, were awarded. The University of Debrecen received the institutional special prize of the K&H scholarship competition for sustainable agriculture, the announcement states.

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