Research at the Faculty

The Czech Television's Fokus Václav Moravec programme was attended on 28 June 2022 by Prof. Ing. Josef Soukup, CSc., Dean of the Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, and Ing. Tomáš Maier, Ph.D. from the Faculty of Operations and Economics. The programme can be viewed at https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/11054978064-fokus-vaclava-moravce/222411030530006/

Some love them, others hate them. Goat's milk products divide society into two camps thanks to their characteristic taste and smell. Milk is rightly regarded as one of the basic ingredients of the diet. Today, the consumption of milk (not only cow's milk) and dairy products in the Czech Republic is increasing year by year. In 2019, people consumed an average of 249 kg of milk per person. The production of goat milk occupies approximately 2.4 % of [...]

Opening ceremony The long-awaited opening of the Agricultural Products Processing Training Centre (APTC) of the Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources (FAPPZ) took place on 28 June in the morning. The opening speech and the ceremonial ribbon cutting were given by the Rector of the Czech University of Life Sciences Petr Sklenička, the Dean of the FAPPZ Josef Soukup, the Minister of Agriculture Zdeněk Nekula, the Director of the VCZZP David Farský, the President of the Food Chamber Dana Večeřová [...]

Could extreme weather also threaten the production of a popular drink? Climatic phenomena can have different effects on the overall yield and bitterness of hops. We can encounter combinations of events in which only one variable is extreme, but also events in which two extreme variables occur simultaneously (e.g. drought and heatwave). High temperatures and heat waves are [...]

The official opening of the Food Pavilion of the FAPPZ on the ČZU campus is approaching, several plants will be launched in basic mode at the beginning of the summer, others will gradually join. In an interview, its director Ing. David Farský. Full article at https://zivauni.cz/je-zasadni-aby-provoz-pavilonu-fungoval-na-dennodenni-bazi-a-student-v-ramci-praxi-vstupoval-do-realne-potravinarske-vyroby-rika-reditel-potravinarskeho-pavilonu/

They are said to be like eggs to eggs, yet hen eggs can come in a variety of colours, shapes and sizes. The ones from my grandmothers have yolks "somehow yellower than the ones from the shops" and the neighbour's behind the fence seem bigger. But it's not just about appearances, eggs can also differ in what's under the shell - their composition. The Czech Golden-spotted hen and the Oravka hen are Czech and Slovak national breeds that were bred and raised [...]