As part of the Faculty of Economics and Management graduation ceremony, the Minister of Agriculture Award was presented for an excellent Master´s thesis contributing to practice in agriculture, nature conservation, landscape, and natural resources. One work from each faculty was awarded.
The award was handed over on behalf of the minister by senior director Ing. Pavel Sekáč, Ph.D., and the rector of CZU, Prof. Peter Sklenička, on 17th June 2024.
The awardees for this academic year were:
Faculty of Economics and Management
Ing. Jiří Vacek
Thesis topic: The impact of climate change on wheat yield in the Czech Republic – an econometric analysis of panel data
Thesis supervisor: Prof. Ing. Lukáš Čechura, Ph.D.
Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources
Ing. Natálie Čáslavská
Thesis topic: The effect of the inclusion of herbs on the yield, quality, and pre-crop value of forage mixtures
Thesis supervisor: Prof. Ing. Josef Hakl, Ph.D.
Faculty of Engineering
Ing. Ondřej Blecha
Thesis topic: Comparison of biphasic and monophasic harvesting of field crops and impact on yield and quality of production
Thesis supervisor: Doc. Ing. Milan Kroulík, Ph.D.
Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences
Ing. Michal Neugebauer
Thesis topic: Identification of biologically active host substances for the crustacean Taphrorychus bicolor
Thesis supervisor: Ing. Roman Modlinger, Ph.D.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Ing. Simona Turková
Thesis topic: Non-native species of plants along railways in the Czech Republic
Thesis supervisor: Ing. Jan Pergl, Ph.D.
Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences
Ing. Dumitru-Claudiu Sănduă
Thesis topic: Why people buy food directly from farmers: Case study from Moldova
Thesis supervisor: doc. Ing. Miroslava Bavorová, Ph.D.
