The Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, is launching a new round of the photo challenge “On the Road to Knowledge.” Building on the success of last year’s competition, the initiative aims to showcase the diverse places and activities connected with the studies, research, and professional travels of FTZ students and staff.

Traditional knowledge of medicinal plants represents one of the oldest forms of health care and continues to play a vital role in the lives of millions of people worldwide. A new scientific study co-authored by Assoc. Prof. Zbyněk Polesný and FTZ graduate Naji Sulaiman from the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (FTZ), Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU Prague) focuses on the ethnobotany of herbal teas in the coastal region of Syria – an area with an exceptionally rich yet still insufficiently documented tradition of folk medicine.

How can we ensure plant health in the face of climate change, increasing pest pressure, and stricter regulations? These pressing challenges are at the core of the international summer school Plant Health under Pressure: Environmental Shifts and Legal Responses, hosted by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).