Proceedings of the 12th Baltic Animal Breeding Conference [on Development and Use of Breeding Programs for the Improvement of Animal Breeds]
2006
Agriculture is multifunctional in its nature. It encompasses much more than just cultivation of plants and rearing of animals for food. An agriculture not just milks a cow or gathers crops from a field, he also sustains rural environment, makes image of his country more attractive and decorative. These are special environmental values that agriculture is giving to the society because neat and tidy environment is a national wealth. Agriculture is a style of life. The Baltic countries have recently joined the European Union. It means we have a lot of changes in our economical, political and social life. Each member state has an opportunity to choose how to contribute to the prospective development of its agriculture and its rural policy. We face the increase in speed of our lives and the increase in volume of information exchange between countries. A pending matter in livestock farming is the use of the breeding stock animals in selection. Therefore we have to develop a new approach in the animal breeding and genetic technologies using the latest scientific discoveries and achievements. It has been proved that different countries have to cooperate sharing their knowledge and experience. This year 12th Baltic scientific conference of the animal breeders and geneticists has a title Development and use of breeding programms for the improvement of animal breeds.
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