Member Countries
32 Full Members
Austria (Central Europe)
Österreichische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Grünland & Viehwirtschaft (ÖAG)
Dr Wilhelm Graiss, Managing Director
Raumberg 38
8952 Irdning, Austria
Phone +43 3682 22451 346
E-mail wilhelm.graissextra@raumberg-gumpenstein.at
Website www.gruenland-viehwirtschaft.at
Bosnia/Hercegovina (South Eastern Europe)
Prof. Dr Senija Alibegovič-Grbić
Faculty for agriculture and food sciences
Institute for plant production
Zmaja od Bosne 8
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Phone +387 33 225727
E-mail senija.grbic.alibegovicextra@gmail.com
Belgium (Western Europe)
Mathias Cougnon
ILVO - Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Research
Caritasstraat, 39
9090 Melle, Belgium
Phone + 32 92722904
E-mail mathias.cougnonextra@ilvo.vlaanderen.be
Bulgaria (Eastern Europe)
Prof. Dr Atanas Kirilov, President
Bulgarian Association of Grassland and Forage Production
Institute of Forage Crops
89 General VladimirVazov Str.
5800 Pleven, Bulgaria
Phone +359 64 805882 Mobile +359 889 400980
E-mail kirilovatanasextra@hotmail.com
Croatia (South Eastern Europe)
Croatian Grassland and Forage Association
c/o Prof. Dr Josip Leto
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
Svetošimunska cesta 25
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Phone +385 1 239 4079
E-mail jletoextra@agr.hr
Czech Republic (Central Europe)
Dr Stanislav Hejduk
Dept. of Animal Production and Forage Production
Faculty of AgriSciences
Mendel University in Brno
Zemědělská 1
613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Phone +420 545133077 Mobile +420 731 454 363
E-mail hejdukextra@mendelu.cz
Denmark (Northern Europe)
SEGES
Torben Spanggaard Frandsen
Agro Food Park 15
8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
Phone +45 8740 6660
E-mail tsfextra@seges.dk
Website www.seges.dk
Estonia (North Eastern Europe)
Estonian Grassland Society
Dr Rene Aavola
Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge (METK)
J. Aamisepa 1
48309 Jõgeva, Estonia
Phone +372 53 29 24 65
E-mail rene.aavolaextra@metk.agri.ee
Website https://metk.agri.ee/en
Finland (Northern Europe)
Finnish Grassland Society
Dr Kaisa Kuoppala
Natural Resources Insitute Finland (Luke)
Tietotie 2 C
31600 Jokioinen, Finland
Phone +358 29 532 6705
E-mail kaisa.kuoppalaextra@luke.fi
Website www.luke.fi
France (Western Europe)
Association Française pour la Production Fourragère (A.F.P.F.)
Véronique Ferry, Secrétaire permanente
Centre Inra
Bât. 9 - RD 10
78026 Versailles cedex, France
Phone +33 1 30 219959
E-mail vferryextra@versailles.inra.fr or afpf.versaillesextra@gmail.com
Website www.afpf-asso.fr
Germany (Central Europe)
Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie - Saxon State Agency for Environment, Agriculture and Geology
Dr Gerhard Riehl, Chairman
Grassland and Forage Production
Christgrün 13
08543 Pöhl, Germany
Phohe +49 37439 742 21
E-mail gerhard.riehlextra@smul.sachsen.de
Website www.lfulg.sachsen.de
Greece (Southern Europe)
Hellenic Range and Pasture Society (HERPAS)
Dr Thomas Papachristou, President
Forest Research Institute
Vassilika
57006 Thessaloniki, Greece
Phone +30 2310461242
E-mail thomas.papachristouextra@fri.gr or herpascommextra@gmail.com
Website www.elet.gr
Hungary (Central Europe)
Agricultural Center – Grassland Committee
Prof. Dr Geza Nagy, Head of Grassland Committee
Debrecen University, Agricultural Center
Böszörményi út 138
4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Phone +36 52 526 961 or +36 30 9727 686
E-mail nagygextra@agr.unideb.hu
Iceland (Northern Europe)
Thóroddur Sveinsson
Agricultural University of Iceland
Keldnaholti
112 Reykjavík, Iceland
Phone +354 8435331
E-mail thoroddextra@lbhi.is
Website www.lbhi.is
Ireland (Western Europe)
Irish Grassland Association
Maura Callery, Office Manager
Cookstown
Kells
Co. Meath, Ireland
Phone +35 87 9626483
E-mail officeextra@irishgrassland.ie
Italy (Southern Europe)
Gruppo Ricerca Applicata e Sperimentazione Foraggera (G.R.A.S.F.)
Prof. Dr Giuseppe Parente, Secretary
Università di Udine, Dipartimento di Biologia
Via delle Scienze, 91
33100 Udine, Italy
Phone +39 0432 558782
E-mail josefparenteextra@yahoo.it
Lithuania (North Eastern Europe)
Lithuanian Grassland Society
Dr Lina Šarūnaitė
Institute of Agriculture
Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (LAMMC)
Instituto al. 1, Akademija
58344 Kėdainiai distr., Lithuania
Phone +370 347 37271
E-mail lina.sarunaiteextra@lammc.lt
Website www.lammc.lt
Luxemburg (Western Europe)
FILL (Fördergemeinschaft Integrierte Landbewirtschaftung Luxemburg)
Philippe Thirifay, Head of Plant Production Department
Ministry of Agriculture, Viticulture and Rural Development
Administration of Technical Agricultural Services (ASTA)
16, rte d'Esch
1470 Luxembourg, Luxemburg
Phone +352 45 71 72 281
E-mail philippe.thirifayextra@asta.etat.lu
Website www.mavpc.gouvernement.lu
The Netherlands (Western Europe)
Netherlands and Flemish Society for Grassland and Fodder Crops / Nederlands-Vlaamse vereniging voor Weide- en Voederbouw (NVWV)
Gerjanne Doppenberg, Secretary
c/o Fedecom
Postbus 2600
3430 GA Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
Phone +31 30 6049111
E-mail infoextra@nvwv.nl
Website www.nvwv.nl
Norway (Northern Europe)
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, NIBIO
Dr Marit Jørgensen
Department of Grassland and Livestock
Division of Food Production and Society
Holt, Holtvn 66
9016 Tromsø, Norway
Phone +47 92 86 71 01
E-mail marit.jorgensenextra@nibio.no
Website www.nibio.no/en
Poland (North Eastern Europe)
Polish Grassland Society
Prof. Dr Barbara Golinska - Secretary
Department of Grassland and Natural Landscape Sciences
Poznań University of Life Sciences (PULS)
Dojazd 11
60-632 Poznań, Poland
Phone +48 61 848 75 86
E-mail barbara.golinskaextra@up.poznan.pl
Website www.up.poznan.pl/ptl/
Portugal (Southern Europe)
Sociedade Portuguesa de Pastagens e Forragens (SPPF)
Teresa Carita, Secretary
c/o INIAV-Elvas
Apartado 6
7351-901 Elvas, Portugal
Phone +351 268 637 740 or +351 96 444 26 87
E-mail teresacaritaextra@sppf.pt or sppfextra@sppf.pt
Website www.sppf.pt
Romania (Eastern Europe)
The Romanian Society for Grassland
Prof. Dr Costel Samuil, President
University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine of Iasi
Mihail Sadoveanu Street, 3
700490 Iasi, Romania
Phone +40 742 056 968
E-mail csamuilextra@yahoo.com or
sropajextra@yahoo.com
Website www.sropaj.ro
Russia (Eastern Europe)
Sergei Panchuk
Association of Producers and Exporters of Hay and Feed APEHF
Uspenskaya street 5
Building 15, Office 614-1
Krasnogorsk, Moscow area, Russia
Phone +7 495 369 17 34 or +7 909 955 04 47
E-mail spextra@apehf.com
Website www.apehf.com
Serbia (South Eastern Europe)
Serbian Forage Society
Prof. Dr Branko Čupina
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture
Trg D. Obradovica 8
21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Phone +381 21 485 3457, +381 21 485 3224
E-mail naukaextra@polj.uns.ac.rs
Slovakia (Central Europe)
Slovak Academy of Agricultural Sciences – Forage Section
Dr Norbert Gaborcik, member
Ďumbierska 32
974 11 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Phone +421 48 390 6774, Mobile +421 907 602 719
E-mail gaborciknextra@zoznam.sk
Slovenia (South Eastern Europe)
Prof. Dr Branko Kramberger
University of Maribor
Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Pivola 10
2311 Hoče, Slovenia
Phone +386 2 320 90 33
E-mail branko.krambergerextra@um.si
Spain (Southern Europe)
Sociedad Española de Pastos (Spanish Society of Pastures)
Sonia Roig Gómez, President
ETSI Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural
Ciudad Universitaria s/n
28040 Madrid, Spain
Phone +34 910671765
E-mail sonia.roig@upm.es or secretariaextra@seepastos.es
Website www.seepastos.es
Sweden (Northern Europe)
Swedish Grassland Society
Nilla Nilsdotter-Linde, Secretary
SLU, Department of Crop Production Ecology
Box 7043
750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
Phone +46 18 671431 or +46 70 662 74 05
E-mail nilla.nilsdotter-lindeextra@slu.se
Website www.svenskavall.se
Switzerland (Central Europe)
Swiss Grassland Society – Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Förderung des Futterbaues (AGFF)
Prof. Dr Andreas Lüscher, Managing Director
Reckenholzstrasse 191
8046 Zürich, Switzerland
Phone +41 58 468 72 73
E-mail andreas.luescherextra@agroscope.admin.ch
Website www.agff.ch
Ukraine (Eastern Europe)
Prof. Dr Volodymyr Kurhak
Society of Grassland Scientists of Ukraine
Phone +380 44 5267126
E-mail kurgak_lukiextra@ukr.net
United Kingdom (Western Europe)
British Grassland Society (BGS)
Tom Goatman, Chief Executive
Log Cabin 13b, Dunston Business Village
Stafford Road
Dunston, ST18 9AB, United Kingdom
Phone +44 1785 450 284 or +44 7833 449245
E-mail tom.goatmanextra@britishgrassland.com
Website www.britishgrassland.com
7 Corresponding Members
Albania (Southern Europe)
Prof. Dr Tatjana Dishnica
Phone +35 54 223269
E-mail tanaextra@icc-al.org or tatjana.dishnica@mbumk.gov.al
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Latvia (North Eastern Europe)
Prof. Dr Aleksander Adamovich
Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
Institute of Soil and Plant Sciences
2 Liela iela
3001Jelgava, Latvia
Phone +371 63005629
E-mail alexadamextra@cs.llu.lv
Website www.llu.lv
North Macedonia (Southern Europe)
Prof. Dr Petre Ivanovski
Phone +38 991 115277
E-mail priextra@zsv.ukim.edu.mk
Moldova (Eastern Europe)
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Montenegro (South Eastern Europe)
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