WORK IN EDUCATION (1971 – 2010)

During nearly half a century of professional activity, he left a lasting mark on all levels of agricultural education.

In addition to numerous lectures and educational radio and television programs intended for farmers, the following teaching activities represent the work that has left a permanent written legacy.

SECONDARY EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE

Since 1983, numerous generations of students in secondary agricultural schools have acquired knowledge of soil and soil management from the textbook:

Klobučar, Gračan, Todorić – General Crop Production for Secondary Agricultural Schools (2nd edition 1983; 3rd 1985; 4th 1986; 5th 1989; 6th 1992), in which he authored the chapter “Soil”.

From 1997 onward, students have studied the fundamentals of plant production and soil management from the textbook:

Mihalić, Bašić – Foundations of Crop Production.

He also participated in the development of educational curricula for secondary agricultural schools and in preparing students for university studies in accordance with the principles of the Bologna reform of higher education.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION (1973 – 1984)

Higher Agricultural College (today University of Applied Sciences in Agriculture) – Križevci.

Delivered theoretical lectures and practical exercises in full-time and part-time studies in the courses:

Soil Science
Agricultural Land Reclamation

Designed a comprehensive curriculum for Soil Science, including theoretical instruction, fieldwork, and laboratory exercises.

Author of two editions of the textbook Soil Science (1976 and 1982) for students of this institution.

Later, as President of the Governing Council, contributed to shaping the institution’s development and orientation in line with the Bologna reform principles.

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

He began his university career (1971–1973) as Assistant at the Department of Soil Science.

After a period in professional higher education, he returned in 1984 to the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Department of General Agronomy, where he remained until retirement in 2010.

He significantly influenced the development of study orientations and academic curricula of the Faculty of Agriculture in the period following Croatia’s independence and transition to a market economy.

Through his elective courses Soil and Water Protection and Organic Agriculture, which attracted exceptional student interest, he opened the path for the establishment of full study programs in Agroecology and Organic Agriculture following the Bologna reform.

He also taught at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mostar, where in collaboration with N. Herceg he published the textbook Foundations of Crop Production.

COURSES AND STUDY PROGRAMMES

University of Zagreb – Faculty of Agriculture

Fundamentals of Agriculture
General Crop Production
Soil and Water Protection
Foundations of Crop Production
Soil Degradation and Protection
Remediation and Restoration of Degraded Soils
Sustainable Soil Management

Faculty of Science – University of Zagreb

Agroecology

University Study Programme – Eco-Engineering

Soil Protection
Sustainable Soil Management

Joint Programme – University of Split & Faculty of Agriculture Zagreb

Agriculture and Environment

University of Mostar – Faculty of Agriculture

Foundations of Crop Production