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The Educational and Experimental Base Dragalevtsi is a 52 acres agricultural area, previously called Bichovska meadow, situated in the land of quarter Dragalevtsi in the locality Pogrebite.
The land and buildings of EEB Dragalevtsi were given to Sofia University back in 1979 according to an order by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry. These days the tillable land was 180 acres. After the restitution in 1992 large part of the land was restored to its original owners and since 1998 only 52 acres stayed property of the University.
Presently Sofia University and the Faculty of Biology possesses deed for the estate, that became reality after the long-standing efforts of several deans.
There are several administrative buildings, laboratories, hangar, greenhouses, boreholes, an area with permanent crops and livestock complex in the area of the base in addition to the experimental field in the area.
Since 2012, co-managers of EEB Dragalevtsi are the Dean of the Faculty of Biology and the Director of University Botanic Gardens, Dr Krasimir Kossev. Recently the base was renovated and ennobled.
EEB Dragalevtsi provides the possibility for conduction of practical classes and practises for students and provides alsostudying materials of vegetable or animal nature. The base is also used for experimental and scientific studies and could be of disposal to other faculties of Sofia University and scientific organisations on collaborative base.
Experimental field in 1981 |
Experimental field in 1981 |
EEB Dragalevtsi in 2013 |
EEB Dragalevtsi in 2013 |
A terrain practice |