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Welcome to 5 International Scientific Conference DOI: https://doi.org/10.15414/2021.9788055224015

Dear Participants
The Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia, in active cooperation with the M.M.
Gryshko National Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv),
within the common established AgroBioNet International Network, has already prepared the
5 International Conference entitled Agrobiodiversity for Improving the Nutrition, Health,
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Quality of Life and Spiritual Human Development. Unfortunately, due to the unfavourable
pandemic situation in the world, this conference will take place online.
The international conference was prepared by the Organizers in a non-traditional form as
several interconnected conferences on specific topics. The first conference will take place on
November 3, 2021. It will be an opening conference with the complex of other conferences.
The first – introductory conference aims to open some new current topics, which form an
important part of the issue of conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity –
agrobiodiversity and the plant kingdom – by man and humankind. These are topics related to
the development of humankind and the practical use of the natural wealth of this planet.
Unfortunately, in a relationship – man and humankind – did not understand the very essence
of the existence of life on this planet. This is reflected in the degradation of biodiversity and
nature, however that international organizations such as the UN, FAO, EU and national
governments have adopted many laws and programs to protect biodiversity and nature.
For this reason, the organizers orient the focus of the 5th International Conference, in
addition to solving traditional current problems of conservation and use of agrobiodiversity,
also on a very specific topic, namely the spiritual development of man, humankind, civilization.
Many conference participants may consider this issue to be inappropriate for the
scientific community because the prevailing view is that the issue of spirituality belongs to the
religious community. But the spiritual development of man does not only mean the relationship
of man to any religion. The life of man and society is built on the principle of unity of the spiritual
and material worlds in all areas. The state of energy in a person is manifested through three
essentially different contents: body (matter), soul and spirit. According to Einstein, the matter
is condensed energy. And the word "energy" means, like the word "function" – the ability to act.
Man cannot dematerialize and exist only as the spiritual essence. The material principle
forms an important part of the human personality as well as of society. This is evident especially
nowadays when the material world is experiencing a period of unlimited growth. The current
standard of living is very high. Humans and humankind have the technique and technology to
solve many extremely complex problems. But on the contrary, the spiritual principle of man
and humankind is experiencing a period of the almost total decline.
Man's spirituality means his respect for universal human values while respecting the
basic spiritual values of man. The basis of a person's spirituality are his moral qualities and
values for life, responsibility not only to his partner, children, family, his work, work team, co-
workers, the law but also to the nature, to all forms of life with respect for the principles of
ethics. A person's spiritual culture is manifested in his good relations with other people, in his
upbringing, behaviour, helping people in misery, showing humanity, positive thinking and
acting in all his areas of activity without spreading pride, anger, hate, slandering, harassment
in the family and the workplace.
The moral character of each working team, society is determined by the level of
spirituality of all its members. This truth has been known since ancient times and has not lost
its significance today. Spirituality is associated with the development of society. These are two
interdependent categories. The French philosopher Denis Diderot put it very simply: "A human
without spirituality cannot be a poet, a philosopher or a thinking man, he simply cannot be a
human."
Human and humankind, in general, has so far proved and demonstrated admirable
achievements in various sciences, technologies, but at the same time proved and demonstrated
all inhuman forms of evil, war, crime, human abuse by modern weapons, organ harvesting, the
spread of poverty, hunger, devastating nature and other drastic forms.
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Spiritual Human Development
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