November 2003: In the frame of the project Grafting Our Future Onto the Old Roots, on September 8, 2003, from 11-14,  some of the traditional varieties of fruits and products made of them from the village of Zavoj - Ohrid area, were presented on the plateau of the trade center "Letnica".

Presentation of part of the traditional varieties of apples and pears as well as their products from the Zavoj area (Ohrid Region) on the plateau of the trade center "Letnica" in Ohrid (November 2003)

September - October 2003: In the frame of the project: GRAFTING OUR FUTURE ONTO THE OLD ROOTS: Community-based in-situ conservation of traditional fruit tree varieties and the associated traditional agricultural landscape in the Region of Ohrid and the Prespa Lakes (Albania, Greece, and Macedonia), the activities in September and October were mainly focused on restoration of an old orchard of traditional fruit tree varieties (in Leskoec, Prespa), and establishment of new orchards of traditional fruit tree varieties (Zavoj, Leskoec, Ohrid) that were identified in the previous period of implementation of the project.

Experienced farmers from the region (Mr. Rizman, Arifi, on the left, and Mr. Kire Razmoski, on the right, demonstrate to farmers in Zavoj the "summer" grafting technique. Local fruit tree varieties of apple and pear were grafted onto young stems of  wild varieties growing in an abandoned orchard (Zavoj, September 2003)