METK employees Külli Annamaa and Ireene Roman participate in the international conference “Seeds of Resilience 2026”, held in Malmö, Sweden, on 21-23 October.
Representatives from 31 European countries participate in the 18th meeting of the Steering Committee of the European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR), taking place in Georgia from 1–4 June 2026.
Summary of the Interim Evaluation of the Genetic Resources Program
A seminar preparing for the interim evaluation of the “Collection, Preservation, and Use of Agricultural Genetic Resources Program 2021–2027” was held at the EMU Polli Horticultural Research Centre.
Külli Annamaa, Head of the Gene Bank at the Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge (METK), attended the 11th session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (International Treaty) from November 24–29.
On 4 July, the University of Tartu Botanical Garden opens the exhibition “Garden Queens of Estonian Origin”, which highlights the most outstanding results of Estonian rose breeding.