Külli Annamaa, Head of the Genebank at the Centre for Rural Research and Knowledge, will participate in the 10th session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Agriculture (ITPGRFA) at FAO Headquarters in Rome.
A Nordic-Baltic seminar on “Conservation of wild relatives of cultivated plants” was held at the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on 23-24 October.
The staff of the Genebank and Grassland Breeding Group of The Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowlege organised a seed collection expedition to natural habitats on the Saaremaa and nearby islands and grasslands.
The Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowlege (METK) was visited by staff from the Latvian Genebank and potato and barley breeders and researchers from the Priekuli Plant Breeding Centre.