In a world where climate change is threatening our farming systems with extreme weather and new diseases and pests, most of our food comes from crops such as wheat, rice and maize. This makes us vulnerable, especially given the unstable geopolitical situation, where trade barriers can cause marketing problems.
FUnCrop: Strengthening food security through the uptake of underutilized crops Read more "
On 20 January 2025, the Strategy Meeting of the PeaceBread movement was held in Berlin. There were 26 participants from 8 countries.
The working groups put forward proposals for the next period of activities of the Peaceful Movement.
The main thrust is to involve more youth entrepreneurs and young entrepreneurs in rural areas.
Peaceful Movement consultation in Berlin Read more "
Participants of the international heritage plant project "Communities for Climate" from the Peipsimaa Cooperation Centre and members of the Kasepää Folk House club "Meemen" visited the Rural Science Centre and the gene bank.
The aim of the heritage plants project is to conserve and promote the heritage plants of Lake Peipsi region.
The guests were given an overview of the wheat bread-making laboratory and the work of the breeding group of wheat
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Members of the Peipsimaa Cooperation House visited the METK gene bank Read more "
From 30 September to 2 October, the 10th conference of the PeaceLife movement took place in Brandenburg and Berlin, Germany.
FriedensBrot e.V., a non-profit organisation set up in Germany, is the initiator and main coordinator of this citizens' initiative. Representatives from 12 countries are involved in the movement.
Peace Movement anniversary conference "Agriculture and Peace". Read more "
A meeting of the Working Group on Documentation and Information of the European Co-ordinated Programme on Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR) was held in Tallinn on 18-19 September.
The meeting was attended by 17 specialists in the field of information management of genetic resources from eleven institutions involved in the conservation of genetic resources in Europe.
On 13 September, Külli Annamaa took part in a seminar on heritage plants organised by the Peipsi Cooperation Centre at the Peipsimaa Museum.
The theme was heritage varieties and their conservation in the gene bank of METK, as well as in gardens and museums.
The seminar took place in the framework of the C4C Communities for Climate programme.
Peipsimaa heritage plants seminar Read more "
