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Medicinal plants in ERR's "Novaator" programme

Recently published study Estonians stand out for their love of medicinal herbs, and this is reflected in both their consumption habits and the range of products available in pharmacies. Folk medicine in Estonia was probably kept alive by the Soviet era.

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Exhibition of the Anemones in the Hiiumaa Museum

University of Tartu Botanical Garden exhibition "The wondrous plants of Hiiumaa"
from 11 March to 27 April in Kärdla, in the Pikas Maja of the Hiiumaa Museum.

Hiiumaa is a very big island.
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Valmeco AS employees visited Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge.

On April 10, 2025, employees of Valmeco AS, a company that manufactures straight beams, visited the Rural Science Centre in Jõgeva.
Külli Annamaa, Head of the Genebank, introduced the activities of the Genebank in preserving genetic resources.

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FUnCrop: Strengthening food security through the use of underutilised crops

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.

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Peaceful Movement meeting in Berlin

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.

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Members of the Peipsimaa Cooperation Center visited the gene bank of METK 

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.

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