Sweet potato harvesting 2024: ERR Estonian Television program “Maahommik” visited our sweet potato experiment
24 September 2024
Text and photos by Eve Runno-Paurson
| Photo 1. Harvesting team with ERR “Maahommik” filming group. First row: Markus Rouhiainen, Heleri All and Ivar Zekker (from left to right). Second row: Helina Nassar, Astrid Kännaste, Peeter Lääniste, Tiia Kurvits, Mati Kark, Rudolf Hüdse and Lauri Kulpsoo (from left to right). |
| Photo 2. Sweet potato trial on the morning of 24 September, just before harvesting. |
| Photo 3. European cultivar ‘Erato Eraly Orange’ storage roots
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The Center of Excellence AgroCropFuture introduced itself at the World Ploughing Contest 2024
23 August 2024
Text and photos by Tiia Kurvits
Recently the World Ploughing Contest 2024 https://worldploughing.org/ took place in cooperation with 4 institutions/organisations in Estonia: Estonian University of Life Sciences, World Ploughing Organisation, Estonian Ploughing Association and the Centre of Estonian Rural Reseach and Knowledge.
As part of the Ploughing Contest, the Rõhu experimental garden of our university was open to all interest groups. Interested visitors were introduced to the purpose and activities of the Centre AgroCropFuture and 60 crop trial fields. Junior researcher Peeter Lääniste talked about this year's results. The dry and relatively warm weather has had a good effect on the growth of corn, millet, sorghum and durum wheat. The scientific results will be made public in the coming years.
More than 20 countries participated.
Junior researcher Peeter Lääniste and cooperation partners Rein and Liili.
The Cerntre of Excellence coordinator Tiia with a nice mascot.
| The Centre of Estonian Rural Reasearch and Knowledge introduced and offered for tasting tomatoes bred in Estonia. |