Irina Pilvere, LLU Rector, Professor, Dr.oec. 10/03/2015

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1 Irina Pilvere, LLU Rector, Professor, Dr.oec. 10/03/2015 1

2 Climate changes In the World Glaciers are melting... Sea levels are rising... Certain regions experience unusual weather conditions... Extreme weather fluctuations... In Latvia Winters have become milder, snow is less frequent and rain is occurring more often Spring starts earlier with every year... Extreme temperature fluctuations in summer... Tornado in Kolka 2

3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions During last 130 years, the concentration of CO 2 in the atmosphere has increased by 22% 3

4 Impacts of climate changes Source: Stern Review,

5 LLU activities Mission to develop the intellectual potential for sustainable future of Latvia and, especially, rural areas EDUCATION SCIENCE CULTURE Vision to become a modern, internationally recognized and prestigious university, taking part in the common European academic education and science space 5

6 Education PhD (Postgraduate); 188; 4% MSc (Graduate); 583; 13% BSc (Undergraduate); 3709; 83% Number of students (Total )* Cities 20% Riga 9% Abroad (foreign students); 1% Rural territories 70% Distribution of students by place of residence (without PhD)* * Data as of October 1,

7 Studies and research Faculty of Agriculture Forest Faculty Horticulture Crop Cultivation Animal Husbandry Entrepreneurship in Agriculture Research fields Research of soil, iimprovement of crop productivity and yield quality Plant health, environmentally friendly technologies Development of animal productivity and functional efficacy Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Veterinary medicine Food hygiene Reseach fields In the area of veterinary medicine, medicine and biology Forestry Forest Exploitation Wood Processing Research fields Forest cultivation, conservation, production mining technology Wood processing Faculty of Food Technology Food technology Food science Hotel and restaurant management Research fields New products, their production technologies and nutrition The studies of nutrients Food safety and risk management 7

8 Studies and research Faculty of Engineering Automobile transport Agricultural machinery Agricultural energetics Pedagogy Research fields Alternative energy resources Energy saving technologies Use of biomass for energy production Machine design and manufacturing Performance of electric vehicles Faculty of Information Technologies Computer control and computer science Information technologies Programming Research fields Risk analysis in agriculture Agriculture information systems Modelling of biological process imitations Regional analysis Faculty of Rural Engineering Environmental engineering and water management Landscape architecture and planning Land management and surveying Civil enginering Research fields Agriculture impact on the environment Self-runoff drainage systems Development of rural landscape Development of new energy efficient building materials Faculty of Economics and Social Development and research fields Economics, Business management Public administration, External relations of organizations Project management, Finance and credit 8

9 Some Success Stories Examples of Collaboration with entrepreneurs «Biograph organic sweets», LTD candies Fruit Cubes «Felici», LTD cereal mixes «Musli Graci» with is rich in nutrients «MILZU!» - breakfast cereals with is rich in nutrients «Lat Eko Food», LTD Bio vegetable puree for babies

10 LLU importance We are preparing specialists and doing research for the Bioeconomy sectors (Agriculture, Forestry, Food products and Wood products) Bioeconomy in Latvia in 2013: accounted for 39% of total export values contributes 55% of the value added of all the goods produced in Latvia Bioeconomy potencial in Latvia in 2020: increasing by about 43% of the value of production (extraction of biomass) in crop and livestock production, in forestry by 25%, in the meantime providing food and forestry with sustainable development may increase total export potential by about EUR 2 billion per year, or about 51%. 10

11 Challenges Scientists need to carry out all encompassing research and analysis about following: how to increase food production, while ensuring that the production of GHG emission growth is slower than the production volume increase how to balance out effective forestry activities (timber production) and decrease greenhouse gas emissions how to balance development of economic and social importance of agriculture and forestry, especially employment in rural areas with environmental and ecological factors how to justify the agriculture and forestry positive contribution to climate change mitigation how to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy, while increasing energy efficiency etc. 11

12 Successful work in this conference! Latvia University of Agriculture Address: Liela street 2, Jelgava, LV-3001 Phone: ; Fax: