As the climate changes, pests previously unable to survive in the BSR will become viable and may flourish in the new conditions. To enable rapid responses, it is necessary to collect and monitor data on the diversity of plant diseases, especially during growing season. We will develop guidance materials on the use of the system and engage all stakeholders along the value chain.
We will validate the system using two important crops to the BSR and create guidelines on how the system could be further expanded to cover other crops in other countries in the BSR in the future.
Project goals
PestSpace will greatly improve the ability of BSR countries to respond to emerging threats to agriculture caused by climate change by creating a system that will enable the rapid identification of fungal and pathogenic pests that could threaten two important crops for the region (wheat and faba beans).
We will develop guidance materials on the use of the system and engage all stakeholders along the value chain. We will validate the system using two important crops to the BSR and create guidelines on how the system could be further expanded to cover other crops in other countries in the BSR in the future
Project information
Projekti period: 01.03.2025−28.02.2028
Budget: 3 180 000 €, METK budget 375 898 €. This project is funded from Intereg Baltic Sea Region progamm
Lead partner: University of Tartu,
Partners: Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge (METK), University of Warsaw (Poland), Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences’ (Poland), Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania), Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies Latvia), Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke, Finland)
Project manager (in METK):
Andres Mäe
Senior Researcher Department of Plant Protection
