{"id":194,"date":"2024-12-11T17:26:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T17:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/?post_type=project&#038;p=194"},"modified":"2024-12-11T17:32:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T17:32:21","slug":"agrocropfuture","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/project\/agrocropfuture\/","title":{"rendered":"AgroCropFuture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Center of Excellence for Agroecology and new crops in future climates (AgroCropFuture)&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Center Excellence for Agroecology and New Crops in Future Climates addresses the challenges of field agriculture in future climates and the non-sustainable ecological footprints of food production systems focusing on:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>breeding climate-adapted varieties and testing new crops under current and predicted future conditions;\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>identifying the links between microbial communities, crop yields and ecosystem services;\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>harnessing the diversity of plant growth-promoting microbia to simultaneously maximize agricultural yields and ecosystem services;\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>creating AI-based eDNA methodology and global molecular database of microorganisms for developing sustainable agricultural practices in different croplands under current and future conditions.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Center further serves as a catalyst of modern agriculture by transfer of knowledge and creating intellectual property for immediate application, including novel crop varieties, growth-promoting microbial lines, biofertilizers and AI approaches for maximization of crop yields and ecosystem services.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Principal Investigator:<\/strong>\u202fProfessor \u00dclo Niinemets, Estonian University of Life Sciences&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Partners:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>University of Tartu\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge\u202f\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Funding:\u202f<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hm.ee\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ministry of Education and Research<\/a>\u202f\/\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Estonian Research Council<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Project volume:<\/strong>\u202f7 000 000 euros&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Duration:<\/strong>\u202f01.01.2024\u201331.12.2030&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See also the the project description in\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etis.ee\/Portal\/Projects\/Display\/e86079a7-6e44-4db7-bbf1-1e72794b0a0f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ETIS<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":167,"template":"","class_list":["post-194","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pollination.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}