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Estonian University of Life Sciences

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EMÜ is one of the 6 public universities in Estonia. Estonian University of Life Sciences is the only university in Estonia whose priorities in academic and research activities are focused on the sustainable development of natural resources necessary for the existence of Man as well as the preservation of heritage and habitat. Mission The University creates and shares knowledge to the promotors of bio-economy for the best of Nature and Man. Vision The University is an internationally recognized research university in the field of bio-economy.

Eesti Maaülikool (EMÜ) Estonian University of Life Sciences

* QS World University Rankings by Subject ** Thomson Reuters Essential Science Indicators

According to QS World University Rankings by Subject (2016), EMÜ is one of top 100 universities in the world in the field of agriculture and forestry, ranked 51 to 100.* The university also belongs to the top 1% most cited research facilities in the world in the field of plant and animal sciences, with our plant physiology professor Ülo Niinemets being the most cited Estonian researcher altogether.**

Estonian University of Life Sciences

History in brief

• Tartu Veterinary School, founded in 1848
• Faculty of Agriculture of University of Tartu,

departments of agronomy and forestry, founded in 1919

• Estonian Academy of Agriculture,

founded in 1951 as subordinate to the USSR Ministry of Agriculture

• Estonian Agricultural University 1991 – 2005
• Eesti Maaülikool, Estonian University of Life

Sciences, since November, 2005

Dean’s Office of the Faculties of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine of Tartu University in Vene Street, http://vl.emu.ee/en/about/history/ Main building of EAA in Riia Street https://www.emu.ee/en/about-the-university/about-us/history/

EMÜ campus in Tähtvere, Tartu

Research centres and field bases

Märja and Rõhu experimental farms

Members of EMU academic community Number of Students ~3200 PhD students ~220 Number of employees 909 Academic staff 443

Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering Institute of Technology

Crop science and plant biology Soil science Horticulture Plant health Landscape architecture Landscape and environmental management Biological diversity and nature tourism Hydrobiology and fishery Animal breeding and biotechnology Animal nutrition Aquaculture Veterinary bio- and population medicine Clinical veterinary medicine Food science and technology Food hygiene and veterinary public health Silviculture and forest ecology Forest management planning and wood processing technologies Rural building and water management Geomatics Biosystems engineering Energy application engineering Rural economics

Tartu Technical College Institute of Economics and Social Sciences

Responsibility areas of academic activities since 2016

Development goals and sectorial relationships to build up the strengths of the University

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Silviculture Production, harvesting technologies

Wood processing Wood constructions

Forest biology Forest ecology Renewable energy Hunting Chemical processing biorefinery Ecosystem- Atmosphere Relations

Estonia holds 3rd place in Europe in terms

• f volume of standing timber per capita,

making forestry and wood processing the most important industries in Estonia.

Recreation Food (berries, mushrooms , herbs)

www.latesto.ee

Example of value chain approach: forest

Polli Horticultural Research Centre Full range of product development services for the users of plant origin raw material

Since 1945 FRUIT AND BERRY BREEDING; CULTIVATION AND PLANT PROTECTION TECHNOLOGIES Since 2008 FRUIT AND BERRY PROCESSING; STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES Initiated 2010 FRUIT AND BERRY SURPLUS PROCESSING; EXTRACTION OF BIOACTIVE INGREDIENTS; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS COMPETENCE TOOLS AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR AGRICULTURAL START-UPS

• New cultivars suitable

for the region

• Collection and database
• f genetic resources

with over 1000 items

• 50 ha experimental

plots

• CA and cold storage

technologies

• Primary processing

technologies

• Preservation

technologies of primary processed products

• New cultivars suitable

for commercial use

• Propagation and

markting plants

• Competence of

cultivation and post- harvest

• Storage services
• High tech product

development

• Pilot scale production
• Competence of primary

processing possibilities

• f plant origin raw-

material

• Valorisation of plant-
• rigin raw material
• Ingredients for

development of natural health products

• Competence of EFSA

health claims

• Pilot scale production
• Incubation

services for start-ups

• Storage and

logistics

• Common

marketing

• Product

development

• Storage and processing

influence on bioactive compounds

• High-tech extraction

methods

• Valorisation and

processing methods

• Market research
• Innovative

initiatives on the research of food- chain

• Technology

transfer

Value chain approach: horticulture

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Thank you for the attention!

http://www.emu.ee Kreutzwaldi 1 51014 Tartu Estonia