Latvian and Estonian agricultural universities – a [long-term] mutually supportive co-operation
2009
Klaassen, M., Estonian Univ. of Life Sciences, Tartu (Estonia) | Luik, A., Estonian Univ. of Life Sciences, Tartu (Estonia)
Co-operation between the universities was started in the 60-ies of the previous century when the Estonian University of Life Sciences was called the Estonian Academy of Agriculture. At that time networking in different fields was started and is still going on. Meetings of academic and research staff are regular in veterinary medicine, civil engineering, forestry, field crop sciences, plant protection, agricultural economy and landscape architecture. At present Arvo Leola and Vambola Veinla from Estonia and Juris Priekulis from Latvia are jointly preparing a textbook in grazing technology. Different research projects have been carried out by both universities as partners. Organizing international scientific conferences in different fields jointly with our Lithuanian colleagues is also very common. In the training activities a good network between the universities has been developed by BOVA system, where both universities participate. Often the professors of both universities are opponents in PhD theses defences in the partner university. It is possible to conclude that the co-operation between the Latvian University of Agriculture and the Estonian University of Life Sciences has strengthened research as well as training in both universities and this process should be continued.
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