Estonian University of Life Sciences, Pūre Horticultural Research Center, Association Partnership of Kandava, farm „Lāses", and Berry Farming LLC are sharing their efforts and knowledge to raise the general competitiveness of the local fruit and berry businesses that form an important agricultural industry in both countries. The project will set up and develop Estonian-Latvian Fruit and Berry Product Development Competence Centre to address the common problem – failure of local fruit and berry producers to ensure accessibility and competitiveness of their production in the market due to obsolete technologies of storage and processing.  The project will introduce novel storage methodologies and provide upgraded infrastructure and know-how for product development for both Estonian and Latvian companies, especially SMEs. It will also develop a strong cross-border network of Estonian and Latvian leading sectoral research centres (Pure (LV), Polli (EE)) and industrial partners (Lases (LV), Rukisi (LV) and Berry Farming (EE)) as well as public institutions/NGOs focusing on rural development from both countries.

Read more under the web site of the Polli Horticultural Research Centre  (in Estonian and English) and the web site of the Partnership of Kandava (in Latvian and English).