The overall goal of the GreenAgroRes project is to develop knowledge and create scientifically based solutions for the sustainable and rational use of Latvia's natural resources, increasing their added value in changing socio-economic, environmental, and climatic conditions. The project defines several tasks, including:

• Analyzing the impact of reduced synthetic pesticide usage on the productivity and quality of widely grown field crops such as winter wheat in different regions of Latvia.
• Exploring the technological elements of economically significant fruit trees, berry bushes, and vegetable cultivation, including smart solutions to reduce the use of synthetic pesticides.
• Investigating new or poorly studied pathogens in legumes and vegetables related to changes in climate and cultivation technologies.
• Proposing solutions for the development of a sustainable and viable agricultural sector under various scenarios of achieving the Green Deal goals, including assessing the most appropriate farming practices in Latvia, the costs and distribution of investments between stakeholders, and evaluating Latvia's strengths and weaknesses compared to other EU member states.
• Analyzing the link between the development of antimicrobial resistance and the use of antibiotics in cattle and pig farms, studying the spread of major infectious agents.
• Collecting data on food consumption patterns in Latvia, focusing on industrially and home-produced alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, especially those with added plants or plant products, dietary supplements, as well as traditional Latvian products like teas, smoked fish, and meat.
• Generating new knowledge for a sustainable food system, including the processing of food production by-products into high-value products and environmentally friendly, recyclable packaging materials.
• Developing integrated methods for assessing fish stocks in economically important lakes using recreational, commercial, and scientific fishing data.
• Analyzing the pollution and nutritional risks of commercially valuable fish as a food product.

The scientific leader of the project, Dalija Segliņa, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Horticulture, emphasizes: "The project aims to develop scientifically proven solutions targeted at the European Green Deal’s goals for the sustainable and rational use of Latvia's natural resources and increasing their added value, thus fostering a positive long-term socio-economic impact. As a result of the project, research on human capital will be enhanced, knowledge expanded, and educational processes strengthened. Therefore, the scientific activities in the project are grouped into three work packages: WP1 – Solutions for sustainable, high-quality, and competitive food production in environmentally friendly agriculture; WP2 – New knowledge and solutions for food and health; WP3 – European Green Deal solutions and socio-economic consequences."

A total of 90 researchers from various fields, including 19 principal implementers and 9 students, are involved in the project. The project is supported by 12 different agricultural, fisheries, and environmental NGOs, recognizing that the project will generate significant solutions for the sustainability of the industries.

The project aims to achieve the following key results: 17 WoS / Scopus publications, 12 conference abstracts, two new products and technologies, nine policy recommendations, three international research project applications, one bachelor’s thesis and three master’s theses defended, and 11 other scientific outcomes. The project will run until December 31, 2025, with a total budget of 2,040,000 euros.

State Research Program "Research and Sustainable Use of Local Resources for Latvia's Development" 2023-2025, Project No. VPP-ZM-VRIIILA-2024/1-0002 "Scientifically Grounded Solutions for a Sustainable Food System to Achieve the Goals of the European Green Deal (GreenAgroRes)."