The meeting aims to bring together the latest advances in research on climate change challenges and other issues in temperate horticulture, providing a platform for the exchange of information and ideas and fostering joint research and collaboration.

 

 

 

TOPICS

 

• Innovations in breeding of horticultural crops

 

• Sustainable use of genetic resources

 

• Sustainable growing for climate change mitigation

 

• Soil and balancing of greenhouse gases

 

• Plant protection

 

• Post-harvest and food processing

 

• Precise horticulture and smart farming

 

 

 

IMPORTANT DATES

 

May 5, 2025 
Registration and submission of abstracts

 

June 16, 2025 
Acceptance notification for authors

 

August 11, 2025
Late registrations (includes participation in a conference without presentation)

 

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

The conference includes two types of presentations:

• Oral presentations - invited key-note speaker presentations (40 minutes + 5 minutes for questions); ordinary oral presentations (15 minutes + 5 minutes for questions)

 

• Flash poster presentations – include placing the poster during the conference on the website and a short (5 minutes) presentation of it during the poster session

 

 

 

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

 

All submitted and accepted abstracts will be compiled in the Abstract e-book and published on the conference website. Papers will be published in the journal “RURAL SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH” issued by Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, cited in SCOPUS.

 

 

Official language - English is the official language of the conference.