Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

The institute unites various fields of agriculture, environmental protection, nature conservation and rural economy. This combination follows international trends that treat agriculture as a human activity in the use of natural resources and the provision of ecosystem services. The existing structure supports research on global challenges (climate and environmental change, biodiversity conservation, a high-quality living environment, energy for the future, etc.) and thus a European Union Green Deal goals, and creates the preconditions for wide-ranging international cooperation.

Structure of the Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences:

• Chair of Biodiversity and Nature Tourism
• Chair of Economics in Rural Economy
• Chair of Environmental Protection and Landscape Management
• Chair of Horticulture
• Chair of Hydrobiology and Fisheries
• Chair of Landscape Architecture

• Chair of Plant and Crop Science
• Chair of Plant Health
• Chair of Soil Science
• Polli Horticultural Research Centre
• Rõhu Experimental Station

Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Announcements

22nd of March: Research Seminar of the Chair of Environmental Protection and Landscape Management - Professor Henri-Charles Dubourguier

Blue bioeconomy has promising development prospects in Saaremaa and the waters of Western Estonia

University remembers the honorary doctor on his 75th birthday

International admission begins on February 1

EMÜ landscape architects subscribe to UN sustainable development goals

27.01.2023: Open seminar „Systems of Extraction and Toxic Ecologies: The Case of Cement Production and Quarrying in Lebanon“

01.12.2022 Open Lecture: Dr. Sara Beier - The coupling of resistance and resilience in aquatic environments - and it's consequences for species assembly

Thesis Defense: Carmen Kivistik - The impact of environmental disturbances on the gastrointestinal bacterial community and the viability of aquatic gastropods (December 02, 2022)