CarbFarmS

Today, June 11, CarbFarmS student Edīte Meikulāne successfully defended her master’s thesis under the supervision of Professor Jeļena Pubule. Edīte created her thesis within the framework of the Project’s Work Package 2, focusing on key performance indicators for results-based carbon farming.

Today, June 4, Kristiāna Elza Rozīte defended her bachelor’s thesis. Elīna’s work was created as part of a project aimed at supplementing the literature data set with field data. The work measured the accumulated carbon in sea buckthorn plantations in fruit bushes of different ages. One of the most interesting findings in the work is that weather conditions significantly affect the seasonal carbon balance – frozen branches in cold springs reduce the carbon accumulated during the growing period.

On May 14-16, 2025, at the International Scientific Conference of Environmental and Climate Technologies, Edīte Meikulāne presented the study Multi-Criteria Assesment Of Carbon Farming: Evaluating Key Performance Indicators , and professor and senior researcher Jeļena Pubule presented the study Transforming Energy Use in Agriculture: Pathways to Sustainability and Climate Neutrality in Latvia .

Today marks exactly one year since we launched the CarbFarmS project! Today also marks the end of the 2nd work package. Data was collected from other studies and statistics in growth zones relevant to Latvia. Unfortunately, the conclusions are not surprising – there are indicators, however, the available literature data does not provide a complete data set that would cover all indicators. As the project continues, data will be collected from several Latvian farms, thus providing a complete data set for the modeling work package.

The scientific publication Carrier Material and Microbial Selection for Enhanced Methane Production in Ex-Situ Biomethanation was published on December 30, 2024. The authors of the publication are Zane Kušnere, Lauma Laipniece, Veronika Liberova, Dace Lauka.

The scientific publication Carbon Farming: A Systematic Literature Review on Sustainable Practices was published on December 21, 2024. The authors of the publication are Lelde Vištarte, Anna Kubule, Līga Rozentāle, Jeļena Pubule.

On November 2, 2024, Associate Professor and Senior Researcher Ruta Vanaga participated in the SWH radio program “Mind Will Save the World”, where she talked about practical ways to save energy. Listen to the program HERE.