NJF newsletter 1/2025

Welcome to read NJF's latest newsletter. Previous newsletters are available on our website.

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CONTENTS OF NEWSLETTER 1/2025

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1. Greetings from the secretary general and the President

Dear NJF members,

this is the first edition of NJF newsletter in 2025!

NJF’s board met in Riga on the 24th of January 2025 and some important decisions were taken regarding the planning of new upcoming activities, meetings and conferences.

A deeper involvement of PhD students is envisioned as well as an incredible number of research and networking activities based on different topics, including agri-rural themes, resilience and crisis preparedness, peat andthe use of peatlands, and legumes. So, stay tuned and keep following us as more precise information will be given in the upcoming newsletters.

Silvia Gaiani, NJF Secretary General.

Jarkko Niemi, President of NJF

Board members’ meeting in Riga, Latvia, in January 2025.

2. NJF members in focus: Mati Koppel [Featured article]

Mati Koppel is the representative of Estonia at the board of NJF and currently a full professor of Plant Pathology at the Estonian University of Life Sciences. Read more about Mati Koppel's thoughs in this featured article!

3. Upcoming conferences

4. New projects and project news

5. Recently published articles

6. Open job positions