Stronger together – PestSpace partners

To counter this threat, the PestSpace project brings together a unique alliance: universities, public agencies, seed companies, and farmers. Their goal? To build a shared, digital response system based on DNA detection, AI recognition, and cross-border cooperation.

Together, we are developing a user-friendly mobile app and a powerful data platform to identify pests through photos and environmental DNA (eDNA). This isn’t just a research effort. It’s a farmer’s field assistant, a policymaker’s warning system, and a scientist’s open lab — all rolled into one.

PestSpace is more than a technology. It’s a community of people and institutions united by one goal: faster detection, smarter action, and stronger resilience. Whether you are a farmer in Lithuania, a researcher in Finland, or an advisor in Poland — PestSpace is being built for you.

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PestSpace Partners:

University of Tartu – ESTONIA

Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge – ESTONIA

Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies – LATVIA

Natural Resources Institute Finland – FINLAND

University of Warsaw – POLAND

Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences – POLAND

University of Helsinki – FINLAND

Plant Breeding Smolice Ltd. / IHAR Group – POLAND

Vytautas Magnus University – LITHUANIA

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