Annual Report 2018

Annual Report 2018

Major facts:

• In 2018, the Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (hereinafter LAMMC): employed a total staff of 545, including 187 research workers, and had 56 doctoral students.
• Carried out 27 international, 56 national research projects funded by the Research Council of Lithuania, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Environment, fulfilled 100 contract orders for national and foreign economic entities. Implemented 6 long-term institutional research programmes.
• 4 agricultural crop varieties were included in the EU Common Catalogue of Varieties of Agricultural Plant and Vegetable Species and in the Lithuanian National List of Plant Varieties, 5 apple varieties were included in the Lithuanian National List of Plant Varieties.
• LAMMC researchers published 75 scientific publications in the journals indexed in the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science (hereinafter CA WoS), 11 chapters in books published by the internationally acclaimed publishing houses and 1 book, 28 scientific publications in peer-reviewed periodical publications.
• 28 LAMMC publications among the top 10 % most cited in the world over the past 10 years.
• 12 LAMMC doctoral students defended dissertations.
• Science Board approved a strategy of LAMMC activities for 2018–2030.
• International evaluation of the R&D activities of Lithuanian science and studies institutions, arranged by the Research and Higher Education Monitoring and Analysis Centre (MOSTA) was conducted. The evaluation included LAMMC units: Institute of Agriculture and regional branches, Institute of Forestry, Institute of Horticulture.
• Arranged 2 international, 10 national conferences, more than 20 workshops and field days.