LATVIJAS LAUKU KONSULTACIJU UN IZGLITIBAS CENTRS

Their core work

Latvia's Rural Advisory and Training Centre (LLKC) is the national farm advisory service for Latvia, providing agricultural extension, training, and innovation support to farmers and rural communities. They specialize in bridging the gap between research findings and on-farm practice — helping farmers adopt new methods in areas like precision agriculture, legume-based farming systems, and digital advisory tools. Their H2020 involvement consistently focuses on improving how agricultural knowledge reaches practitioners, making them a key node in the EU's agricultural innovation ecosystem.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their early H2020 period (2015–2017), LLKC focused on understanding agricultural innovation systems — how knowledge flows from research to farms, how EIP operational groups function, and how multi-actor learning works in practice. By 2018–2024, the focus shifted decisively toward digital tools and precision agriculture, reflecting the broader digitalization trend in European farming. The transition from studying innovation processes to implementing digital advisory tools shows a natural maturation from research participation to applied service delivery.

LLKC is moving from understanding how agricultural advice works toward building and deploying digital tools that deliver it — expect them to seek projects on AgriTech platforms, data-driven advisory, and farmer decision-support systems.

How they like to work

LLKC participates exclusively as a partner, never as coordinator, which is typical for national advisory bodies that bring practitioner networks and field-testing capacity rather than research leadership. With 101 unique partners across 26 countries in just 4 projects, they operate in large, pan-European consortia (averaging 25+ partners per project). This means they are experienced in multi-country coordination and can reliably deliver national-level pilot activities and farmer engagement within large collaborative frameworks.

With 101 unique consortium partners spread across 26 countries from only 4 projects, LLKC is embedded in the core European agricultural advisory network. Their partnerships span nearly all EU member states, connecting them to fellow advisory services, research institutes, and farmer organizations continent-wide.

What sets them apart

LLKC is Latvia's national agricultural advisory body, giving them direct access to thousands of Latvian farmers and rural enterprises — a capability research institutes and tech companies simply cannot replicate. For any consortium needing a Baltic/Latvian pilot site, farmer recruitment, or real-world field validation of agricultural innovations, LLKC is the natural partner. Their dual focus on advisory systems and digital tools means they can both test technologies with farmers and feed back practical insights to developers.

Highlights from their portfolio

• FAIRshare
  Largest funding (EUR 180,000) and most strategically positioned project — developing digital advisory tools for precision agriculture, directly aligned with EU Farm-to-Fork priorities.
• i2connect
  Most recent project (2019–2024) connecting agricultural advisers across the EU, positioning LLKC at the center of the European advisory network for interactive innovation.