Within the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) Rural Development
Programme’s 2014-2020 sub-measure 16.1 “Support for the establishment and operation of
operational groups of the European Innovation Partnership for Agricultural Productivity and
Sustainability” partners union – “Nordic Food” Ltd., Riga Stradiņš University, “Rasa Botanicals” Ltd.,
“ILM” Ltd., Farm of Udrisu parish “Kurmisi” – implements the project No. 19-00-A01612-000013
“Development and testing of new methods, technologies and solutions in the process of extraction
the stem cell of Latvian agricultural plants, creating an innovative solution for their further
integration in drinking water”.

The aim of the project is to create an innovative solution to identify the most efficient and cost-
effective technologies for the extraction of plant stem cells and the use of plant stem cells in drinking
water, with a positive impact on the human body, on which an entirely innovative high value added
product, plant stem-cell-containing drinking water (functional beverage) will be developed, the
origin of which is based on local raw materials.

More information on the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development is available on the EC
website.