Farmers' Parliament Congress - Conference 2022 (video)

On March 17, the congress-conference of the association “Zemnieku saeima” was held at the Zemgale branch of JSC “Latvijas valsts meži” in Jelgava. The board informed the members of the association about the work done in the past year and announced future plans in the agricultural sector.

We opened the discussion part of the congress with a short presentation by Maira Dzelzkalēja-Burmistre, Deputy Chairwoman of the Board of the Farmers' Assembly, entitled "Green Course = Food Security?!". This was followed by a panel discussion titled "Green Course and Food Trends", which featured Juris Lazdiņš, Chairwoman of the Board of the Farmers' Assembly, Madars Lasmanis, Advisor to the Minister of the Ministry of Environment, Rural Development and Rural Development, as well as Miķelis Grīviņš, Researcher at the Baltic Studies Centre of the University of Latvia.

The second part of the discussion with the introductory presentation “Energy independence – do we have a plan?” was started by Edijs Šaicāns (Ministry of Economy). Next, the panel discussion “Energy sufficiency and risks in Latvia” was attended by Mareks Bērziņš, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Farmers' Assembly, independent energy expert Āris Žīgurs, Edijs Šaicāns (ME) and Kristaps Klauss (Latvian Wood Industry Federation).

As part of the event, there was an opportunity to visit the stand of the insurance cooperative VEREINIGTE HAGEL, where you could get answers to the questions: Why should crops be insured? What can crops be insured against? What are the benefits of insuring crops? How is the loss assessment carried out?

At the end of the event, Vita Baumane, head of seed insurance at the agricultural services cooperative "LATRAPS", raffle off valuable prizes from the insurance cooperative VEREINIGTE HAGEL for the visitors.