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Finding the regional strengths to create business opportunities for Arctic agriculture based on special plants

Start date: Mar 4, 2013, End date: Oct 3, 2015,

Enhancing special plant production and businesses in Barents regionagriculture Achievements: The project has increased competence in specific plant production and enhanced creation of new production lines. It has also helped to increase the information about the effects ...
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Application of LCA for sustainable green cover management using waste derived materials (LCA IN LANDSCAPING)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

Background At present, the landscaping industry has little option but to source much of its green cover materials from arable land, i.e. field top soil. By demonstrating the effectiveness of an environmentally sustainable and economically viable alternative source of green cover materials, this project will seek to significantly reduce negative environmen ...
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Special crop education for economic development in NorthWest Russia and SouthEast Finland (SPECICROP)

Start date: Dec 31, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The overall objective of the project is to enhance the professional growing of special crops and commercialization of their production, processing and retail in the target area through improved education, advisory activities and new research. This, in turn, will provide for the economic development and SME activities of rural areas on both sides of the border.
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Clean Rivers to Healthy Baltic Sea

Start date: Dec 12, 2012, End date: Dec 11, 2014,

Overall objective of the project is to create basic precondition for improving water quality and restore natural biodiversity of Luga river, that will contribute to reduce the nutrient load to the Baltic Sea and to solve tasks of the Baltic Sea Action Plan. Second objective is cooperation development between Russian and Finnish official, scientific, educational and non-governmental organizations, ...
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Collaborative management planning and action for agriculture and environment in the Baltic Sea Region (Baltic Compact)

Start date: Nov 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

...age and spreader delivered and put to use. Transfering of the farm level drainage water control investment from Denmark to Latvia, Vecauce farm is in process and is planned together with experts from MTT and Latvian Agricultural University. By this, the setback in Denmark not to be able to proceed with further investments at Hofmansgave is partly compensated by ensuring that the functional and dem ...
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Development and cultivation of local plant resources in the Barents Region

Start date: Jul 27, 2011, End date: Jul 26, 2014,

The overall objective: Increased production of locally produced food and health products based on sustainable natural resources in the Barents region. Strengthen cooperation and social development between institutions and scientists in northern agriculture. The specific objective: 1. Increase the production of berries and herbs in the Barents region through cultivation, breeding and testing of lo ...
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Reducing environmental risks in use of plant protection products in Northern Europe (PesticideLife)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

Background European Union policy aims to minimise the use of pesticides even though the recent trend has not shown any significant decrease in its application. Pesticide use is particularly linked to climate, land use and technological changes in the northern crop production areas. The EU pesticides legislation is currently undergoing reform and has requ ...
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Baltic Forum for Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Manure Management (Baltic MANURE)

Start date: Aug 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

The Baltic Sea Basin is an area of intensive, and intensifying agricultural production. There are about 36 million units of cattle, 67 million units of pigs, and 190 million units of poultry in the region. (Gren, I.-M. et al., 2008: Cost of nutrient reductions to the Baltic Sea - technical report). Intensifying and concentration of animal production has resulted in environmental problems caused by ...
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Developing a Knowledge-based Sheep Industry on the Baltic Sea Islands (KNOWSHEEP)

Start date: Oct 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

The traditional Baltic island sheep are not widely appreciated, although small-scale sheep keeping is a traditional activity for islanders and perfect for Natura/nature protection areas, where extensive farming is forbidden due to environmental considerations. Sheep is fairly unknown as a simultaneous source of meat, wool, and landscape design. Typically, sheep farming is polarized; targeting eith ...
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Equine industries promoting economically competitive and innovative regions (INNOEQUINE)

Start date: Apr 30, 2011, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

The InnoEquine project addresses the needs of SMEs in the Central Baltic region and the translation of innovations into new business opportunities, with a particular focus on the equine industries. Over-riding objectives are to define and construct a sustainable path to economic development of this sector, such that it will be able to realize its under-utilized potential. The project is designed t ...
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Baltic environment, food and health: from habits to awareness (FOODWEB)

Start date: Dec 31, 2010, End date: Dec 30, 2013,

This project contributes to Central Baltic programme.We focus on the priority 3, Attractive and dynamic societies, from two perspectives: the impact of the Finnish and Estonian and Latvian food production onto sustainable healthiness of the Baltic Sea environment and environmental safety of the food originating from our mutual Baltic food shed. The direction of support of maintaining and improvin ...
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Ecovillages for sustainable rural development (Ecovillages)

Start date: Sep 16, 2010, End date: Dec 15, 2013,

The Ecovillage Movement is an initiative looking for a more sustainable way of living in rural areas and promoting a lot of innovations which deals with climate change, environmental pollution, resource shortages and social problems people face nowadays. Project “Ecovillages for sustainable rural development” aims at fostering ecovillages development as a more sustainable way of living in rural ar ...
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Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society Implementation (BERAS IMPLEMENTATION)

Start date: Jun 10, 2010, End date: Sep 9, 2013,

BERAS Implementation offers a response to the challenges to achieve a good environmental status in the Baltic Sea, reinforce sustainable agriculture and enhance rural development in the region.Objectives:Contribute to solving the problem of excessive nutrient losses from agricultural through introduction of conversion to Ecological Recycling Agriculture (ERA) in all countries of the BSRDevelop a s ...
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Climate Change Adaptation Tools for Environmental Risk Mitigation of Acid Sulphate Soils (CATERMASS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

Background From an environmental point of view, acid sulphate soils (AS-soils) are regarded as the most problematic soil types in the world. Finland has Europe's largest areas of AS-soils (c. 1 000-2 000 km2). Land uplift has caused these sulphide-bearing sediments to emerge above the current sea-level. Through reclamation, burning of the peat cover and h ...
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Baltic COMPASS - Comprehensive Policy Actions and Investments in Sustainable Solutions in Agriculture in the Baltic Sea Region (Baltic COMPASS)

Start date: Nov 30, 2009, End date: Dec 15, 2012,

Baltic COMPASS project has grown out of a large number of international projects in the field of landuse, agriculture, water and environment related to the protection of the Baltic Sea. Specifically, Baltic COMPASS is a response to the need for a transnational approach to reduce eutrophication of the Baltic Sea and contribute in adaption and implementation of the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSA ...
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Sustainable historic park management and development in Finland and Estonia (DEVEPARK)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Nov 30, 2012,

U. of Turku in FI has contacts with many EE organizations. In many meetings, the question of nature protection has raised up. There are several old parks in both countries, and their re-establishment would make them more attractive for plants, animals and visitors. Cultural background and historic development of parks are quite different in EE and FI, but there are similar problems like how to add ...
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Energy Positive Farm (ENPOS)

Start date: Nov 30, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

Mechanized agriculture uses fertilizers made with fossile energy and consumes directly fossile energy in running the machinery and processes. Agriculture produces emissions both to air and water when using fossile energy. Agriculture has the possibility to give up partly or totally fossile energy usage. Besides that it has a possibilty to produce bioenergy for consumption and in this case the fa ...
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ACTIVE measures on WETLANDS for decreasing nutrient load in the Baltic Sea (ACTIVE WETLANDS)

Start date: Oct 31, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

Agriculture is the largest anthropogenic source of nutrients (N and P) enhancing eutrophication of the Baltic Sea. The reduction of agricultural nutrient load depends on the reduction of emissions from animal and crop production as well as on the enhancement of nutrient retention in the watershed. Available evidence suggests that improving retention processes have a greater potential for reducing ...
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New Plants for Northern Periphery Market 4.4 (NPNP)

Start date: Jun 30, 2009, End date: Jun 29, 2012,

The aim of NPNP is to develop new business opportunities within the green sector and provide growth to the region by developing new hardy ornamental plants, origin from the region for public spaces and private gardens. The NPNP will facilitate the creation of greener and more varied public area and city centre in the northern periphery area. ...
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From waste to traffic fuel (W-FUEL)

Start date: Aug 31, 2009, End date: Apr 29, 2012,

In Estonia as well as in Finland there is a growing need to produce renewable traffic fuels, decrease emissions and to prevent and recycle waste. At the same time economic recession, unemployment and regional development need to be managed in both countries. Until now little progress has been reached in waste prevention allthough it has by several studies been proved to be environmentally and econ ...
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Food International Trade Management (FITIM)

Start date: Feb 28, 2007, End date: Jan 30, 2008,

The project aims at planning of a new FITIM (Food Industry and Trade International Management) educational platform in such a way that it can be later implemented as cooperation between a Finnish and an Estonian institution of higher education and commercial firms. The planning of the platforms takes into consideration the detailed educational requirements of the Finnish and Estonian institutions ...
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A performance and marketing model for an ecologically and ethically sustainable equine sports. (EquineLife)

Start date: Aug 1, 2004, End date: Dec 31, 2007,

... Results The main achievements of the project included the EMAS registration of the two pilot equestrian centres (Equine College Ltd and MTT Equine Research). The EquineLife project also published handbooks – based on the developed performance model for ecologically and ethically sustainable equestrian sports (stables and events) – an ...
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Studying in the Countryside - national network of environmental education in Finland and in Estonia (School goes to the Farm)

Start date: Mar 31, 2006, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The common task of Finland and Estonia is to promote environmental awareness by developing the school students' personal contacts with the countryside heritage, cultural enviroment and nature. This task will be achieved with the experience-based learning that complements the school curriculum. The project tasks and activities help to achieve the goals of the UN decade of education for sustainable ...
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Functionality and ecological features of uninsulated dairy barns (ECOSTALL)

Start date: Mar 7, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

The project investigates the impacts of cold cowsheds on animal welfare, labour working conditions, functionality and, nutrient losses. The objective is to gather and verify data of existing small and medium size Finnish and lager Estonian cold cowshed units, and use the information for planning of more cost-effective, more ecological and lager production units.
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Tourist Destinations as Landscape Laboratories - Tools for Sustainable Tourism (LANDSCAPE LAB)

Start date: Sep 1, 2004, End date: Aug 31, 2007,

Background Tourism is likely to become the largest single economic activity in the EU. It currently accounts for 5.5% of the EU’s GNP. Environmental questions and the concept of sustainable tourism are considered under the EU Commission’s Action Plan to Assist Tourism, and the Green Paper produced on the role of the EU in the field of tourism. Member ...
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Integrated management of rural-based environmental education - relations of environment, food chain and sustainable development (Ecolearn)

Start date: Oct 1, 2002, End date: Sep 30, 2005,

Background Public awareness of the environmental issues surrounding food production and food sustainability is not sufficient for effectively participating in decision-making on agri-environmental and integrated product policy and general environmental policy. The public lacks knowledge of food production and the food chain (from raw produce to food and t ...
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Cloudberry 2002–2004

Start date: Dec 31, 2001, End date: Dec 30, 2004,

The availability of high-quality natural and special berries varies a great deal from year to year. Berries being imported from Russia and domestic and Russian cloudberries becoming intermixed also affect the quality of the available berries. In order to improve the availability of berries, the ‘Cloudberry Farming and Base Selection Trial 1999–2000’ project was implemented, during which the possib ...
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Eco-design and marketing model for rural products and services (Rural LIFE Design)

Start date: Aug 1, 2001, End date: Jul 31, 2004,

... the economic feasibility of the enterprise (cost-benefit analysis, social auditing) Project partnership: The project proposers are a collaboration of five organisations: the beneficiary – MTT Agrifood Research Finland and partners Häme Regional Environment Centre, Häme Polytechnic and partners - pilot enterprises Tammelan Kala-Apaja, Makuliha Oy, FM-Haus Oy, Kiipulan puutarha. Agropolis ...
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DEVELOPMENT OF HERB CULTIVATION IN SOUTH-EAST FINLAND

During this project we create contacts with the research institutes of St. Peterburg's area in Russia. We try to have data on the herb production of Russia and the St. Petersburg area, to set up scientific collaboration with research instituties of Russia and St. Peterburg and to find new medicinal plants for experimental cultivation in Finland. There are some marketing companies in the project to ...
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Healthy Milk: Key components of milk hygiene from farm to consumer

Food security is an important issue related to public health and dairy products are a major part of human diet. Low consumption is linked with many health defects. Turkey ranks lowest milk consumer per capita among EU countries. Therefore, increasing milk production and consumption is a primary goal. However, increasing alone will not be adequate since milk production in Turkey hampered with low h ...
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INCLUFAR Inclusive farming - Transfer of concepts, experiences, skills and training tools for Social Farming and eco-social inclusion

The number of green care entrepreneurs in Europe is growing as the number of people with special needs too. Another challenge is the problem of intergenerational development of existing initiatives. Also pioneers in the new EU-member countries need conducive support. The project included evaluation, coaching, and training of the partners to support their endeavour to develop their organisations an ...
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Multifunctional Agriculture in Europe – Social and Ecological Impacts on Organic Farms

Start date: Jan 1, 2011,

Multifunctional Agriculture (MA) can be found throughout Europe at different quality and quantity stages. MA includes different fields of agriculture combined with other farm activities. In the project we focus on Social Farming (SF). Until now a high quality, European-wide network and coaching model involving the know-how in social, health, justice, education and the organic agriculture sector is ...
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Consumer learning to enhance the knowledge of products with geographical indications

Start date: Nov 1, 2013,

GILearn is a training project for adult learning in protected designations of origin (PDO) products: its main objective is that European adults gain the knowledge for the identification and valorisation of PDO products and specifically, their unique sensory characteristics. Secondary objectives of GILearn project are the promotion of PDO products and the preservation of traditional manufacture pro ...
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