Projects
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1. Natural Resources, Economy and Society

Environmental efficiency in agriculture and demand for organic products  (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

Local food system: impacts and learning challenges (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

The impact of localisation within the learning food system (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

Quality beef with efficient suckler cow production (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

Specialisation of organic farms through co-operation (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

Omiard – Organic Marketing Iniatives and Rural Development

BERAS- Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society
More information: Laura Seppänen  laura.seppanen@helsinki.fi

Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society (BERAS) - Evaluation of economic consequences and recommendations for improvements

Baltic Ecological Recycling Agriculture and Society (BERAS) - Evaluation of environmental consequences and recommendations for improvements

Economic production models for organic high quality fodder

Greening of the Finnish food system - A case of organic production; environmentally friendly food and alternative forms of consumption.  More information: Tuija.Mononen@joensuu.fi

Organic production as a tool for rural development policy


2. Food and Markets

Interaction between actors of organic demand-supply chain
(Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry). More information: Marja-Riitta Kottila   mkottila@mappi.helsinki.fi

Consumers; decision makers and local or organic food. Possibilities for SME's. (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

Emerging foodborne pathogens (Campylobacter ssp. and EHEC) in primary production. (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).
More information: Vesa.Myllys@eela.fi

Risk assesment on food safety risks in organic pork production: pathogenic Yersinia and Listeria monocytogenes. (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry). More information: Riitta.Maijala@eela.fi

Organic egg production: management of animal welfare and food safety. (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).
More information: Ulla.Holma@helsinki.fi

Development and processing of organic cheese products

Development of storing and upgrading of vegetables

Possibilies of organic cultivation in Lapland

Eco-design and marketing model for rural products and services

The mineral and trace element composition of ecologically produced food

Development of food additives


3. Animal Husbandry Systems

Red clover efficiently into organically produced milk (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

Quality beef with efficient suckler cow production (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

Organic egg production: management of animal welfare and food safety. (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).
More information: Ulla.Holma@helsinki.fi

Emerging foodborne pathogens (Campylobacter spp. ja EHEC) in primary production.(Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).
More information: Vesa.Myllys@eela.fi

Risk assisment on food safety risks in organic pork produktion: pathogenic Yersinia and Listeria monocytogenes. (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry). More information:  Riitta.Maijala@eela.fi

Improving production systems on organic dairy farm

Prerequisites for organic piglet production in Finland

Organic production of milk and meat

Organic Farming

Swinery model for organic farming

Decreasing environmental loading from dairy farming

Udder health and antibiotic resistance in organic and conventional dairy herds. More information: Kristiina.Dredge@helsinki.fi

Hyperketonaemia in organic and conventional dairy herds.
More information: Kristiina.Dredge@helsinki.fi

Selenium status in organic and conventional dairy herds.
More information:  Kristiina.Dredge@helsinki.fi

Herd Health, Culling, and Disease Economics in Organic and Conventional Dairy Herds. More information: Kristiina.Dredge@helsinki.fi

Farmer´s opinion on animal health and welfare in organic farming - a questionnare. More information: Kristiina.Dredge@helsinki.fi


4. Plant Production Systems

Control of potato late blight by caraway oil in organig farming (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

Management of plant diseases in organic seed potato production
(Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

Red clover efficiently into organically produced milk (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

Waste composts in organic crop rotation - risks and possibilities for the future (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

Specialisation of organic farms through co-operation (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

Economic production models for organic high quality fodder

Grain dryer for organic farming

Technology and working methods for organic farming

Perennial weeds threat to cereal production

Organic fodder cereals

Stockless organic farm

Sustainable production of greenhouse vegetables with organic fluid fertilizer and mycorrhiza

Cultivation economy and processing of organic berries and vegetables

Developing cultivation technique of organically grown strawberry

Improvement of cultivation technique and productive quality of organically grown currant

Organic vegetables as a trump card

Development of greenhouse vegetable production in the South Savolax  More information: Anne.Piirainen@helsinki.fi

Management and new control methods of pests and diseases of currants

Biocontrol and ecological pest management in sustainable production of horticultural and arable crops in Finland

Organic production of outdoor vegetables for industry

Key elements to develop ecological grassland farming


5. Soil-Plant Systems

Development of meat-bone meal as organic fertilizer.(Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry). More information: Anna-Maija.Kirkkari@tts.fi

Waste composts in organic crop rotation - risks and possibilities for the future (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry)

Red clover efficiently into organically produced milk (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

On-farm assesment of soil quality (Belongs to the Research Programme of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).
More information: Kaisa.Tolonen@proagria.fi

Enhancing and testing soil quality

Greenhouse gas mitigation for organic and conventional dairy production (MIDAIR)

Long-term experiments - effects of management on soil andenvironment

The estimation of nutrient leaching from different agricultural management practices

Environmental impacts of organic farming