Finland charts the course for organic research
With a brand new Research Programme for Organic Food and Farming, Finland has charted the course for organic research in the years to follow.
The 2014–2018 programme lays down guidelines for research cooperation between organic researchers and funding providers - national and international. Thus, it is not a funding instrument in itself, but rather serves as a document on whose basis research acticities can be steered. It has been written in collaboration with the organic food and farming sectors and its needs and therefore expresses the shared intent of these actors.
Finnish Organic Research Institute coordinates the research, monitors the progress of the Research Programme and reports on such progress annually.
Below you see how the four research themes have been merged to form a larger theme combinations:
Figure: Luomuinstituutti, from the Research Programme 2014-2018.