The 10th Circumpolar Agriculture Conference is hosted by the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland together with the Natural Resources Institute of Finland. Other co-organisers are ProAgria Lapland, Lapland University of Applied Sciences, Regional Council of Lapland and the Reindeer Herders’ Association.
The conference is the tenth in line of international conferences organized within the framework of CAA (Circumpolar Agriculture Association), aimed at people involved in northern agriculture such as researchers, practitioners, administrators, managers, policymakers and students. The conference will address a bottom-up approach and new thinking of local agriculture, food production and rural development in the northern areas. The goal is to open up and discuss versatile meanings of circumpolar agriculture and call for new thinking to address its topical challenges and opportunities. The sessions will highlight among others best practices and resilient solutions in the utilization of animal and plant resources, local breeds, reindeer herding, small-scale farming and non-timber forest products. The conference will address the high quality of arctic foods, their local profitability and business opportunities. The importance of food security and sustainability in different regions and countries will also be discussed.
Registration and submission of abstracts will be opened at the conference website in May 2018.
Please visit the website or contact Päivi Soppela (tel:+358 400 138805) or Paula Tulppo (tel:+358 40 484 4379) for more information.