ClimateFood

IDENTIFYING BEST CLIMATE-SMART PRACTICES IN THE NORTHERN FOOD ECOSYSTEMS

ClimateFood

IDENTIFYING BEST CLIMATE-SMART PRACTICES IN THE NORTHERN FOOD ECOSYSTEMS

ClimateFood

Climate-smart food is a broad concept with different definitions depending on where and how food products are produced. Climate-smartness in the Northern Finland and Sweden does not necessarily mean the same as e.g. in Central or Southern Europe. Companies operating in the North face challenges such as difficult weather conditions and long logistic distances typical to sparsely populated areas. On the other hand, these northern areas are known to be clean with production of raw materials using less pesticides and medicines. Arcticity as such may be seen as added value to the products and branding, but this is not efficiently utilized by all companies in our project area.

In the Interreg Aurora funded project ClimateFood project the aim is to “climate-smarten” SME food businesses operating in different roles of food ecosystems in Finland (Northern Ostrobothnia, Lapland) and Sweden (Norrbotten, Västerbotten). We study the latest research data and companies’ best practices in order to identify opportunities for climate-smarting food businesses, including collaborative regional and cross-border activities. We work for increasing the adaptation of the identified climate-smart practices in food businesses and food value chains. We encourage the companies to expand their cooperation networks also to the other side of the border by establishing a cross-border network cooperation, that will boost the transfer of knowledge and success stories related to climate-smart practices and their adoption in food businesses.

For the SMEs, the project offers first-hand access to all the activities and results related to developing, evaluating, upgrading and adopting climate-smart practices for food businesses. In addition, the SMEs are provided the benefits of cross-border network cooperation covering the Northern parts of Finland and Sweden.

Contact: kaisa.myllykangas@proagria.fi

Lead Partner
ProAgria Oulu ry

Project partner
Luleå tekniska universitet
University of Oulu
Hushållningssällskapet i Norrbotten-Västerbotten
Lapin ammattikorkeakoulu Oy

TYPE OF PROJECT
Regular project

SUB-AREA
Aurora

PRIORITY
Smart and sustainable growth

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE
Competitiveness of SME:s

PROJECT DURATION
2023-01-01 – 2025-12-31

TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET
918 224 Euro

EU-FUNDING, INTERREG AURORA
596 845 Euro

STATUS
Ongoing

Social, ecological and economic sustainable development is an overarching goal in the Interreg Aurora Programme. All projects funded by Interreg Aurora contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The ClimateFood project contributes primarly to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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