HERBS

BEST PRACTICE FOR SUSTAINABLE HERB AND SPICE PLANT FARMING AND FURTHER PRODUCING

Herbs

BEST PRACTICE FOR SUSTAINABLE HERB AND SPICE PLANT FARMING AND FURTHER PRODUCING

HERBS

The Interreg Aurora funded small-scale project HERBS will unite northern agricultural areas which are dealing with similar environmental, social, and economic challenges and opportunities. Cross-border cooperation helps to find to best practices concerning herb farming and further production through knowledge sharing and strengthens and builds new markets, business opportunities, cross-sectoral networks and integrates value chains in northern areas. Cross-border cooperation is needed for developing and implementing new applicable methods for growing and further production, as well as advancing cooperation in the industry. Even though herb and spice plant growing has been considered in different projects recently there is still a need for broad cross-border cooperation past projects have been implemented mainly at national level.

HERBS brings together northern regional development organizations and research institutes as well as local entrepreneurs and will build cross-border cooperation concerning vocational expertise of herb growing in the Interreg Aurora Programme area. The small-scale project also considers innovations of utilizing wild herbs, contributes strategy of bioeconomy and thus calls and supports also new entrepreneurship ideas (such as herb use in nature-based or green care services).

Contact: natalia.sergina-kishlar@oamk.fi

Lead Partner
Oulun ammattikorkeakoulu

Project partner
Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet

TYPE OF PROJECT
Small-scale project

SUB-AREA
Aurora

PRIORITY
Smart and sustainable growth

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE
Competitiveness of SME:s

PROJECT DURATION
2023-01-30 – 2023-07-30

TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET
33 601 Euro

EU-FUNDING, INTERREG AURORA
19 601 Euro

STATUS
Completed

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 HERBS project contributes primarly to the following UN Sustainable Development Goal.

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