Time schedule:

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8:00 – 9:00

Registration

09.00

Tróndur Leivsson

Faroe Islands

President of the Circumpolar Agricultural Association.

Welcome to the 11^th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference.

09:20

Høgni Hoydal

Faroe Islands

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign affairs, Industry and Trade; The Government of the Faroe Islands.

Opening speech.

The 11^th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference.

09:40

Kristianna Winther Poulsen

Faroe Islands

Chair. of the Committee on Industry and Trade, Tórshavn City Council.

Welcome to the Municipality of Tórshavn, the Capital of The Faroe Islands.

10:00

Kenneth Høegh

Greenland

Head of Representation, The Representation of Greenland in the United States and Canada.

Important Aspects of future Agriculture and Food production in the Arctic Region. Can Circumpolar Agricultural Association contribute to the activities organized within the Arctic Council.

10:45

Coffee

11:00

Åsmund Asdal

Norway

Svalbard Global Seed Vault Coordinator, NordGen

The importance of Biodiversity and genetic resources for a sustainable agriculture in the Circumpolar area.

11:45

Sigurður Eyþórsson

Iceland

Special Advisor, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Iceland.

Farming in Iceland; the approach towards a sustainable local Bioeconomy and secure Food Systems as laid down in the national Food Supply Goals aimed for 2040.

12:30 – 13:15

Lunch

13:15

Hilde Halland

Norway

Researcher, NIBIO, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

Arctic agriculture and sustainable local communities

14:00

Elisabeth S. Olsen

Faroe Islands

PhD Candidate, Lancaster Environment Centre

A sustainable and resilient food system in the Faroe Islands

14:45

Coffee

15.00

Sölve Högman

Åland

Head of section, Department of Trade and Industry, Government of Åland Islands.

The noticeable high level of Food self-sufficiency in Åland Islands; and the societal framework behind this piece of good fortune.

15:45

Jaana Sorvali

Finland

Reaserch Scientist, PhD, Natural Resources Institute, Finland

Finnish farmers’ climate change perceptions: Towards a psychological understanding of pro-environmental behavior in agriculture

17:00

Tórshavnar Kommuna - Tórshavn City Council

Tórshavn City Council invites the conference members to at light and informal reception in the Müllers Pakkhús at the old harbour. Refreshments and light snacks.

19:00

Jóhannes Sveinbjørnsson

Ísland

Dosentur, Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands.

Fremtidsrettet fårehold på Island; produktionssystemer, fodring, græsning, avlsarbejde og teknisk udstyr.

Almennur fyrilestur í Norðurlandahúsinum, har ikki er neyðugt við tilmelding.

Time schedule:

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09:00

Bernt Skarstad

Norway

District Chair of the farmers union “Norsk Bonde og Småbrukerlag” in County of Nordland, North Norway.

Norwegian policy on agriculture; incentives and obstacles regarding instruments to stimulate sustainable utilization of local resources for agro-food production in rural North Norway.

09:45

Jens Ivan í Gerðinum

Faroe Islands

Agricultural Counsellor, Búnaðarstovan – Agricultural Agency, Faroe Islands.

Agricultural Food Production in the Faroe Islands and prospects for future food production.

10:30

Coffee

10:45

Jørgen Mølmann

Norway

NIBIO Horticulture, Tromsø, Norway

Arctic light conditions and developing heliothermal growth-models based on light and temperature for optimized yields in a warmer climate in Northern Norway.

11:30

Jóhannes Sveinbjørnsson

Iceland

Associate Professor, Agricultural University of Iceland. Co-editor of the 2021 report “Fæðuöryggi á Íslandi (Food Security in Iceland)”.

Food self-sufficiency and Food security in Iceland – Perspectives on Arctic and Global realities and challenges.

12:15 – 13:00

Lunch

13:00

Helen Shook

Canada

University of Saskatchewan, Diagnostician - Gardenline

Northern Horticulture: A new university course

13:45

Sigridur Dalmannsdottir

Norway

Researcher, NIBIO, Norwegian Institute of Biooconomy Research

Future prospects for agriculture in Northern-Norway in light of climate change

14:30

Coffee

14:45

Sofie Andersson

Sweden

Project Coordinator, Nordic Agri Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

The New Nordic Food programmes, their ripple effects since 2005 on the ever growing appreciation for local food and cuisine in the region and the future of New Nordic Food”

15:30

Hrannar Smári Hilmarsson

Iceland

Head of Hvanneyri Agronomy Research Center

Action plan for increased grain production in Iceland

16:15 – 17:00

Venue available for discussions and knowledge exchange/sharing.

19:00

Conference dinner at the “Panorama”; Hotel Hafnia in downtown city.

Time schedule:

Host:

8:00

Departure by bus from the parking lot at the Nordic House.

8:15

MBM; located in Hoyvík

The local dairy company (cooperative, owned by the farmers). Also, a provider of e.g., fodder, fertilizers, Machin equipment etc.

Sigert Patursson, chair. of the board, and Tony Veyhe, operational manager, will give a presentation.

9:15

FØRKA; located in Hoyvík

Biogas plant owned by the aquaculture company Bakkafrost. The plant receives manure from the farmers and provides them with liquid fertilizers in return. Fróði Mortensen, operational manager, will give a presentation.

10:30

Varmakeldugarður; located in Norðagøta

Dairy farmer Janus Joensen and wife Bára will give an orientation about their brand-new production facilities.

Eiðisskarð

View from the bus at the island of Kalsoy:

Steep sites for sheep grazing (fitilendi), as well as sites for seabird hunting.

View at Slættaratindur, highest peak in the archipelago.

Eiði-Ljósá

View from the bus towards the village of Vík and the spectacular terrasses made for creating sites for vegetable and grass cultivation.

Streymnes

View from bus. Potato fields.

11:45

Dúvugarðar; located in Saksun

Sheep farmer Jóhan Jógvansson and wife Sonja Nolsøe will give an orientation about their farm. Sheep keeping and local production, as well as Agrotourism.

13:00

Búnaðarstovan, located in Kollafjørður

Stop at the Agricultural Agency for lunch.

Orientation about the institution.

14:30

Ognarhagin, located in Kvívík

Chair. of the board, Oluf Müller, will give a presentation of the management of a mountainous outfield unit for sheep grazing, with more than 50 individual landowners.

16:00

Ocean Rainforest, located in Kaldbak

Kristina Arge, sales manager, and Johan Christiansen, operational manager, will give an orientation of their seaweed production and the exiting prospects for food production as well as supplements in animal fodder.

17:30

Nordic House

End of excursion and farewell.