Innovative Food System research areas and contacts
“Food systems need to face major global challenges. We need research-based information about climate-neutral, sustainable and competitive food production in Finland.” Programme director Johanna Vilkki
Genomics and breeding
- Estimation of breeding values, genomic selection
- Gene mapping and functional studies
- Evaluation and use of genetic diversity
- Reproductive technologies
Sustainable and competitive animal production
- Animal nutrition
- Feed composition
- Microbiome (rumen)
- Milk production chain
Sustainable and competitive plant production
- Plant health, IPM
- Soil ecology
- Sustainable intensification of agricultural systems
- Horticulture, greenhouse production
Value-added food and aquabiomass products
- Understanding raw material properties
- Side-stream processing
- Extraction and fractioning with novel methods
- Identification of bioactive compounds
