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Minister Ms Sari Essayah has been the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland since June 2023. In her office she is assisted by State Secretary and Special Advisors. Information about the minister Ministers secretary Ms Tiina Sahlberg-Kell...

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Organisation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry The political staff of the Ministry works in close cooperation with the civil servants with the aim to ensure that the actions and decisions of the Ministry make the best possible contributi...

Island Committee The Island Committee is a permanent statutory advisory committee appointed by the Government. Its activities are based on the Island Act (494/1981) and the Decree on the Island Committee (387/1987, 1316/1993, 752/2019). The commit...

25.1.2024 | Today, on 25 January 2024, the Government has appointed M.Sc. (agriculture and forestry) Pekka Pesonen to the post of Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for the period from 1 February 2024 to 31 January 2029. The term of the current Permanent Secretary Jaana Husu-Kallio ends on 31 January 2024.

When there is not enough water for all

The Renewable Nature of Finland – A World of Opportunity 21.3.2019 11.45 Blog The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has renewed its administrative branch strategy. The main ingredients are still the same, but they are now fresher and have been ...

17.12.2025 | The organisation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will be reformed, with the new organisational structure taking effect in the beginning of 2026. The reform was based on the Ministry’s strategy, where the aim is that Finland will be a leading country in a sustainable bioeconomy by 2035.

Recycled fertilisers solve tough problems

Presidencies Each EU Member State holds the presidency of the Council for six months at a time. The country holding the presidency prepares Council meetings and preparatory meetings (meetings of the working parties and the Special Committee on Agr...

17.12.2025 | Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sari Essayah Permanent Secretary Pekka Pesonen State Secretary Päivi Nerg Organisation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 1 January 2026 Agriculture and Fisheries Industry Department Fisheries Industry...

7.10.2025 | Finland will host the annual seminar of NATO’s Food and Agriculture Planning Group (FAPG) in Helsinki on 7–8 October 2025. The seminar is primarily aimed at the Finnish members of the FAPG, and its focus is on hybrid threats and critical infrastructure protection.

4.9.2025 | For Forest + is a group that promotes the interests of the forested Member States in the EU. Now Italy and Latvia are also members, besides Austria, Finland, France, Slovenia and Sweden. The For Forest Group + held the first meeting in its new composition in Slovenia on 28–30 August 2025.

10.10.2019 | Finland and the State of Maine on the North-East coast of the United States have signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding on fostering exchange of information and cooperation in developing bioeconomy that is based on forests and the use of wood. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed today, on 10 October 2019, by the Prime Minister of Finland Antti Rinne and the Governor of Maine Janet Mills.

11.11.2015 | F15 N:o 18 (Suomen asetuskokoelman n:o 261/75.) Asetus eläinten suojelemista kansainvälisten kuljetusten aikana koskevan eurooppalaisen yleissopimuksen voimaansaattamisesta. Annettu Helsingissä 11 päivänä huhtikuuta 1975. Ulkoasiainministerin esit...

21.9.2015 | www.mmm.fi P.O. Box 30, 00023 GOVERMENT Publications of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ISBN 978-952-453-502-1 (Electronic version) ISSN 1797-397X (Electronic version) 4a2009 Evaluation of the Implementation of Finland’s National Strategy for...

12.6.2025 | Nordic Council of Ministers for Fisheries, Aquaculture, Agriculture, Food and Forestry convened at its annual ministerial meeting in Kuopio on 11–12 June 2025. Among the topics discussed were security of supply and opportunities related to the bioeconomy, and the ministers also met young farmers. Ministers from Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark as well as the autonomous regions of Åland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland attended the meeting. Iceland was represented by the State Secretary.

24.8.2017 | IFinland’s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Publication 1a/2005 Publication 13a/2004 ISSN 1238-2531 ISBN 952-453-215-8 PB 30, FIN-00023 GOVERNMENT, Finland PPublicati

5.2.2025 | LUONNOS 5.2.2025 METSO-ohjelman loppuarviointi Etelä-Suomen metsien monimuotoisuuden toimintaohjelma 2008–2025 – Johtopäätökset ja suositukset Paula Horne, Olli Korhonen, Satu Kulovesi-Kilpinen, Jani Laturi, Kimmo Mäkilä, Maurizio Sajeva, Susanna ...

2.2.2026 | The 12th Session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services IPBES will begin in Manchester on 3 February. The session is to approve the Business & Biodiversity Report.