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fi sv en Market organisations The common organisation of agricultural markets means EU legislation for the main agricultural products to adjust and rationalise the markets and avoid and contain market disturbance. The Basic Regulation of the Europ...

National agricultural aid National agricultural aid refers to fully state-funded forms of support. In 2015, a total of €325.4 million was allocated to this support. The purpose of national aid to agriculture and horticulture is to complement EU su...

fi sv en National agricultural aid National agricultural aid refers to fully state-funded forms of support. In 2015, a total of €325.4 million was allocated to this support. The purpose of national aid to agriculture and horticulture is to complem...

Market organisations The common organisation of agricultural markets means EU legislation for the main agricultural products to adjust and rationalise the markets and avoid and contain market disturbance. The Basic Regulation of the European Parli...

Support accounts for a third of agricultural total gross return Agricultural support forms an essential part of Finnish farmers’ income. The total calculation statistics compiled by the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) indicate that in 2...

Support for agriculture The agricultural support system consists of several support instruments. Based on the source of funding, the different forms of support can be divided into fully EU-funded direct payments, partly EU-funded support paid thro...

fi sv en Food information, origin labelling and health and nutrition claims Consumers make their own choices and need sufficient and correct information to support their decisions. Food labelling gives consumers information about the ingredients, ...

Side events of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry at the COP27 Climate Change Conference During the COP27 Climate Change Conference in Sharm EL-Sheikh, Egypt, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland will organise three side event...

Teema About Finland Information on agriculture Information on rural areas Information on forests Information on the fishing industry and water Information on bioeconomy Information on agriculture Finland is considered the most northerly agricultur...

fi sv en Food fortification and food supplements The addition of vitamins, minerals and other substances to foods is regulated by the Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Fortifying or adding nutrients to foo...

fi sv en Exporting food of animal origin Foodstuffs of animal origin include meat, meat products, milk, milk-based products, fishery products, birds’ eggs and egg products, honey and other apiculture products, frogs’ legs and snails. Foodstuffs of...

fi sv en Importing food of animal origin from non-EU countries Import requirements Foodstuffs of animal origin include meat, meat products, milk, milk-based products, fishery products, birds’ eggs and egg products, honey and other apiculture produ...

Committees The Council has given the European Commission certain implementation duties in connection with the common agricultural policy (CAP). Implementation takes place in close collaboration with national experts. For this purpose, different co...

4.2.2025 | Opportunities and challenges of new disruptive food production methods in Finland Qualitative analysis carried out by a Finnish network of experts CLIMATE SOLUTIONS IN THE LAND USE SECTOR Authors: Jarkko K. Niemi, Emilia Nordlund, Matti Pastell, A...

29.1.2025 | Main points from the project Dairy and beef industries in Finland: Progressing pathways to carbon-neutrality by 2035 (NC-GRASS) WP1 and WP2: CO2 and N2O emissions from grasslands 1. As a part of the NC-GRASS and other MMM funded projects, continuo...

29.1.2025 | Final report for NC-GRASS (01.03.2021 – 30.06.2024) Contents 1. Goals of the project 2. Partners and collaborations 3. Project implementation and results 3.1 The super sites 3.2 WP1 and WP2 3.3 WP3 3.4 WP4 3.5 WP5 3.6 WP6 4. Publications from the ...

24.3.2025 | 1 FOOD 2.0 Call Application schedule Call is opened in the haeavustuksia.fi application system on Friday 14 March 2025. Call will close on Monday 12 May 2025 at 16:15 o’clock (EET) The applications will be evaluated during May and June, and the ai...

13.8.2019 | Customs enhances the combat against African swine fever by training a new customs dog to detect foodstuffs of animal origin at Helsinki Airport. The new food detector dog will be placed at Helsinki Airport, because the African swine fever had spread to Asia in the last years and because a great number of passengers travel from Asia to Finland.

11.6.2020 | The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has launched an extensive package of climate measures for the agriculture, forestry and other land use sectors. The aim is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, forestry and other land use and maintain and strengthen carbon sinks and reservoirs. The net impact set as the target to 2035 for the additional measures is 3 Mt CO2 equivalent.

13.8.2019 | Background material for the media 13.8.2019 African swine fever: restrictions and control of private imports The African swine fever ASF is a serious African haemorrhagic disease that affects pigs and wild boars and is cause by the asfivirus. The ...