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GreenAgri experience exchange trip to Finland on July 9-12

On July 9-12, 2018, ZSA members had the opportunity to participate in a farmers' experience exchange trip to Finland as part of the GreenAgri project.
In the program:

  • Meetings with the Finnish Farmers' Association (MTK) in Helsinki and information about the activities of farmers' organizations in Finland;
  • Information about agriculture and manure management in Finland and Agricultural advisory organization – ProAgria;
  • Meeting with Agricultural Producers in the Varsinais-Suomi Region (MTK ''Varsinais'' Regional Office): Agriculture in Finland and the Varsinais-Suomi Region;
  • Farm visits: experience using manure as soil fertilizer:
    • Visit to Kanax Oy farm, Mynämäki (200,000 chickens
    • Visit to Markku Heino's farm (45 cattle, 60 pigs, biogas plant)
    • Visit to Loimaa farm (85 pigs)

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Presentations:
dr. Liisa Pietola - Paris outcome: challenges and possibilities for land managers
dr. Liisa Pietola - The environmental challenges, demands and subsidies from farmers' point of view
MTK – Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners
ProAgria - Let's Succeed Together
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