SOMPA presents agricultural results in the 4 per 1000 regional meeting in Helsinki on 6-8 June – registration for online participation open until 1 June

The first Northern “4 per 1000” European regional meeting will be held in Helsinki on 6–8 June 2023. SOMPA’s agricultural topics are discussed in the parallel session on Agricultural organic soils on Wednesday 7 June chaired by SOMPA’s Stakeholder Collaboration Expert Kati Berninger. SOMPA WP leader Kristiina Lång will present a keynote “The importance of agricultural peat soils from Finland’s perspective” in the session. The event connects real-world farming, policy, …

Researchers’ recommendation: Agricultural policy reform should promote climate-smart agriculture

The European Union’s agricultural policy reform requires stronger climate measures also in agriculture. About half of greenhouse gas emissions in Finnish primary production is created by the cultivation of peat soils. Hence, the largest and quickest emission reductions are possible by changes in the agricultural practices on peat soils. A joint policy brief by seven research projects encourages to implement emission reduction and carbon sequestration measures both on peat and …