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Project title: Innovative horticultural technologies for the cultivation of high value plant crops for the local market in cold northern climates
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Project title: Innovative horticultural technologies for the cultivation of high value plant crops for the local market in cold northern climates Basic project idea: To strengthen economic and social sustainability and increase the competitiveness of the regions by innovative application of plastic greenhouses and emergency heating for the production of berries and other valuable plant food crops Title and basicprojectidea
To examineexistingproducts and developfurtheraffordable and durable plasticgreenhouses and plastic tunnels thatcanwithstand strong winds • To test and developsustainableemergencyheating systems thatcancost-effectivelysalvagecrops from damageduringcoldspells • To test an expanded range ofberrycrops, cultivars and horticulturaltechniques and developprotocols for growingthesecrops in North Atlantic region Major aimsofmainproject
Currentpartnership: Njøs næringsutvikling AS, Leikanger, Norway Agricultural University ofIceland, Reykir, Iceland The Agricultural Centre, Kollafjørdur, Faroe Islands NortheastIceland Development Agency, Iceland Greenland Agricultural Advisory Service, Qaqortoq, Greenland Hagebutikken AS, Vangsnes, Norway (associated partner) Futurepartnershipnotyetsettled, but other relevant partners would be: Iceland - Mátis, Barri, growers Faroe Islands – growers Norway – Bioforsk, advisory service, growers Partners from Orkney Islands, Northern Ireland, Canada? Experts on relevant emergencyheating systems Producersofplasticgreenhouses and polytunnels Partners