Circumpolar Agricultural Conference 2010
CAC 2010 Secretariat
Bioforsk
Arctic Agriculture and Land Use Division
Address:
Bioforsk Nord Holt,
Postboks 2284
9269 TROMSØ
Phone:
+47 971 61 555
+47 406 42 074
Fax:
+47 77 65 51 43
Mail: ulrike.naumann@bioforsk.no
The Circumpolar Agricultural Association is a non-governmental organization concerned with northern agricultural science, practices and policies. It was founded in 1995 in Tromsø, Norway on the ideas set out at the 1st Circumpolar Agricultural Conference (CAC) which was held in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada in 1992.
On this website, you will find information about the Circumpolar Agricultural Association and the coming CAC.
Welcome to Alta this week!
download conference program here
Alta, Norway, Sept, 6th - 8th, 2010:
The 7th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference
"Circumpolar Agricultural and Land Use Resources - Prospects and Perspectives for Circumpolar Productions and Industries"
Main issues:
- Global climate change; challenges and opportunities in Northern Agriculture and Land Use
- Unique qualities in circumpolar food products - a basis for Business development
- Traditional knowledge as a basis for commercial exploitation/business development of our natural resources.
- Rural Tourism Industries in Circumpolar Areas Supporting multifunctional Agriculture
For information in russian click here.
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Agriculture throughout all northern latitudes is facing mounting challenges but also opportunities due to the Global Climate change situation.
It is important to be aware of how farming will be affected and how to adapt to and combat climate change. Changes in amount and distribution of precipitation will influence agriculture in most regions in north.
Northern areas are rich of natural resources, and it is time to optimize the use of these - or even start to use them. Wild berries as bilberries, lingonberries and cloudberries represents a not much utilized resource, with opportunities for bioprospecting.
Global climate change may give some new challenges to agriculture. Some areas will have to handle with plant deseases which haven't been a problem earlier.
In a world with a growing population and shortage of arable lands, it is important to utilise also cold regions for horticulture. Some previous studies have shown that certain vegetables grown at high northern latitudes with cool summers, long photoperiods and special solar radiation develop different qualities than vegetables grown in the south.
