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NEWS FROM NATURAL RESOURCES INSTITUTE FINLAND — NOVEMBER 21
Greetings from Luke
Welcome everyone to our new international newsletter!
We plan to issue this newsletter three times per year. Each issue will contain concise summaries of our latest developments in agriculture, aquaculture, and forestry in terms of sustainability, biodiversity and much more.
Thank you for taking the time to read this newsletter and I hope you choose to subscribe to receive future issues.
- John Kettle, Director for Customer Solutions and International Relationships
Agriculture and food
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EXPERTISE AREA
Extensive Oat Know-how at Luke
Luke offers the most advanced know-how regarding the complete production chain of oats; from plant genetics to consumer products. Luke can draw on decades of extensive experience with oat farmers in the Nordics. This allows Luke to enhance its scientific knowledge with practical implementation and promotion of environmental sustainability in the farming of oats. At Luke, we can offer comprehensive oat related cost effective solutions and know-how to businesses ranging from farms, food producers to advanced players in plant protection and cosmetics.
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REFERENCE
Introducing Finland's First 100 % Oat Pasta
A unique collaboration between Luke and Leivon Leipomo led to the creation of Finland's first 100% oat pasta. Luke brought their experience in oat research and pilot scale experiments to Leivon Leipomo.
NEWS
Reducing the Nutrient Load to the Baltic Sea through Sustainable Cooperation
The Baltic Sea suffers from eutrophication, with part of the nutrient emissions originating from agriculture. The SuMaNu project coordinated by Luke established recommendations for more sustainable use of manure and nutrients in the Baltic Sea Region.
Forestry
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REPORT
Closer-to-nature Forest Management Approaches in Finnish Forest Management
The European Commission Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 proposes to continue and further develop biodiversity-friendly practices, such as closer-to-nature-forestry, to achieve the ambitious biodiversity targets. This recently published report reviews the elements in Finnish forest legislation, PEFC-forest certification scheme and forest management guidelines that are related to and support closer-to-nature forest management practices.
NEWS
Continuous Cover Forestry Maintains Carbon Sinks of Nutrient-rich Drained Peatland Forests
A recent study by Luke, the Russian Academy of Sciences and the University of Eastern Finland analysed the effects of different forest management practices on timber production, ecosystem net primary production and emission of greenhouse gases in nutrient-rich peatlands drained for forestry in southern Finland.
NEWS
Appropriate Preconditioning and Testing Could Reduce Winter Damage to Seedlings
MSc Dongxia Wu’s dissertation designed and implemented experiments to provide solutions for the appropriate precondition of economically important species in forestry and horticulture.
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Aquaculture
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NEWS
The Technology Developed by Luke Makes the Marine Containers Efficient Fish Farms
Luke has developed a fish farming method in which sea containers can be efficiently utilized as fish farming units. The unit includes both a fish tank and the necessary water recycling technology. The container-based modular solution enables scalable plug-and-play farm solutions.
Business Opportunities
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RESEARCH TO BUSINESS PROJECT
Novel Vertical Farming Solution for High Wire Crops by Luke
Vertical farming and plant factories are suggested to be one of the key solutions to produce food for ever growing world population. Vertical farming technologies offer solutions to increasing demand for clean, sustainable and locally produced food as well as making production possible in harsh conditions, where water or arable land is limited.
Luke partnership news
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Blogs from Lukeans
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Milk or Oat Milk? - NEPGa Brings Nutrition to Food's Environmental Impact Assessments
To Repair or to Remove - A Tool for Supporting Hard Choices in Hydropower Business
Forest Relevant Targets in EU Policy Instruments - What Are They and Can Their Progress Be Measured Using the Pan-European Criteria and Indicator for Sustainable Forest Management (SFM)?
How Dependent Is Food Production on Imported Inputs?
What Is RECOMS? In the Final Event We Talk about Spaces of Possibility
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Come work with us!
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Luke offers a modern, state-of-the-art environment for research, flexible working hours and locations, as well as opportunities for professional growth and personal development.
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Luke is seeking Research Professors
Do you have strong expertise of your research field? Do you want to get to work on the sustainable use of natural resources? We are now looking for four research professors.
Explore our business solutions and contact us!
Luke offers versatile research and development services. We have high-quality research facilities and vast information resources at our disposal.
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