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OatFrontiers

Adapting oats to final Frontier

What we do

Northern periphery areas (NPA) represent the final frontier where cereal cultivation can still be expanded in Northern Europe. The current growing conditions within the NPA are however also challenging to cereal production for several reasons. The project’s objective is to increase possibilities for oat cultivation within the NPA region. Oat is selected because it has well recognized positive health effects and its consumption for food is increasing and oat is also a resilient crop. The project will gather and test a set of 400 oats that have unseen diversity coming from four separate sources including modern oat cultivars, landraces and crosses with wild oat relatives.

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OatFrontiers stakeholder workshop in Iceland promotes oat cultivation

OatFrontiers recent stakeholder workshop in Iceland introduced oat cultivars and shared insights from several cereal projects. Participants learned about the health benefits of oats, innovative research from Wales, inspiring stories from Northern cereal projects and an Icelandic farmer’s success with oat cultivation. The event also featured field trials showcasing oat potential in Iceland.

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Adapting oats to Northern periphery area

Learn how we work to increase possibilities for oat cultivation in the NPA region.

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Project priority

Innovation

Project period

Start

01.12.2023

End

30.11.2026

Lead Partner

Natural Resources Institute Finland

juho.hautsalo@luke.fi

Partners

Agricultural University of Iceland

Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Teagasc – Agriculture and Food Development Authority

University College Dublin

Boreal Plant Breeding Ltd.

Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

Lund university

Project info

Objective

1.1 Developing and enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies

Total Budget

1.681.051,34 EUR

NPA Co-Financing

1.027.267,02 EUR

News OatFrontiers

17.02.2025

One year in, the OatFrotniers project is already yielding results!

News OatFrontiers

08.10.2024

OatFrontiers stakeholder workshop in Iceland promotes oat cultivation

News OatFrontiers

29.08.2024

Exploring Oats: Field Days in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Ireland

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