Priority: In agricultural research, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry plays a significant role with its governmental research institutes, and with its competitive research budget. The ministry directs its competitive funding to projects providing science-based evidence to political decision making, as well as providing innovative technologies to help improve competitive and environmentally and ethically sustainable production technologies and to ensure food quality and safety. With its competitive research budget, the ministry also co-operates with other research funding bodies in relevant themes and ERA-NET-schemes.
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Priority: In agricultural research, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry plays a significant role with its governmental research institutes, and with its competitive research budget. The ministry directs its competitive funding to projects providing science-based evidence to political decision making, as well as providing innovative technologies to help improve competitive and environmentally and ethically sustainable production technologies and to ensure food quality and safety. With its competitive research budget, the ministry also co-operates with other research funding bodies in relevant themes and ERA-NET-schemes.