Project
RavinneVaikutus
Project sponsors
Implementation time
1.11.2025
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31.10.2029
Yksikkö
Financing program
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
UN Sustainable development goals
Projektin kuvaus
The RavinteVaikutus project investigates how nutrient cycling can be made more efficient throughout the Finnish food system while simultaneously strengthening security of supply. The goal is to reduce dependence on imported fertilizers and improve the sustainability of food production.
The project will create a systematic description of the flows of the main nutrients, phosphorus, and nitrogen in the Finnish food system at both the national and regional levels by utilizing the existing food system model (ENVIMATfood) developed by SYKE.
The project assesses the feasibility of measures to enhance nutrient recycling at the farm level, within value chains, and regionally, while accounting for links to energy production and the safety of recycled nutrients.
The project provides insights into the impacts of implementing nutrient recycling enhancement measures on nutrient security, the economy, and the environment, across different production sectors, at both the societal and regional levels. It will produce recommendations for cost-effective and impactful measures to improve nutrient use efficiency at the national level, taking into account different sectors of the food system.
The project aims to reduce nutrient losses in the Finnish food system and to promote nutrient recycling as well as the sustainability of Finnish food production and consumption.
The project is carried out in collaboration by the Finnish Environment Institute (coordinator), the Pyhäjärvi Institute, and Jamk University of Applied Sciences.
For more information, please contact:
Iita Appelgren, Project Manager, firstname.lastname(at)jamk.fi, tel. +35850 304 9796