The OatFrontiers project organizes a stakeholder workshop in Iceland. The purpose of the workshop is to introduce oat cultivars in Iceland and inspire oat production by sharing lessons learned from previous cereal cultivation and oat experiences and projects from Northern areas.

The online program is as follows:
Time is Icelandic time (GMT).

9:30 General introduction project and of the workshop day
(Juho Hautsalo, Natural Resources Institute Finland)

10-12 Knowledge sharing (amend lessons learned from previous Cereals and Healthy Oats)

• Healthy Oats project (Fiona Doohan, UCD)
• Lessons from Northern Cereals project (Hilde Halland and Sigríður Dalmannsdottir, NIBIO)
• The story of the Icelandic oat farmer Sandóll farm (Örn Karlsson)
• Oats in Wales (Catherine Howarth, Aberystwyth university)
• Open discussion about increasing oat cutivation in Iceland and in other Northern periphery areas. Gathering needs and good practices. (Helgi Eyleifur Þorvaldsson)

12:00 Online event ends

Workshop registration link

Contact:
Juho Hautsalo, Research scientist, D.Sc. (Agr).
Coordinator of OatFrontiers Project
Plant health, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)