Final program CAC2025

Please note:

23. Sept. Registration starts 10:00 at Fram Centre

24. Sept. Busses for excursion A and B leave Fram Centre at 08:30

Program CAC 2025 version 170925Download

Program tour A – Focused on reindeer husbandry, wind energy, and land use

Excursion day CAC 2025_program tour ADownload

Program tour B: Focused on suckler cow production (Bull farm), goat production (Vang farm), pasture management, and a farm shop visit

Excursion day CAC 2025_program tour BDownload

Reminder – registration deadline

This is a reminder that the deadline for registration for the CAC – 2025 in Tromsø is August 1st. Link for registration and booking of hotel rooms: Circumpolar Agricultural Conference 2025. All presenters need to be registered for the conference.

Please remember that we have 100 rooms prebooked at Smart hotel Tromsø. We will manage your hotel booking, but please note that you will have to pay for your accommodation yourself at the reception. You can cancel the room up to the day before your arrival date. Beyond that, we cannot guarantee accommodation.

Deadline for abstract submission extended to 14th March – 2025

The deadline for abstract submission to the 12th International Circumpolar Agricultural Conference Arctic agriculture in a changing world, Tromsø, Northern Norway 23rd – 25th September 2025, has been extended to 14th March.

Please submit abstracts by e-mail to NIBIO at the specific conference e-mail address: CAC2025@nibio.no. Keep the abstracts to a maximum of half an A4 page; otherwise, there are no specific requirements for layout. Content should be related to “Arctic Agriculture in a Changing World.” The scope of the conference is wide and in addition to agriculture, topics on the use of a wide range of natural resources in our region are welcomed. Sessions will be formed based on incoming abstracts. Our wish is to have a cross-disciplinary approach to the different topics.

Students and young people are encouraged to take part!

Welcome to the 12th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference in Tromsø, Norway – 2025

ARCTIC AGRICULTURE IN A CHANGING WORLD

The 12th International Circumpolar Agricultural Conference will take place in Tromsø, Northern Norway 23rd – 25th September 2025.

We aim for participation from everyone involved in arctic agriculture; farmers, governance, advisory services, farmers unions, cooperatives, indigenous organizations, companies and researchers.

The local organizer is NIBIO – Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy and the venue will be in Tromsø city at the Fram Center.

Info about travelling, hotels and registration will be added to this page, so please keep updated and save the dates now!

Deadline for abstracts is 25th February 2025. Please submit abstracts by e-mail to NIBIO – at the specific conference e-mail address: CAC2025@nibio.no

Sessions will be formed based on the incomming abstracts.

Information from the 11th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference.

The 11th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference was held in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, September 5th – 7th 2023. The conference gathered participants from the whole Nordic region as well as from USA and Canada.

At the link given here, you will find a copy of the actual programme together with a copy of all the valuable and informative presentations given at the conference. Please click the link:

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Should you be interested in further facts or details regarding any information in the presentations, please contact the authors directly.

From 1st January 2024, the chairmanship of the Circumpolar Agricultural Association will be forwarded from Búnaðarstovan, Faroe Islands, to the Norwegian institution NIBIO [www.nibio.no] in Tromsø, Norway, where Head of Department, Dr. Inger Martinussen, will take over the responsibility as President of the organisation. This implies among others that the upcoming 12th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference will be held in Tromsø, Norway, preferably in 2025.

My sincere thanks to all of you who contributed to make the  11th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference a success. Similarly, my gratitude also goes to the Nordic Council of Ministers for their financial support to the conference.

I will take the opportunity to wish Inger Martinussen good luck with the important tasks to both enhance the activity range of the Circumpolar Agricultural Association as well as to improve the attention among relevant stakeholders and the public about the important issues related to agriculture, food production and livelihood in the High North.

Since Christmas is only a month ahead from now, I also take this opportunity to wish the board, friends and followers of the Circumpolar Agricultural Association a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Best regards Tróndur G. Leivsson

Don’t miss the opportunity to register for the 11th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, held September 5th to 7th.

The main theme for the conference is: Farming in the High North – Contributions to a sustainable local Bioeconomy and secure Food Systems.

The event includes a two days indoor session in the Nordic House in Tórshavn, followed by a one day field excursion around the islands.

You can register at: http://www.cac2023.fo/

The conference is organized by Búnaðarstovan – Agricultural Agency of the Faroe Islands on behalf of the Circumpolar Agricultural Association, and the conference is made possible thanks to financial support from the Nordic Committee of Senior Officials for Fisheries, Aquaculture, Agriculture, Food and Forestry (EK-FJLS Executive) at the Nordic Council of Ministers.

Among the speakers at the conference, we are happy to announce e.g.:

  • Mr. Høgni Hoydal, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign affairs, Industry and Trade; The Government of the Faroe Islands.“Opening speech for The 11th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference”.
  • Ms. Lise Lykke Steffensen, Executive Director, The Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen).“The importance of Biodiversity and genetic resources for a sustainable agriculture in the Circumpolar area”
  • Mr. Kenneth H. O. Høegh, Head of Representation, The Representation of Greenland in the United States and Canada.“Important Aspects of future Agriculture and Food production in the Arctic Region. Can Circumpolar Agricultural Association contribute to the activities organized within the Arctic Council ?”
  • Mr. Sigurður Eyþórsson, Special Advisor, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Iceland.“Farming in Iceland; the approach towards a sustainable local Bioeconomy and secure Food Systems as laid down in the national Food Supply Goals aimed for 2040.”
  • Dr. Jóhannes Sveinbjørnsson, Associate Professor, Agricultural University of Iceland.“Food self-sufficiency and Food security in Iceland – Perspectives on Arctic and Global realities and challenges.”
  • Mr. Sölve Högman, Head of section, Department of Trade and Industry, Government of Åland Islands.“The noticeable high level of Food self-sufficiency in Åland Islands; and the societal framework behind this piece of good fortune.”
  • Mr. Bernt Skarstad, Teråk, Norway. District Chair of the farmers union “Norsk Bonde og Småbrukerlag” in County of Nordland, North Norway.“Norwegian policy on agriculture; incentives and obstacles regarding instruments to stimulate sustainable utilization of local resources for agro-food production in rural North Norway.”
  • Mr. Jens Ivan í Gerðinum, Agricultural Counsellor, Búnaðarstovan – Agricultural Agency, Faroe Islands.“Agricultural Food Production in the Faroe Islands and prospects for future food production.”
  • Ms. Sofie Andersson, Project Coordinator, Nordic Agri Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.“The New Nordic Food programmes, their ripple effects since 2005 on the ever growing appreciation for local food and cuisine in the region and the future of New Nordic Food”.

Don’t miss the Call of Abstracts

The 11th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference (#CAC2023).

“Farming in the High North – Contributions to a sustainable local Bioeconomy and secure Food Systems.”

Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, September 5th – 7th 2023.

Up-to-date dairy farm on the Faroe islands.

Deadline for abstracts is August 1st.

Registraton for the 11th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference (#CAC2023) is now open at: www.cac2023.fo

Don’t miss the Call of Abstracts

The 11th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference (#CAC2023) under the headline: “Farming in the High North – Contributions to a sustainable local Bioeconomy and secure Food Systems.” will be arranged in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, September 5th – 7th 2023.

Please submit abstracts by e-mail to Búnaðarstovan – Agricultural Agency at the specific conference e-mail address: CAC2023@bst.fo

Deadline for abstracts is August 1st.

Registraton for the 11th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference (#CAC2023) is now open at: www.cac2023.fo

Invitation to join the 11th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, September 5th – 7th 2023.

Dear members and followers of the Circumpolar Agricultural Association (CAA); as well as all of you with a particular interest in the wider aspects of agriculture, food production and livelihood in the High North.

We are happy to announce that the homepage for registration to attend the 11th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference is now open at: www.cac2023.fo

The 11th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference will be arranged by Búnaðarstovan – Agricultural Agency of the Faroe Islands , and will take place during September 5th – 7th 2023 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.

Please go to this homepage www.cac2023.fo to register for attending the conference itself as well as the field excursion and also the dining event with focus on local food sources. Furthermore, this homepage can meet most of your other needs regarding transport and accommodation etc. related to a successful visit to the Faroe Islands in early September.

Our technical organizer, GreenGate Incoming, is ready to provide you with all the service you might need beyond the options given in this homepage. You simply write them at: mice@greengate.fo

The conference will embrace 2 days of indoor meetings at the Nordic House in Tórshavn and a 1 day field excursion. The conference language will be English.

The headline for the 11th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference (#CAC2023) is: “Farming in the High North – Contributions to a sustainable local Bioeconomy and secure Food Systems.”

We are glad to announce that we now have confirmation from several distinguished guests who will give key-note speeches on subjects relevant to the important headline for the conference; thus contributing to make this conference a memorable event.

We are equally eager to receive other good quality contributions from the conference audience; and for those of you who would like to present information at the conference, please notice that the call for abstracts regarding presentations (oral or in writings), posters or other relevant material is now open. Please submit your abstract by e-mail to Búnaðarstovan – Agricultural Agency at the distinct conference e-mail address: CAC2023@bst.fo Deadline for abstracts will be August 1st.

One of the ideas behind the foundation of the Circumpolar Agricultural Association in 1992 (which is a non-governmental organization concerned with northern agricultural science, practices and policies) was the wish to arrange the Circumpolar Agricultural Conference every third year or so within its sphere of interest, and thus bring people together for knowledge sharing and contact building, who share a common interest in the livelihood in the remote areas of the High North. The Circumpolar Agricultural Conference has hitherto managed to bring together people from both academia and research, governmental and local administration and governance, practitioners in both agriculture, food production and many other professions, NGO’s as well as representatives from local communities within the Arctic region. This same goal is also set as the aimpoint for the 11th Circumpolar Agricultural Conference this year.

Further details for the conference programme, as well as for the abstracts etc., are at hand on the CAA homepage https://circumpolaragriculture.com/ as well as the CAA’s Facebook site https://www.facebook.com/groups/2069668989966001/.

More details will be added there in the weeks ahead.

Looking forward to see you in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, September 5th – 7th 2023 for a memorable conference.

Best regards from the steering committee, Tróndur G. Leivsson, President of the Circumpolar Agricultural Association

Please feel free to distribute this information within your organisations and networks etc.