The Circumpolar Agricultural Association (CAA) is an organization of individuals in all Arctic countries. The association's conferences are held every three years and the ninth conference will be held in Reykjavík from 6 to 8 October 2016.
The topics of the conference will be:
The role of agriculture in the Arctic bioeconomy
The bioeconomy is based on organic resources and more and more attention has been paid to this approach in recent years. Agriculture needs to take advantage of the attention that the bioeconomy receives, because the green bioeconomy is primarily about agriculture and its products.
The conference will focus on regional production that strengthens dispersed settlements, food production in the Arctic, tourism and innovation that responds to changing circumstances. Special emphasis will be placed on promoting good results that have been achieved in one area and that others can benefit from.
A food exhibition organized by the final conference of the NordBio program will be included in the agenda. On October 8, an excursion will take place where guests will get to know Icelandic agriculture.
Further information can be found on the conference website: www.caa2016.com and information can also be found on the conference's Facebook page.
The conference has been held once before in Iceland, but it was in 2001. The conference was called "Legacy and Vision in Northern Agriculture" and was intended to draw attention to the interplay of history and culture with the foundations of agriculture.
For further information Ólafur Reykdal at Matís.