Contact
Guðjón Þorkelsson
Strategic Scientist
gudjon.thorkelsson@matis.is
Efling grænmetisræktar á Íslandi / Increased opportunities in Icelandic vegetable production
The purpose of this project was to identify opportunities in domestic vegetable growing at the expense of imported vegetables. The conditions of vegetable growers in Iceland were studied and the environment in which they live was brought to the surface. A preliminary survey was conducted on possible mapping of areas in Iceland and a search was made for possible information available for such mapping. A lot of useful information was found that is owned by parties who want to provide it if such mapping were to be carried out in the future. An extensive study was carried out on the school canteen and the food on the tables. The study was conducted with the aim of identifying and creating opportunities for vegetable producers to increase their production and processing of vegetables for a new target group that would be the school canteen of the future where domestic production would have more space.
The purpose of this project was to discover opportunities in local production of vegetables on the cost of imported products in the same industry. The conditions for local producers in Iceland were analyzed and the environment around them brought to the surface. An analyzes where taken on the possibilities on producing maps for Icelandic vegetable producers where different growing conditions for vegetable production would be brought into one map for the producers to have to see different condition for different vegetable in different areas in Iceland. It was discovered that lots of data is available for such a map which will be available if a production of such a map will take place. A big research was performed on a school canteen with the purpose of discovering opportunities for local producers for entering into this type of market segment in Iceland where the locally produced vegetables would get more space.