Berry and fruit cultivations in Finland: the change in cap and its implications for the future
2015
Menzler-Hokkanen, I., University of Helsinki (Finland). Dept. of Agricultural Sciences | Hokkanen, H.M.T., University of Helsinki (Finland). Dept. of Agricultural Sciences | Lahdenperae, M.-L., Verdera Oy, Espoo (Finland)
The new support scheme for Finnish fruit and berry growers is explained by Reskola, V-P. (2015), Ympäristökorvaus käynnistymässä. Puutarha and Kauppa Nr. 3/2015, p. 14. In Finland, new CAP measures dealing with environmental subsidies to agriculture, propose to change the statutes and to include specifically entomovectoring. Conventional growers, who replace chemical fungicide sprays by entomovectoring of microbial products on their berry and fruit crops for a minimum of 5 years, will receive 500 €/ha/year in environmental support. It is expected that the new subsidy scheme will encourage berry and fruit growers to take up the alternative method. The model which Finnish legislation is providing might help other countries also to adopt a similar scheme. What is at stake in Finland are the consequences of unguided introduction of the new technology. There is no infrastructure to support the introduction and uptake of the entomovectoring technology. In case growers run into problems, no infrastructure is available to provide knowledge and knowhow for the introduction of the new technology. If the technology fails on the fields, it is because of the mode of introduction.
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