Information bookletNorway,April9th –April13th

BONDStudytour

ContentProgram........................................................................................................................................................................................................2

Travelroute................................................................................................................................................................................................3

Participants.................................................................................................................................................................................................4

Casestudies.................................................................................................................................................................................................9

CS1:NorwegianAgriculturalCo-operatives(NorskLandbrukssamvirke)..........................................................9

CS2:GreenCare(«InnpåTunet»)...........................................................................................................................................10

CS3:TINE.............................................................................................................................................................................................11

CS4:Norsvin.......................................................................................................................................................................................12

Others..........................................................................................................................................................................................................13

NorwegianFarmersUnion(NorgesBondelag)................................................................................................................13

NorwegianFarmersandSmallholdersUnion(NorskBonde-ogsmåbrukarlag)..........................................13

Geno........................................................................................................................................................................................................13

BondensMarked(Farmer’sMarket).....................................................................................................................................13

NorgesVel(TheNorwegianRoyalSocietyforDevelopment).................................................................................13

Program

07:00

Monday April 9th Tuesday 10th Wednesday 11th Thursday 12th Friday 13th

07:30 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast

08:00 Check-out Check-outFinal meeting,

reflections,messages,

reports, ecc.

08:30 Travel to NAC Travel toJevnaker 75km

1,5 hTravel to Hamar

130km 2h09:00

CS1 NorwegianAgricultural Co-operatives. Alsomeeting Farmers

Union andSmallholders

Union

09:30

10:00 Check out

10:30CS3 TINE Dairy

CooperativeCS 4 Norsvin -

Topigs11:00

11:30

12:00

People arrivingfrom differentcountries and

transfer to hotelin Oslo

Lunch Lunch Lunch12:30 Lunch13:00

cont. TINE

People leaving totheir countries.Optional activityfor people withlate afternoon

flights

13.30

cont. Norsvin +Geno

14:00 Travel to IPT - 30 min

14.30

CS2 Green carecooperative

15:00 Reflections

15:30

Excursion withactivity

16:00 Check-inReflections

16:30 Travel to Norges Vel

17:00 Presentation ofthe study tour;

logistic andothers;

- Informal"getting to know

each other "conversation;

Farmers MarketNorway and NBS-

initiative"Matnyttig" Excursion17:30

18:00Presentation

NorgesVel

18:30 Reflections

19:00Dinner at local

farm19:30 Dinner at hotelDinner at RSD Dinner with

Farmers fromTINE

20:00

20:30Travel to hotel

90 km 1,5 h21:00 Travel to hotel

21:30

Travel routeAnoverviewovertheplaceswewillvisitduringthetour.

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ParticipantsListofparticipantsFirst name Surname Nationality Gender AgeIvan BLAžON Croatia M 25Lucia GALLOVÁ Slovakia F 32Péter KAJNER Hungary M 43Wioletta OLEJARCZYK Poland F 36Dimitar SAMARDJIEV Macedonia M 37Alex SCHREINER Netherlands F 36Andrea SZABADKAI Hungary F 41Laura Maria TARRAFA PEREIRA de SILVA Portugal F 26Anna VEJVODOVA Czech Republic F 36Jan LITVÁK Slovakia M 52

IvanBlažonIhavebeensurroundedbyagriculturemywholelife.AsthememberofafarmingfamilyIhaveworkedwithpeaches,sweetcherriesanddifferentkindsofflowersandvegetables.FollowingthatlifestyleIwenttostudyagricultureinUniversityofZagrebandgotmymastersdegreeinfruitproductionandfruitstorage.Mysecondpassionaretechnologieswhichwasimplementedtomebymytechnologicallyorientedfather.CurrentlyIamworkingonimplementingtechnologicalinnovationstoagriculturebyworkinginACTGroup.ACTGroup(AG)isanassociation,aregionalconsortiumofsocialenterprisesand

nationalsocialeconomy(SE)supportcentre.Myroleinthegroupistoincreaseourcapacityandinvolvementinagriculture.Also,atthemoment,IaminvolvedinInterregprojectforagrotourism,wehavestartedaprojecttoformaDigitalinnovationhubforagriculture,firstofit’skindinCroatia,withinERASMUS+project,andweareforminganoperativegroupfortransferofknowledgefromuniversitiestoproducersinagriculture.IthinkofmyselfasanjungexpertwithalotmoretolearnsoIwillgladlyacceptanyadvicefromyouandgiveanyadvicetoyou.IamverygladthatIamabletopartoftheBONDprojectsinceit’salignedwhymygoalsforselfdevelopmentandthedevelopmentofagricultureinmyregion.

LuciaGallovaLuciaGallovacomesfromACTGroupACTGroupisacommunityofsocialentrepreneurswhoempowerssocialeconomyecosystems.Consortiumof7enterpriseswhichareworkingongreeneconomyandsustainablesocialservicesistheleadingexampleofsocialentrepreneurshipinCroatiaandtheregionandemploys50workers.ThecoreteamoftheorganizationactsasabusinessincubatorandacceleratorprovidingsystematicsupportprogramsconsistingofmentorshipsupportandfinancialinstrumentstotheimpactstartupsandenterprisesinCroatia.

PéterKajnerIamaneconomist,thepresidentoftheAlliancefortheLivingTisza.Iwasbornin1974,inBudapest,Hungary.IgotmydiplomaattheBudapestUniversityofEconomicSciencesin1997.IworkedasaresearcherattheHungarianEnvironmentalEconomicsCenter.Between2005-2008IwastheprojectmanageroftheUNDP-GEF-MEWTiszaBiodiversityProject.LaterIwasaseniorexpertfortheHungarianOmbudsmanforFutureGenerations,andthenadeputyheadofdepartmentattheMinistryforRuralDevelopment.Today,IworkfortheNationalAdaptationCenterDepartmentattheHungarianMiningandGeologicalSurvey.IgivelecturesonsustainableruraldevelopmentattheEötvösLorándUniversityBudapest,HumanEcologyMA.TheAlliance fortheLivingTiszaAssociation(ALT)aimstoimprove the living conditions of those living on the

watershedoftheTisza,toincreasetheirfloodsecurityandenvironmentalsafety,topreserveandenrichtheecologicalvaluesoftheriverandtoprovideanadequatequalityoflifeforthepeopleofthisregion.Ourassociationhelpslocalproducersoftheriver’swatershedtoreachmarketsbyrunningthe‘LivingTisza’trademarksystem.ALTisamemberofthe(Hungarian)National Association of Interest Representations for Small-scale producers and serviceproviders.Ourorganizationisseekingalternativewaystoreviveruralcommunities,sincemostofthemareburdenedbyageingpopulationandlackofeconomicperspectivesinourcountry.Agoodopportunity for them could be to strengthen the networks between urban and ruralcommunities.Istudiedtheopportunitiesofcarefarmsandurbanfoodstrategies.Iwouldliketoget toknowbestpracticesof these, spread theirmessage inHungary,anduse them forfindingnewwaysofruraldevelopment.

WiolettaOlejarczykIamfarmer,culturalanimatorandherbalist.IstartedfoodcooperativeandCommunitySuportedAgricultureinmyarea.

IcooperatewithorganizationNyeleniPolandfoodsovereignty.Ilovenature,humanbeingsandculture.

DimitarSamadjievIcurrentlyworkonaprojectfordeinstitutionalizationofpersonswithintellectualdisabilityasthecoordinatoroftheprogramforhorticulturaltherapy.Since2016Iworkongrowingasmallfoodforestonroughly6300m2,onmyproperty.Myapproachisinlinewithagroecologicalpracticesandpermaculturedesign.Myfocusisonsmallscaleregenerativefarmingmostlybyapplyingagroforestrymethods.Iaminvolvedingrassrootsinitiativesconcernedwithfoodsovereigntyandseedfreedom(localpartnershipswithViaCampesina,Nyelenietc.);co-foundedafoodcooperativeforlocavoresinSkopje;participatinginthedevelopmentofaPGS-likemodeladaptedtolocalcircumstancesinMacedonia.MygoalistoestablishaworkingCSAmodelforacooperativeofseverallocalfoodproducersintheregionofGevgelija.

AlexSchreinerIhaveabackgroundintheenvironmentalandsocialchangemovementandfromthisbackgroundtookthedirectionoffarming.IrunmarketgardenDeVoedselketen-asmallscalemarketgardenbasedonpermacultureprinciples.Wewanttoworkwith,notagainst,naturetoproducehealthyandtastyvegetables.Weworkwithaboxing-schememodel,inwhichwehavedirectcontactwithourcustomersandtrytoincludetheminthedecision-makingprocess.Wehaveano-tillpolicyandworkwithplant-basedfertiliseronlyandpoly-culturesinsteadofregularcrop-rotation.WiththeVoedselketenIwanttocreatepractisesandexperiencesotherfarmerscanfollowandapplytotheirownsituation.Partofthisisbeingpartofabiggermovement-bothlocallyandinternationally.OnalocalscaleI'mpartofaninformalgroupofmarketgardenerswhichaimstosupporteachotherbyorganisingby-monthlystudygroups,performingvarietytests,

andthecollectivepurchaseofplantingmaterial.OnanationallevelI'mpartofToekomstboeren(FutureFarmers),anassociationforfarmerswhoareexploringnewwaysoffarming-pioneersinnewmodelsandmethods,suchascommunitysupportedagriculture,permacultureandgrowingspecialbreedsandvarieties.Toekomstboerengivesthesefuturefarmersavoiceandsupportsthemintheirstruggle.Toekomstboerenfocusesonsharingpositiveexamplesofalternativesolutions:tosupportourmembersinachievingtheirfarmingdreams,andtoinspireotherstodothesame.

AndreaSzabadkaiIamateacherandaruraldevelopmentengineer.IamthepresidentofaHungarianNGO,theKISLÉPTÉK(NationalAssociationofInterestRepresentationsforSmall-scaleproducersandserviceproviders).OurAssociationisanetworkofvolunteers,whohelplocalfarmers,smallscaleproducersandserviceproviderswithconsultationonlegalissues.Weorganizeconferences,workshops,wherebestpractices,legalopportunitiesarepresentedforourtargetgroups.OurAssociationelaboratedandlobbiedfortheGoodHygienePracticeforFoodProductioninPrivateDwellingHouses.ThissetofruleswasadoptedbytheHungariangovernment.

Iammostinterestedinfarmdiversification(Iamdoingresearchintoit),ruraltourismopportunitiesandlegalframeworksfacilitatingthese.LauraMariaTarrafaPereiradeSilva

I’mLauraTarrafaandI’m26yearsold.I’mfromaruralvillageinthenorthofPortugalwhereagriculturepredominates.IstudiedEnvironmentalEngineeringattheUniversityofCoimbraandnowI’mworkinginConfederaçãoNacionaldaAgricultura-CNA,Portugal,assumingtasksinenvironmentalarea(example:NacionalStrategyforClimateChangeAdaptation)givingtechnicalsupporttoourorganization,localassociationsandfarmers.Also,I’mworkinginaprojectcalledInformarparaDesenvolver(InformtoDevelop)thataimstoorganizeinformationactionsinrural/farmersareasinPortugaltoinformfarmersaboutthemesthatareveryimportantfortheirdailywork(safetywithtractors,agriculturalequipmentandmachinery;shortagri-foodcircuits;localmarkets,CAPrules,agroecology,andothers).Theseactionsaredevelopedwithlocalfarmersassociations,whichareourpartners.Theprincipalproposeoftheprojectistocontactwithreality,makestrongerlinksbetweenfarmerstoabetterlocal,regionalandnationalorganizations.RecentlyIamparticipatingasaninternationalinvitedstudentatEscueladeAcciónCampesina,organizedbyPlataformaRural(Spain).Personally,Iliketogotothecinema,concertsandread.IthinkI’masociallover.Ilovetoknownewpeopleandnewplaces,understandthewayoflivingandthoughtsandlearnmore

aboutindividualandcommonlife.Ithinkthatistheonlywayforustobemoretolerant,understanding,solidaryandatooltobuildstrongerconnections.Iliketobeinvolvedinsocialorganizations,todiscussaboutpolitics,historyandsociety.

AnnaVejvodovaAnAgriculturebusinessadviserandYoungfarmercurrentlyreconstructingandrenovatingasmallfamilyfarmintheCzechRepublic.ThefarmwillspecialiseinorganicmilkproductionfromWaterBuffaloandproducingitsownbrandedproductsforexamplecheese,yogurtandicecreamsellingdirecttotheconsumer.AnnastudiedattheCzechAgriculturalUniversitybeforeshejoinedtheMinistryofAgriculture.AfterworkingontheCzechPresidencyoftheEuropeanUnionin2009AnnadecidedtostarttoworkindependentlyanddirectlywithawiderangeoffarmersandfarmingorganisationsinCzechRepublic.After6yearsofadvisingfarmersinCzechRepublicsheboughtsmallfarmandstartfarming.Annahasaninterestinsustainablefoodandfarmingandenvironmentallandmanagement.

JánLitvákDearfriendsIwouldliketobringreportfromthisfarmtourinourmagazineDOMAVZÁHRADE(Athomeatthegarden).Letmetoshortlyintroduceouractivitiesaseditor-in-chief.Ourmagazineispublishedonceamonthforfiveyearsalready.Togetherwithourcolleagues,contributorsandreaders,wecollectold,regionalandfamilyvarietiesoffruitandvegetablesinthegenebankandfruitorchards.Wemultiplytheobtainedvarietiesandofferthemtonewgrowers.Wearebuildinganindependentnetworkofinterconnectedself-management

growersandfarmerswithover-landscaping.Withourlong-yearpartnersweorganizefruitschoolcourses,schooleducation,seedsandgraftsexchangeandplantingofneworchards.Onceaquarter,weissueaspecialattachmentwithanimportanttopic,suchas:landscapefruitgrowing,beekeeping,oldfruit-treescareinharmonywithnature,domesticcultivationofseedsandexchange.Wewouldliketocooperatewithyou,ofcourse,onrelatedprojects.

Case studiesCS1: Norwegian Agricultural Co-operatives (Norsk Landbrukssamvirke)TodayNorwegianfarmershavecooperativesinallsectors.Theyaremainlyorganizedassingle-purposecooperatives.Startingwithsmalllocalcooperatives,throughincreasedcooperationbetweencooperatives,eachsectornowhasonenationalcooperativewithmembersfromacrossthecountry.NorwegianAgriculturalCo-operativeswasestablished1945asancooperativeumbrellaorganization.NACisownedandgoverendby17agriculturalcooperatives.Thereisagreatvarietyinbusinesseswithinthemembers.

∂ Purchasecooperatives∂ Marketingcooperatives

o Dairy,meat,eggs,potatoes,fur,honey,fruitandvegetables∂ Breedingcooperatives∂ Banking,insuranceandconsultingcooperatives

NAC’spurposeistoserveandpromotetheseagriculturalcooperatives.TheadministrationlocatedinOsloandhas15employees.Whatwedo

∂ Improveframeworkconditionsforourmemberorganizations∂ Promotecooperativesasawayoforganizingbusiness∂ Promotetheadvantagesforfarmersofbeingmemberofacooperative∂ Coordinateandpromoteresearchandinnovation∂ Offertrainingandcompetenceservicestoelectedleadersandemployees

CS2: Green Care («Inn på Tunet»)Originally,differenttermswereusedforthefarm'swelfareservices,suchasGreencare,Thefarmasapedagogicalresource,andLivingschool.“Intothecourtyard”(Innpåtunet)isnowbecomingthetermofchoiceinNorway,whileitstillwillbetermed“Greencare”inEnglish.“Greencare”referstoindividuallyadaptedandquality-assuredwelfareservicesonfarms.Theservicesshallstimulatecopingskills,developmentandwell-being.Farmsarepropertiesthatareusedforfarming,forestryorgardens.TheactivitiesofferedintheGreencareservicerelatetothefarmanditsdailylifeandoperations.TheuniqueaspectofGreencareisthatitusesthefarmasanarenaforwelfareservices.Thefarmshavephysicalfacilitiesthatlendthemselvestoadiversityofactivities,andalsohavesurroundingsthatcanprovidetheuserswithpositivestimuliandexperiences.InnpåtunetNorgeSA:Est.2015InnpåtunetNorgeSArepresentsGreencarefarmsalloverNorway.Theirgoalistoensurethememberseconomicsinterest,andensurethemembers’commoninterestsuchasdevelopmentofmaterials,strategy,billingsystemsandcontractswiththelocalauthorities.Theservicesthatthemembersprovidetargetawidespectrumofsectors,includingeducation,after-schoolcare,occupationaltraining,adaptedservicesformentalhealth.Themembersarerequiredtofollowthenationalregulationsfor“Innpåtunet”.

CS3: TINEEst.1881TINESAisNorway'slargestproducer,distributorandexporterofdairyproductswith11,400members(owners).TINE’spurposeistooperatefoodactivitiesonacooperativebasisandworktoensurethattheownersreceivethebestpossiblefinancialresultfromtheirmilkproduction,inadditiontosafeguardingtheowners’otherjointinterests.ThemilkfarmerswhoaremembersandsupplythemilkalsoownTINE.Infact,TINEhasatotalof11,400owners.Milkproducers,whoaremembersanddelivermilk,areTINE’sowners.Inacooperative,theownersreceivetheirshareoftheprofitsthroughthepaymentforthemilktheydeliver.EachmemberhasastakeinTINE.TINE’slong-termresultsandcompetitivenessarewhyTINEhasthesupportofthemilkproducers.TINErootsbacktothemid1800’swhenthefoundationwaslaidforamoderndairycompany.Atthestartofthecentury,anumberofcattlemenandcheesemakerswerebroughtfromSwitzerlandtoNorway.From1860increasedinterestindairyoperations,productionofbutterandclovecheese.Inthe1880s,severallocaldairyassociationswereorganised.Thetimebetweenthefirstandsecondworldwarwasdifficultforthedairyindustry.Profitabilitywaspoorandthefarmerscouldbarelycovertheirproductioncosts.Thedairiescompetedagainsteachotherinadestructiveway.Exportorganisationturnedouttobethesolution.HardfinancialtimesandsquabblesbetweentheproducersledtheNorwegianFarmers’Uniontoprepareaplanfororganisingthecountry’smilkproducers.Newlawswereadopted,makingcompetitionillegal,anddairyoperationsbecamemoretechnical.DuringWW2dairydeliveriesdeclined,buttherebuildingofthemilkproductionprogressedquickly.In1960,therewasanoverproductionofmilk.Theproducersinstalledcoolingfacilitiesandmilkwascollectedregularly.Thecartonreplacedglassbottles.Inthe1960sand1970s,thedairiesweremodernisedandstreamlined.Inthe1980s,thedairycooperativestartedorganisingitselftomeetthefuture.NorskeMeierier’sbylawswerechangedin1984.Previously,eachdairywasaseparatelegalentity.Now,theybecame18districtcompanies.Theyhad110productionfacilitiesbetweenthem.In2004TINEisdividedintotwodivisions.TINERåvarebecomesaseparatedepartmentinTINEBA,separatedfinanciallyandwithitsownadministrationinrelationtoTINEIndustri.TINERåvarewasestablishedin2004tocreateaclearadministrativeandfinancialdivisionbetweenrawmaterialshandlingandfurtherrefininginTINE.In2010theGeneralassemblyadoptsanewgroupstructure–onelegalentity.

CS4: NorsvinEst.1958Norsvinisaco-operativeownedbyNorwegianpigproducers.Norsvinisabreedingcompanywithresearch,innovationanddisseminationofgeneticimprovementasthecornerstonesofthecompany.NorsvinislocatedatHamarinNorwayandhasabout70employees.Norsvinisrenownedforitsinnovativeapproachtoimplementingnewtechnologiesandacontinuousfocusoncost-efficientpigproduction.Continuousandstrongproductimprovementwillenableclientstoachievesignificantaddedvalueintheirproduction.ThebreedingprogrammeofNorsvinisunique.Thecombinationofhigh-throughputphenotyping,large-scalecomputertomographyofboars,globalnucleusbreeding,massivegatheringofproductiondataandgenomicselectionwillaccelerategeneticprogressleadingtoinnovativeproductsandsolutionsthatbenefitthewholechainofporkproduction.ThroughtheirinternationalcompanyTopigsNorsvin,Norsvinhasbecomethe2ndlargestswinegeneticscompanyintheworld.

OthersNorwegian Farmers Union (Norges Bondelag)

TheNorwegianFarmersUnion(Norwegian:NorgesBondelag)isthelargestNorwegianinterestorganizationforfarmers.Itfunctionsbothasalabourunionandasatradeunion.ItnegotiateswiththeNorwegianFarmersandSmallholdersUnionandtheNorwegianMinistryofAgricultureandFoodaboutagriculturalsubsidies.Ithas63,000members,with515localchaptersand18countychapters.Theunionwasestablishedin1896asNorgesLandmandsforbund.Theunionhasanofficialpublication,“Bondebladet”,whichispublishedonaweeklybasis.Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union (Norsk Bonde- og småbrukarlag)

TheNorwegianFarmersandSmallholdersUnion(Norwegian:NorskBonde-ogSmåbrukarlag)isaNorwegianinterestorganizationforfarmers.Itfunctionsbothasalabourunionandasatradeunion.Itwasfoundedin1913.TheNorwegianFarmersandSmallholdersUnionandnegotiatestogetherwiththeNorwegianAgrarianAssociationagainstNorwegianMinistryofAgricultureaboutagriculturalsubsidies.Theunionhas7,000members,with260localchaptersand18countychapters.TheheadquartersareinOslo.Themembers'newspaperis“BondeogSmåbruker”.GenoGenoisthebreedingorganizationofNorwegianRed,themaindairybreedinNorway.Itasafarmercooperativethathasbeenconductingresearchanddevelopmentforcattlebreedingsince1935.Genodistributesgeneticmaterialtomorethan30countriesworldwide.Bondens Marked (Farmer’s Market)

TheFarmersMarketNorway(Norwegian:BondensmarkedNorge)isanumbrellaorganisationforlocalunitsthatorganizesfarmer’smarketsinNorway.Farmer’sMarketNorwaywasestablishedin2010.Beforethis,itwasownedbyNorwegianAgriculturalCo-operatives,Hanen,Oikos–ØkologiskNorge,theNorwegianFarmersUnionandtheNorwegianFarmersandSmallholdersUnion.

Norges Vel (The Norwegian Royal Society for Development)TheNorwegianRoyalSocietyforDevelopment(Norwegian:SelskapetNorgesVel)workwithsustainablebusinessdevelopmentbasedonnaturalresources,bothinNorwayandinternationally.Wepromoteviablecommunitiesthroughutilizinglocalresourcesandensurethatthevaluescreatedremainlocal.Wefocusourworkonagriculture,marineandrenewableenergy.