17.3.2016 Johannes Vallivaara ProAgria Lapland
Why Arctic Smart Rural Community? Migration from rural areas to cities is increasing People are following the money, in rural areas are no working places entrepreneurship or find workplace the nearest towns Case Kierinki: 116 inhabitants. ProAgria/Luke Rich nature offers a great potential to wide-range smart resource-intensive business Surplus of raw-materials (forest, field, water,…) Fair earnings for resource owners Create more jobs and added value to Lapland rural areas
What we are doing ? 17.3.2016 Johannes Vallivaara ProAgria Lapland
National and regional funding How to Private capital EU-level funding National and regional funding 17.3.2016 Johannes Vallivaara ProAgria Lapland
Developing group of companies Research Development 17.3.2016 Johannes Vallivaara ProAgria Lapland
With whom? Funders International partners Companies Brokers R&D
What is the goal Food & healthy 600 M€ Materials & chemicals 1.000 M€ Regional market size 450 M€ Materials & chemicals 1.000 M€ Fuel & Energy 1.000 M€ Regional market size 900 M€ Total 2.600 M€ 17.3.2016 Johannes Vallivaara ProAgria Lapland