Our mission

NordGen Farm Animals is a service and knowledge center for sustainable management of farm animal genetic resources for the Nordic countries.

NordGen Farm Animals'  areas of activity are conservation of farm animal genetic resources (AnGR) relevant for food production and agriculture, sustainable use of AnGR, information and networking as well as international activities. A new area of activity is environmental questions.

NordGen Farm Animals  contributes to the Nordic countries' work by promoting the genetic, economic, cultural, historical and social values of farm animal diversity to meet the needs of future markets, production systems and climate change.

NordGen Farm Animals:

• provides tools to maintain genetic variation in living populations (in situ  conservation) and to design cryo-banking of genetic materials (ex situ  conservation)
• maintains and updates the Nordic and Baltic farm animal breed register
• initiates research and development projects on the characterization, conservation, management and sustainable use of AnGR
• organizes workshops, seminars and courses for gene resource coordinators, animal breeding experts, researchers, students and administrative officers
• facilitates a good cooperation among different stakeholders and groups
• provides a variety of information channels as website, electronic newsletter, periodicals, folders, articles and reports
• promotes sustainable breeding practises and sound principles of fair trade of genetic material