Nordic oats, an orphan crop taking root once again

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Nordic oats, an orphan crop taking root once again  Nordic oats are a reality. Scientists and producers are working together to increase production in northern Europe. Oats have many uses: biscuits, cakes, muesli, porridge and many more.  In partnership with the European Commission  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/27/nordic-oats-an-orphan-crop-taking-root-once-again  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00In Iceland we have been focusing on different types of grain for a while, and oats were an orphan crop in Iceland, so completely neglected.

00:22So I had this idea to start a network of scientists and breeders in the Nordic countries.

00:29We all came here to Iceland, and we sat down and talked about oats for three days, and then this idea was born.

00:36The first step is to identify the best lines, so we can recommend it to farmers right away.

00:41The second step is to recognize the best parents for crossing to make even better offspring.

00:48And the third thing we can do is we can find genome associations to these traits that show adaptation to the extreme environment.

00:58And that gives a segue into gene editing or further breeding or genomic selection.

01:05Then we present the product to the farmers and say, this you can grow.

01:11From there on, they can start discussing on how much they want to grow, about processing oats, about making products.

01:18This could be cookies, this could be oatmeal.

01:21It can be a wide range of products which are vitally important for especially island communities like Iceland.

01:29Thank you so much.

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