Sirpa Kurppa

Natural Resources Institute Finland, Finland

Biography

Sirpa Kurppa is a specialist in the ecology of food production systems. She has wide-ranging science experience from more than 30 years, and has provided expert input into EU Rural Foresight studies and into work of the Committee for the Future of the Finnish Parliament, into the National Food Strategy and into the Strategy for Sustainable Consumption and Production. She attended preparing a proposal on green growth for the Finnish Parliament and preparing the Finnish strategy for bioeconomy. From 2013-2015, she was a member in the EU Bioeconomy Panel, and from 2014 a member of the National Nutrition Council.