Luke was founded in merger of
MTT Agrifood Research Finland,
Finnish Forest Research Institute Metla,
Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute RKTL and
Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Tike.
The focus areas of our research are
Boreal Green Bioeconomy
Blue Bioeconomy
Innovative Food Chain
Natural Resources Economy in the Society
In addition Luke has several statutory services.
Funding structure (120 M€ total)
65 % state budget funding
35 % customer & public pre-competitive funding
Luke is actively present in 11 science campuses
Rovaniemi
Oulu
Kokkola
Joensuu
Seinäjoki
Jyväskylä
Turku
Helsinki
Espoo
Tampere, research collaboration site
Mikkeli, research collaboration site (the Finnish Organic Research Institute)