The overall objective: Increased production of locally produced food and health products based on sustainable natural resources in the Barents region. Strengthen cooperation and social development between institutions and scientists in northern agriculture. The specific objective: 1. Increase the production of berries and herbs in the Barents region through cultivation, breeding and testing of local varieties of commercial interest and strengthened cooperation between Research and Development institutions and producers within the region. 2. Strengthen the economy in northern agriculture by increasing the focus on adapted plant material and develop new northern fodder grass cultivars yielding regular crops every year. 3. Exchange and transfer knowledge and techniques between the countries in the region. Achievements: The project has aimed at increasing the utilisation of existing natural resources in the Barents Region and creating new opportunities for natural products in the region by making more natural resources available to producers and consumers. This would increase the production of food and other products based on sustainable natural resources in the Barents Region. The project has had two main focus areas. Partly a development of seed stocks of local grass varieties, timothy and fescue from northern Russia, where the goal was to get the varieties approved to qualify on the official list of Russian seed varieties. The other focus has been on researching the possibilities of cultivation and production of bilberry and angelica. The project has at the same time enhanced stronger cooperation and social development between research institutions in the field of northern agriculture.