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RAISIO PLC RESEARCH FOUNDATION ENCOURAGES YOUNG RESEARCHERS TO GO FOR QUALIFICATIONS

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Raisio plc  Press release 15 April 2009                                          


RAISIO PLC RESEARCH FOUNDATION ENCOURAGES YOUNG RESEARCHERS TO GO FOR           
QUALIFICATIONS                                                                  

The Raisio plc Research Foundation awarded a total of EUR 180,350 in grants to  
12 researchers or research groups this year. It also gave four recognition      
awards of EUR 500 each for the best Master's theses in the field.               

Says Ilmo Aronen, Product Development Director of the Feed & Malt Division and  
representative of the Raisio plc Research Foundation: “The Foundation's goal is 
to move the focus of its operations more and more towards graduate schools. The 
latest funding decisions reflected this policy in the sense that all of the     
grants went to doctoral research. When deciding on the grants, special attention
was given to the appropriateness of the research plan, as well as to the        
postgraduate study plan and the statements supporting it.”                      

The grants were awarded for various research topics in different fields of the  
food production chain. Short- and long-term effects of the consumption of       
wholemeal products, Improvement of clubroot tolerance in oil plants and         
Metabolic stress in dairy cows: development, indicators and prevention are only 
a few examples of the topics. Around one-third of the grants were awarded for   
food technology research, one-fourth for plant production research and the      
remaining 40% for human and animal nutrition research.                          

“It is vital for the Finnish food industry to ensure its competence throughout  
the business chain. Sufficient inputs in research contribute to this. This is   
why the Raisio Research Foundation supports high-quality research and further   
qualification of young researchers,” says Aronen.                               

This year, the Research Foundation's grants will be available for application   
earlier than usual: at the end of September 2009.                               

The environment seminar arranged in Raisio on 15 April 2009 was attended by some
70 researchers and professionals. The Research Foundation's third thematic      
seminar focused on ways to adapt to climate change and opportunities to reduce  
the environmental impacts of food production. The seminar also assessed the role
that environmental affairs play in consumers' choices.                          


Further information:                                                            
Ilmo Aronen, representative of the Raisio plc Research Foundation, tel. +358    
50 511 0081

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