What lies behind the scientific leadership at Kekkilä‑BVB’s innovation and research?

Chief Innovation Officer Päivi Martikainen guides Kekkilä‑BVB’s innovation and R&D efforts with curiosity, courage and a strong commitment to sustainable growth. The work that is built on active collaboration with universities, research institutes and industry partners and customers. This commitment helps us develop solutions that genuinely create benefits for growers, the environment and society.
As a company deeply connected to the future of food production, our research plays a key role in supporting growers worldwide. It requires us to continuously ask:
How can we help produce healthier food, more efficiently, with fewer resources and a smaller climate footprint? This question drives our long‑term research agenda from substrate innovation to circular solutions and improved plant health.
On the Women in science day w e want to recognise not only Päivi’s leadership, but all women advancing science, technology and sustainable innovation. Their impact reaches far beyond the lab shaping the way we grow, produce and nourish our world.