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Climate-smart agriculture to ensure a food secure future

Published: 16.05.2017 (older than 5 years)

Thanks to the ClimaAdapt project, 90,000 Indian smallholders now have access to extensive knowledge on how they can adapt their agricultural practise to a changing climate.

Oat has most effective phosphorus uptake

Published: 21.03.2017 (older than 5 years)

A new PHD-thesis from NIBIO and NMBU has revealed oat to be the best crop to grow in poor soil conditions with less available phosphorus.

Working together against deforestation in Tanzania

Published: 09.03.2017 (older than 5 years)

NIBIO teams up with Tanzanian National Carbon Monitoring Center (NCMC) to establish the Tanzanian National Forest Monitoring System.

Decision-making tools tailor-made to local conditions are underway

Published: 07.03.2017 (older than 5 years)

European scientists will develop improved decision support tools that can help optimize disease control in the Nordic-Baltic region.

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Fire-scarred trees record 700 years of natural and cultural fire history in a northern forest

Published: 02.03.2017 (older than 5 years)

Until the modern era, the human mark on the northernmost forests of North America, Europe, and Asia was light. Human populations in these challenging environments were too small to make a big impact through agriculture or timber harvests. But increasing evidence indicates people influenced the northern forests indirectly, by igniting or suppressing fires.

New pest threatens crops in West Africa

Published: 13.01.2017 (older than 5 years)

In the last year, a South-American moth have caused great damage to maize and other crops in several West African countries. As a result, the food security of millions of people may be under threat. Now NIBIO is hoping to help increase the knowledge on this pest.

Integrated management of stink bugs in beans

Published: 29.12.2016 (older than 5 years)

In many tropical countries, stink bug-infestations are a severe problem in common bean production. A new PhD study looks at an integrated management system to control this agricultural pest.

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Challenge to restore degraded peatlands in Southeast-Asia

Published: 08.12.2016 (older than 5 years)

Large parts of the Southeast-Asian peatlands – one of the world’s biggest carbon pools – have been ruined by deforestation, plantations and fires. This week, Indonesia banned further destruction of the peatlands.

Recreation takes over from production at mountain summer farms

Published: 30.11.2016 (older than 5 years)

Mountain summer dairies have been used very extensively in Norway, and created a landscape with large biological and cultural values. But the summer dairy landscape is changing. What is the state of summer dairies today? Are they in use? Will the above-mentioned values be taken care of?