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Popularisation of research results is an important part of NIBIO’s communication work. We publish several news items every week, mainly in Norwegian. News in English is also produced and can be found here in our english news archive.

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Gliricidia intercropping in Zambia shows promising results

Published 25.11.2021

Combining conservation practices with Gliricidia treatment is proving positive for both nutrition and soil health on maize, soybean, and groundnut trial plots in Zambia.

Coffee husk mulch in strawberry beneficial for biological control

Published 04.11.2021

Brazilian scientists have discovered an unexpected benefit from using coffee pulp mulch to protect strawberries: The number of beneficial mites and fungus increased significantly in the field.

Antarctic sea-ice plays an important role in regulating Earth’s energy budget

Published 29.10.2021

Using decades of satellite observations, Finnish and Norwegian scientists calculated the warming effect caused by changes in the snow and ice cover of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. The expansion of Antarctic sea-ice between 2000 and 2015 balanced out the melting of the Arctic region by creating a cooling effect, but significant reduction in Antarctic sea-ice during 2016–2018 completely reversed the trend. These results highlight the previously little-known but important role of the Antarctic sea-ice in regulating Earth’s energy budget.

A climate-smart success story for African agriculture

Published 14.10.2021

InnovAfrica has taken an innovative and integrated approach to improve the food and nutrition security for thousands of smallholders in six African countries.

Climate-smart rice cultivation system shows promising results

Published 13.10.2021

Results from the Resilience project in India show that direct seeding of rice is a viable option for climate-smart rice production in water-scarce areas.

High methane emissions found from composting digested food waste

Published 12.08.2021

In comparison to the greenhouse gas emissions from composting untreated waste, composting digestate left after biogas production can cause significantly higher methane emissions to the atmosphere, a new study reveals.

Plant parasitic nematodes harm pineapple crop yields in Kenya

Published 10.05.2021

A new study indicates there is a high level of infection from plant parasitic nematodes in pineapple in Kenya, contributing to low yields. Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN) cause significant yield reduction in commercial pineapple worldwide.

Blue-green food production in Norwegian prison

Published 22.04.2021

In Evje women’s prison in the southern part of Norway, inmates learn how to make mini hydroponics and aquaponics units. These are units where plants grow in water, with or without fish co-existing in the same system.

Sharing knowledge: VIPS on exclusive UN list for open source digital goods

Published 19.02.2021

NIBIO’s VIPS pest prediction platform has been chosen from almost 500 nominees to be on an exclusive list of currently 22 innovative openly licensed technologies.

High content of herbicide residues in organic fertilizers

Published 20.12.2020

This summer, hobby growers in Norway and Sweden experienced that their tomato and cucumber plants were not growing well. Pyralid herbicides in organic fertilizers were identified as a possible cause.

Coping with challenges in Kenyan biofuel project: First flooding, then COVID-19

Published 17.12.2020

This Biofuel4Kenya-project has faced unexpected risks this year; first a major flooding, followed by Covid-19 putting local communities in a highly vulnerable state.

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Interdisciplinary innovations boosting food security in Africa

Published 16.12.2020

InnovAfrica is an ambitious project, focusing on sustainable agriculture to improve food and nutritional security in Africa.

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