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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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Alarming discovery of imported Phytophthora

Published 16.06.2020

Species in the microorganism genus Phytophthora are crossing the border on imported plants and have killed trees both in landscape areas and natural environments. One study observed Phytophthora in 37.6% of imported woody ornamental plants.

Healthy food for Africa

Published 15.06.2020

The main aim of the new project HealthyFoodAfrica is to improve nutrition in Africa. This will be done by strengthening the diversity, sustainability, resilience and connectivity of food systems.

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Regional seed mixtures of wildflowers

Published 13.06.2020

More and more public agencies and private garden owners are replacing their immaculately kept lawns by colourful wildflower meadows. But establishing such a meadow is not necessarily that easy. Now researchers are providing advice on regional adaptations.

International development research in times of COVID-19

Published 12.06.2020

The recent COVID-19 situation has posed challenges to many of NIBIOs international projects. It has however also fuelled several innovative ways to work remotely through digital applications, online tools and other methods.

Updated webpage for NIBIO’s Centre for International Development

Published 10.06.2020

The Centre for International Development (CID) of the Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) aims to make NIBIO a more relevant and competitive player in international Research and development. The recently updated CID webpage provides information about our three regions of particular focus, and the ongoing initiatives.

New map for vegetables, grain and grass

Published 08.06.2020

Norway has a huge variety of natural conditions for plant cultivation. To ensure sustainable Norwegian food production, the land with the greatest potential for plant cultivation must be used for food production.

DNA testing to be performed on Pink Salmon

Published 01.06.2020

In 2017, pink salmon were reported in more than half of the salmon rivers in Norway, mainly in Northern Norway, Central Norway and Western Norway, including Rogaland. Two years later, there were even more of them.

Testing timothy grass in northern Norway

Published 29.05.2020

Timothy grass is the most important forage grass in Northern Norway, but which variety is best suited to cope with the winter conditions? Researchers have tested different varieties of timothy grass for factors such as tolerance to ice cover.

Surveying cross-border elk in Pasvikdalen

Published 28.05.2020

Not everyone needs a visa to cross the heavily guarded northerly border between Norway and Russia. Every winter, dozens of elk cross the Pasvikelva river from east to west, and their numbers seem to be increasing.

Humans are the missing link between natural and social sciences

Published 27.05.2020

Solutions for the transition to become a sustainable society are often high-tech, take biofuel plants as an example. Fancy technology, political strategies and economic support schemes are, however, useless if humans are not able to adapt and cooperate across sectors.

How degradable is biodegradable plastic?

Published 23.05.2020

More and more farmers are replacing conventional plastic mulch with biodegradable mulch film that can be tilled directly into the soil after use. Researchers are now examining how degradable it is in Norwegian conditions.

Building industry waste can be reduced

Published 20.05.2020

In 2017, the building and construction industry generated around 2 million tonnes of waste. High costs, lack of appropriate technology and limitations in the applicable regulations are preventing greater reuse and recycling of construction components and waste fractions.

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