News

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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DNA detects sources of water contamination

Published 29.06.2019

Feces that end up in water sources can be a health hazard. NIBIO researchers have developed a method that reveals from the source of contamination, i.e. whether the fecal matter is human or stems from various types of animals.

Milk farmers with microalgae in tubes

Published 22.06.2019

Can microalgae cultivated in glass tubes represent a financially sustainable supplement to milk production?

New version of Farm Maps availableon mobile devices

Published 14.06.2019

Now you can pull up farm maps wherever you are, thanks to thenew version of Farm Maps (Gårdskart) which works on both tablets and mobile phones.

Increased resistance to pesticides

Published 14.06.2019

Resistance and reduced sensitivity to several pesticides has been observed in strawberry, raspberry and oilseed rape in Norway.

Timber imports break Norwegian law

Published 10.06.2019

Norway imports significant volumes of illegal timber and wood products. This practice increases the risk of alien pests traveling in consignments spreading into Norwegian forests.

Is there enough wilderness for everyone?

Published 03.06.2019

Tourists, sheep, predators, cabin owners and farmers. All of them want a piece of wilderness. But the level of conflict is increasing, and grazing land tends to be the loser. This is the opinion of Researcher Bjørn Egil Flø, who is investigating why some types of partnerships succeed, while others clash.

Celebrating 100 years of national forest inventories

Published 30.05.2019

The Norwegian National Forest Inventory (NFI), established in 1919, has provided valuable information about Norway’s forest resources for more than 100 years.

New growing medium gives us greener fingers

Published 23.05.2019

Many years of research lie behind the growing medium that utilizes nutrients from garden and park compost, rock powder and poultry manure fertilizer.

South-south cooperation increases food security

Published 20.05.2019

By using smartphones and social media, local knowledge centers provide smallholders and marginal farmers in Tanzania and Kenya with quick and timely information, hence supporting them in adapting their farming practice to a steadily changing climate.

Malawian farms set out to protect and enhance biodiversity

Published 14.05.2019

A new project in Malawi highlights agro-biodiversity and aims to find ways of protecting species that are crucial for sustaining agricultural production. “An important and timely initiative considering the recent UN report which states that one million species are currently at the risk of extinction,” research professor at NIBIO says.

NIBIO innovation alerts farmers of agriculture pests in Africa, India and China

Published 03.05.2019

India, China and several African countries want to deploy NIBIO's VIPS system, which warns farmers of the threat of pests and diseases.

From dense swards to biodiverse roughs

Published 02.05.2019

Golf courses are not only playing areas for the game of golf, but they also have a large potential to support biodiversity and other ecosystem-services. For this reason, the project ‘ From dense swards to biodiverse roughs’ examines ways to lower soil fertility and create more open and biodiverse grasslands.

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