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.

NO EN

Climate-smart agriculture to ensure a food secure future

Published 16.05.2017

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

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

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

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

Bilde 1 c - Skogbrann - Foto Ken Olaf Storaunet - NIBIO_cropped.jpg

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

Published 02.03.2017

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

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

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.

Peat swamp forest from above_Central Kalimantan_Jauhiainen_cropped.jpg

Challenge to restore degraded peatlands in Southeast-Asia

Published 08.12.2016

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.

Feeding a growing population

Published 02.11.2016

Adaptation to climate change will be the most important task in order to secure enough food for a growing global population. If we are to succeed in this challenge, our main focus and starting point should be the farmers.

International cooperation on mycotoxin management

Published 31.10.2016

NIBIO, The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, is happy to announce that we team up as a partner in MyToolBox - Safe Food and Feed through an Integrated ToolBox for Mycotoxin Management, a large project within the EU Horizon2020 programme.

Indo-Norwegian collaboration to boost bioeconomy

Published 08.09.2016

Bioeconomy has the potential to create a green growth and economy in Norway and globally, but this requires an emphasis on knowledge and innovation. Now Norway is joining forces with India to make this happen.

God stemning når Nobelprisvinner i medisin, Sir Richard Roberts, besøkte NIBIO og B4B-konferansen. Fra venstre: Divisjonsdirektør Arne Hermansen, adm. dir. Nils Vagstad, Sir R. Roberts og seniorforsker og konferanseansvarlig Jihong Liu Clarke.

Game changing opportunities in biotechnology

Published 23.08.2016

New and awe-inspiring developments in biotechnology could be crucial to the future of both food production and medicine, according to Nobel laureate Sir Richard Roberts , who spoke at a recent biotechnology conference organised by NIBIO in Norway.

Address	Postboks 115 NO-1431 Ås
Phone	+47 406 04 100
E-mail	post@nibio.no