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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Increased climate resilience and higher yields: Promising project results from India

Published 26.11.2019

One year on, results from the Resilience project in India show higher yields following the implementation of new agronomic practises and improved climate resilient rice varieties. Further activities which address food and nutrition security are being carried out, along with the development and use of innovative digital applications to enhance precision-based agriculture.

Sinograin II project: Tomorrow’s development collaboration

Published 12.09.2019

Norwegian and Chinese scientists are sharing knowledge and experience for better food security in the Sinograin II project. –This is the future of development cooperation, says Counsellor for Development Marte Torskenæs from the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Beijing.

Celebrating fifteen years of research collaboration in China

Published 22.08.2019

NIBIO has had 15 years of successful research collaboration with China. Now, the aim is to expand the collaboration further in biotechnologies, bioeconomy and waste recycling for the circular economy.

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.

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.

Scientific cooperation on bioeconomy research between NIBIO (Norway) and CNR (Italy)

Published 01.04.2019

Today, an important bilateral agreement on scientific cooperation was signed in Rome between the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) and the Italian National Research Council (CNR). The agreement promotes research cooperation through joint projects within bioeconomy.

Beneficial fungus as bodyguard in strawberry plants

Published 28.03.2019

Scientists have found a beneficial fungus that functions as a bodyguard in strawberry plants. Experiments show that it protects against pests and seemingly also plant diseases – as well as increasing plant growth.

Nutrient recycling needed in order to reach clean water in China

Published 14.03.2019

Postdoc researcher Xiao Huang from NIBIO Særheim is one of the co-authors of a recently published article in Nature. The article, “Managing nitrogen to restore water quality in China”, is focusing on quantifying the critical nitrogen (N) discharge threshold in China, and assessing potential approaches to restoring a clean water environment.

International Women’s Day: Closing the gender gap among smallholders

Published 08.03.2019

Empowering women is a key factor in Resilience and InnovAfrica, two projects working towards improving the agricultural productivity and adaptive capacity of smallholders in India and the Sub-Saharan Africa.

Contributing to food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Published 28.02.2019

By actively involving stakeholders and integrating relevant agri-food systems with institutional and extension services, the InnovAfrica project is well on its way towards improving food and nutrition security in six African countries.

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