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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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.

En route towards greener charcoal

Published 25.02.2019

From agricultural residues to charcoal briquettes: Biofuel4Kenya is contributing to the development of a sustainable alternative to wood charcoal in Kenya.

Development may reduce heatwave impact

Published 29.01.2019

A new study published in Nature Communications suggests that global warming of 1.5 or 2°C will lead to more intense and frequent extreme heatwave events. Increased socio-economic development can, however, help reduce their impact on society in low development countries.

Satellite data may help farmers cope with too little or too much water

Published 07.01.2019

How much water does the soil contain? Whether it is too much or too little, it is crucial for farmers to know. Real soil moisture measurement, combined with information obtained using drones and satellite images may provide some answers.

Winter and snow - Image credit - Arne Steffenrem - NIBIO - Norwegian Forest Seed Center

Forests and climate: learning from the past to predict the future

Published 21.12.2018

Climate change is a global societal challenge. In order to prioritize mitigation and adaption options in the forest sector, increased knowledge about how forests affect climate and how climate affects forest is necessary. A new international research project, led by NIBIO, aims to fill this knowledge gap.

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