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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Aiming to increase the quality of African meat production

Published 30.08.2018

The demand for livestock and poultry products is growing faster than the production in African countries. Local meat production covers part of the demand, while the rest is met by imports. The major constraints for production are inadequate feeds in terms of quality and quantity, diseases, poor genetics, and lack of commercial orientation.

Innovative research collaboration to improve food and nutrition security in Africa

Published 10.08.2018

Innovative sustainable agriculture technologies are being introduced in six African countries, through the collaborative research project InnovAfrica. The project aims to improve sustainable food and nutrition security in Africa.

Improved soil conditions in European forests

Published 04.05.2018

International agreements on acid rain have been effective. A recent study shows that the amount of sulphate, nitrate and aluminium in European forest soil waters has decreased dramatically.

InnovAfrica meeting held in Rwanda

Published 19.02.2018

Last week, InnovAfrica’s project partners met to review the project’s progress. The work carried out so far includes the initiation of six multi-actor platforms, data collection from 600 farmers in each of the six case countries and focus group discussions to assess the current situation and plan future actions.

SMARTCROP delivers interesting results on IPM tools

Published 08.02.2018

Innovative approaches and technologies for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to increase sustainable food production was the topic of the 3rd annual SMARTCROP meeting.

Brazilian and Norwegian researchers collaborating on sustainable food production

Published 01.02.2018

Innovative tools, approaches and policy instruments to increase adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies and minimize pesticide use is crucial for sustainable and financially viable food production.

UN’s World Soil Day: Saving our brown planet

Published 05.12.2017

Researchers from several disciplines and countries are currently working together with locals to reverse land damage and improve soil quality all over Europe.

“Plant perfume” attracts beneficial insects

Published 16.11.2017

Plant fragrances and floral buffer stripes are efficient tools to lure the aphid hunter lacewing into cereal fields, according to trials at the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO).

How will bioeconomy affect freshwater?

Published 30.10.2017

BioWater is a Nordic Centre of Excellence funded under Nordforsk’s Nordic program for bioeconomy. The kick-off meeting was held in Silkeborg, Denmark 17-19 October.

Chinese CAAS and NIBIO signed agreement on research collaboration

Published 30.08.2017

NIBIO and the Chinese agricultural academy CAAS have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on further collaboration on research and technology development related to food security, food safety and climate smart, sustainable agriculture.

First step towards increased food and nutritional security in Africa

Published 09.06.2017

"If agriculture goes wrong, nothing else will go right”, said Nils Vagstad (Director General at NIBIO), quoting Prof. M. S. Swaminathan at the opening of the InnovAfrica Kick-off meeting earlier this week. “This is important all over the world, but of particular importance to Africa.”

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.

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