Division of Food Production and Society
Carbon storage in long- and short-term grasslands
The project aims to assess how to combine grassland productivity and C sequestration in Norwegian forage production.
Projects
NIBIO is a project driven research institute and collects approximately 100 million NOK annually in project funding from both national and international sources. A lot of activity is carried out through EU and EEA-projects and we also participate in research projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America. NIBIO coordinates several large international projects with a particular focus on food security and climate change. The list of projects is not complete.
Division of Environment and Natural Resources
EPIC ROADS - Ecology in Practice: improving infrastructure habitats along roads
Habitats related to Transport Infrastructures (HTI) may reduce negative impacts on biodiversity and improve landscape connectivity, given their proper design and construction. Here the transportation sector can contribute to halt the loss of biodiversity and secure ecosystem services in Europe through planning, construction and management based on ecological knowledge.
Refined forage legumes as local sources of protein feed for monogastrics and high quality fibre feed for ruminants in organic production
Protein supplementation is a challenge in organic livestock production. Use of imported protein feeds on organically managed farms limits the recycling of nutrients. Fractionation of forage legumes, through novel harvesting and biorefining techniques, into protein- and fibre-rich feeds for monogastrics and ruminants, respectively, can increase farm self-sufficiency with feed. Economic, environmental and social sustainability needs to be taken into account when developing concepts for localised food systems.
Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health
InnoLED: Red, white and blue LED lights in urban lettuce production