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Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

Research institute for bioeconomy, agriculture and food production

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  1. News article

    NIBIO launches an interactive dashboard making agricultural economics back to 1959 accessible to everyone

    • NIBIO has made a new web page with charts showing the economy of Norwegian agriculture from 1959 to today. Before, the figures sat in large tables that were hard to understand.
    • The figures come from the Budget Committee for Agriculture (BFJ), set up in 1948. It prepares the basis for the annual agricultural negotiations between the farmers' organisations and the state. NIBIO has been its secretariat from the start.
    AgricultureDigitalisationPublic administration
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  2. News article

    NIBIO trials at Apelsvoll show good prospects for growing more garlic in Norway

    • NIBIO has grown garlic at Apelsvoll for the first time. The bulbs were large and fine, and researchers think Norway can produce more. There were two trial plots: one for varieties and one for making seed garlic (garlic for planting) more efficiently.
    • Norway imports about 1,500 tonnes of garlic each year, mostly from China, Spain and Argentina. Since 2024, four producers in Stange have tried growing garlic for sale, but they mostly have to figure it out themselves.
    AgricultureScience
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  3. Report

    Northern Norwegian farmers invest to save labour and secure the farm's future, not just for profit

    • NIBIO researchers asked 461 farmers in Nordland, Troms and Finnmark about investments in 2018–2025. They also interviewed ten farmers in depth. The study mostly covers machinery. 71% kept dairy cows or sheep.
    • Nearly 80% of farmers say it is somewhat to very important to work less on the farm. Many farmers work much more than other employees, and distances in Northern Norway are long.
    AgricultureAnimal welfareBusiness
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  4. News article

    NIBIO investigates how resource recycling could make vertical farming more viable in Norway

    • Researcher Dmitry Kechasov at NIBIO is studying how to improve vertical farming. This means growing plants indoors in stacked layers with artificial light, where temperature, light, water, CO₂ and nutrients are controlled. He looks at plant knowledge and reuse of resources.
    • The biggest problem is money. Buildings, equipment, lights and climate control are expensive and use a lot of energy. It is hard to compete on price with normally grown vegetables.
    AgricultureScienceSustainability
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  5. News article

    EU project FULCRUM brings Northern Norway's whole food system together to make it more robust and circular

    • FULCRUM is a new project paid for by the EU and led by the research institute NIBIO. It looks at how food in Europe can be produced more sustainably and with better use of the resources we already have.
    • In Northern Norway, farmers, fishers, businesses, authorities, consumers and researchers meet in a "Living Lab" (a lab where everyone works together). The first meeting was in Bodø in June.
    AgricultureFisheriesPreparedness
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  6. Report

    NIBIO study: Fish sludge from land-based aquaculture needs further processing before use as fertiliser

    • Fish sludge contains nitrogen and phosphorus, but the experiment showed plants absorbed very little nitrogen from the sludge – sometimes it had no effect or even a slightly negative one.
    • The experiment tested four sludge types from one fish farm in Bulandet. The sludge differed by feed type used and whether it was rinsed with fresh or salt water.
    AgricultureAquaculturePollution
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  7. News article

    Major soil-mapping gap in Western Norway prompted the Roads Administration to commission NIBIO surveys along planned road corridors

    • Only 15 in every 100 acres of farmland in Vestland county have been soil-mapped. In Eastern Norway counties the figure is around 95 in 100, leaving Western Norway with a major information gap.
    • The Roads Administration (SVV) needed this data to assess farmland loss on the same basis as other factors – such as nature and cultural heritage – when comparing road route options.
    AgriculturePlan and areaRoad
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  8. Report

    50-year trials confirm: East European spruce outgrows Norwegian spruce in Norwegian conditions

    • Spruce trees grown from seeds collected in Czechia, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine and Belarus grew taller and thicker than Norwegian spruce in two Norwegian test plots – confirmed by measurements taken in 1982 and 2012.
    • The trials were set up in 1968–1969: researchers planted 72–80 spruce types from across Europe to find out which grow best in Norway.
    AgricultureClimateNature
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  9. News article

    Solhatt organic horticulture wins Norway's PLANTEARVEN Award 2026 for reviving 27 traditional vegetable varieties

    • On 22 September 2026, Solhatt organic horticulture received the PLANTEARVEN Prize from Norway's Genetic Resource Centre (NIBIO) in Oslo. The award recognises outstanding work to preserve and actively use old plant varieties.
    • Solhatt was started in 2011 by two Dutch gardeners, Jasper Kroon and Tom Boersma. In 2012 they began taking old Norwegian varieties out of the Nordic seed bank NordGen, growing them and selling the seeds.
    AgriculturePreparednessSustainability
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  10. News article

    NIBIO and Nordre Follo municipality launch project to reduce flooding and erosion in the Kråkstad River using local knowledge and nature-based measures

    • NIBIO, Vannområde Morsa, Nordre Follo municipality and Follo landbrukskontor are working together to create a plan to reduce flooding and erosion in the Kråkstad River. The work is funded by the Norwegian Environment Agency and runs until 2028.
    • On 7 September, residents, landowners and developers met at Kråkstad community centre and used maps to identify spots most at risk of flooding and erosion.
    AgricultureClimateMunicipalities
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