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Combined map data reveals built-down farmland

Published 17.02.2021

With a clear and intensified soil protection goal, there is a growing need for reliable figures of how much cultivated land is built down every year.

Turister på besøk i Virgohamna på Svalbard. Foto Anne-Cathrine Flyen - NIKU

Cultural heritage vs. climate and tourism

Published 10.02.2021

Due to climate change and increased tourism, wooden cultural heritage sites are degrading more quickly than expected. Researchers are now investigating how tourism and climate affect vulnerable cultural heritage sites in Svalbard and on the Hardanger Plateau.

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Ten facts about the Norwegian food industry

Published 26.01.2023

Norway is exporting and importing more food than ever. Seafood is often exported, while processed foods and agricultural products are often imported. Seafood is the largest single industry.

New model changes erosion risk map

Published 20.01.2021

In 2021 NIBIO launched two erosion risk maps that show the estimated risk of sheet erosion and ephemeral gully erosion on agricultural land. The maps are based on a new model using local climate data.

High content of herbicide residues in organic fertilizers

Published 20.12.2020

This summer, hobby growers in Norway and Sweden experienced that their tomato and cucumber plants were not growing well. Pyralid herbicides in organic fertilizers were identified as a possible cause.

Coping with challenges in Kenyan biofuel project: First flooding, then COVID-19

Published 17.12.2020

This Biofuel4Kenya-project has faced unexpected risks this year; first a major flooding, followed by Covid-19 putting local communities in a highly vulnerable state.

InnovAfrica Food recipe sharing_Laifolo Dakishoni

Interdisciplinary innovations boosting food security in Africa

Published 16.12.2020

InnovAfrica is an ambitious project, focusing on sustainable agriculture to improve food and nutritional security in Africa.

Keep your soils alive

Published 04.12.2020

This year’s World Soil Day is dedicated to the theme “Keep soil alive, protect soil biodiversity” – a key element of the Soil-improving Cropping Systems that are being tested as part of the SoilCare project.

Figures show Norwegian self-sufficiency

Published 15.05.2020

In 2019, the self-sufficiency ratio, or the amount of domestic food consumption calculated as caloric intake, was 43%. If we exclude fish, the ratio is 42%. Adjusted for imported feed concentrate, it falls to 34%. In the last 10 years, it has varied from 41% to 48%.