Articles

Celebrating 100 years of national forest inventories

Published 30.05.2019

The Norwegian National Forest Inventory (NFI), established in 1919, has provided valuable information about Norway’s forest resources for more than 100 years.

New growing medium gives us greener fingers

Published 23.05.2019

Many years of research lie behind the growing medium that utilizes nutrients from garden and park compost, rock powder and poultry manure fertilizer.

South-south cooperation increases food security

Published 20.05.2019

By using smartphones and social media, local knowledge centers provide smallholders and marginal farmers in Tanzania and Kenya with quick and timely information, hence supporting them in adapting their farming practice to a steadily changing climate.

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.

From ashes to ashes, dust to dust

Published 29.04.2019

Norwegian graveyards are filling up, and many need to expand. Researchers are currently investigating the soil conditions in these new areas to ensure that the contents of the coffins will decompose naturally, something which is not the case everywhere.

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Hay meadows save lives – if we save them

Published 05.04.2019

Our insects are starving. As one of the most biodiverse natural environments we have, blooming hay meadows could help save them. A new guide for restoration and management of hay meadows are published. The objective is to preserve the tradition of managing this critically endangered nature type and to increase the biodiversity that provides habitats for insects.

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.

Soils can store large amounts of carbon

Published 01.04.2019

In one of the reports that formed the basis of the agricultural policy negotiations in 2019, 10 methods to increase carbon sequestration in soil were evaluated. Cover crops is the climate measure that emerges as best overall, however biochar has the highest carbon sequestration potential.

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.

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New knowledge about cultivable peatland

Published 27.03.2019

A map-based method is generating better knowledge about cultivable land in Norway and how much of it is mire and peatland.

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