Division of Food Production and Society
Cultivating sustainable changes in livestock feed production and feeding practices (Feed&Feeding)
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End: dec 2028
Start: jan 2025
The project will evaluate various strategies for feed production and feeding practices to enhance the sustainability of Norway's food system and support national agricultural policy goals. These strategies include adjusting livestock diets, improving breeding and animal health, and introducing new protein sources for feed. The project will assess environmental impacts, such as land use changes, greenhouse gas emissions, soil carbon levels, nutrient balances, and biodiversity, as well as socioeconomic impacts, including food security, economic and social sustainability, and the viability of rural communities.
Project participants
Valborg Kvakkestad Grete Stokstad Anne Kari Bergjord Olsen Ola Flaten Bjørn Egil Flø Håvard Steinshamn Anne Kjersti Bakken Helge Bonesmo Vilde Haarsaker Egil Prestløkken Anna Hessle| Status | NOT_TRANSLATED |
| Start - end date | 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2028 |
| Project manager | Nhat Strøm-Andersen |
| Division | Division of Food Production and Society |
| Department | Economics and Society |
| Partners | Norwegian University of Life Sciences NMBU, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU, Animalia AS, Felleskjøpet Fôrutvikling AS, Geno R&D AS, Green House AS, and Norsvin R&D AS |
| Total budget | 10000000 |
| Funding source | Research Council of Norway |
To provide a comprehensive sustainability assessment, we will use a Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) framework to evaluate the sustainability of the strategies, considering potential conflicts and win-win opportunities. The project will integrate methods from various disciplines, including data compilation, livestock diet optimization, farm sector modelling, surveys, interviews, and workshops, to generate scores for the MCA.
Next, we will use the results of the sustainability analysis to explore how sustainable strategies can be implemented effectively. This will start with interviews and surveys of key actors in existing value chains to understand how social, cultural, and economic factors influence feed production and feeding practices. We will also investigate how creating efficient value chains for alternative protein sources could help address challenges in the livestock sector and how policy changes can promote sustainable practices. The policy analysis will be based on linear programming results, indicating how policy measures can be applied, and insights from the surveys and interviews with value chain actors.