Division of Environment and Natural Resources
SINOGRAIN II
End: sep 2023
Start: oct 2018
Scientists from NIBIO and CAAS are working together using innovative technologies in order to improve productivity, food safety and sustainability in Chinese agriculture.
More information
Sinograin II| Status | Active |
| Start - end date | 01.10.2018 - 30.09.2023 |
| Division | Division of Environment and Natural Resources |
| Department | Biogeochemistry and Soil Quality |
| Partners | Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), China Agriculture University (CAU, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (HAAS), Harbin University (HAU), China National Rice Research Institute (CNRRI), Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (XAAS). |
| Total budget | NOK 20,2 mill |
Globally demand for food is growing while arable land is declining. The UN predicts global food demand will increase by 60% by 2050. However, only 20% of new food production is expected to come from expansion of new farming land.
A key to meeting the growing food demands will be a global shift towards more sustainable agricultural systems that reduce environmental footprints at the same time as increasing food production.
Precision farming and reduction of fertilizer and pesticide applications are two technologies that have proven to have great environmental and economic benefits in agricultural production in Norway.
Scientists from NIBIO, the Chinese Academy for Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and other Chinese partners will work together in a four-year project (Sinograin II) funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Beijing, using such innovative technologies in an effort to improve productivity, food safety and sustainability in Chinese agriculture.
The project is a step forward from the work done in the project Sinograin I, and one of the several ongoing collaborative projects between NIBIO and CAAS in China focusing on climate smart and sustainable food production.
Financing details
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs contributes 18.8 million of a total budget of 20.2 million NOK.
In addition to Sinograin II, NIBIO and the Chinese partners, especially CAAS, have received four other grants from EU-China H2020, RCN (Research Council of Norway) - NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China) joint calls and The Ministry of Agriculture and Food in Norway.
This has a total funding of approximately 68-70 million NOK for a period of 3-4 years (2018-2022).
Around 40 NIBIO staff is working on those projects.
Poster SINOGRAIN II
Report from Consultative Meeting on Fall Armyworm in Asia
Forebygging av eventuell global matsikkerhetskrise forårsaket av Covid-19-pandemien
Article written by Prof. Xiande Li, CAAS. Translated to Norwegian by Research Prof. Jihong Liu Clarke, NIBIO
Original Article written by Prof. Xiande Li, CAAS and published in Farmers's Daily, China
Article in Chineese
Publications in the project
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Xinbing Wang Yuxin Miao Rui Dong Hainie Zha Tingting Xia Zhichao Chen Krzysztof Kusnierek Guohua Mi Hong Sun Minzan LiAbstract
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Hainie Zha Yuxin Miao Tiantian Wang Yue Li Jing Zhang Weichao Sun Zhengqi Feng Krzysztof KusnierekAbstract
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Jiangsan Zhao Dmitry Kechasov Boris Rewald Gernot Bodner Michel Verheul Nicholas Clarke Jihong Liu ClarkeAbstract
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Zhichao Chen Yuxin Miao Junjun Lu Lan Zhou Yue Li Hongyan Zhang Weidong Lou Zheng Zhang Krzysztof Kusnierek Changhua LiuAbstract
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Ning Wang Huan Peng Shi-ming Liu Wen-kun Huang Ricardo Holgado Jihong Liu Clarke De-liang PengAbstract
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