Division of Food Production and Society
SCANGREEN
A testing program for turfgrass species and varieties on sand-based golf greens in Scandinavia.
Projects
NIBIO is a project driven research institute and collects approximately 400 million NOK annually in project funding from both national and international sources. A lot of activity is carried out through EU and EEA-projects and we also participate in research projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America. NIBIO coordinates several large international projects with a particular focus on food security and climate change. The list of projects is not complete.
Division of Forest and Forest Resources
Increased valorisation of domestic timber by a novel wood modification system
Sustainable forestry providing timber, solves societal challenges with green chemistry, giving economical growth through durable wood products
Division of Environment and Natural Resources
CARBO-FERTIL : Implementing biochar-fertilizer solution in Norway for climate and food production benefits
Norway is strongly committed to the Paris Climate Agreement with an ambitious goal of 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emission by 2030. In this context, the land sector has the unique capacity to actively removing CO
Improved monitoring and control of wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in Norwegian potato production
Wireworms are soil-dwelling larvae of click beetles, of which some are important pests of crops like potatoes, cereals and root crops. In potato tubers and root crops, the larvae reduce yield and quality by making holes, tunnels or surface wounds and scars. Until the 1990s, wireworm control relied mainly on the use of synthetic insecticides. Most of these are now banned, mainly due to environmental and health issues. In Norway, damage from wireworms has so far been a minor problem, but are now increasing at an alarming rate. However, updated knowledge of which wireworm species that are most damaging in Norwegian potato production, their life-cycles and host preferences, are lacking. At present, direct and effective pest control tools are missing, and alternative methods to reduce the wireworm populations are needed.