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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.
Commercial farming of Atlantic salmon globally has developed rapidlyover the last two decades and is now above 2 million tons. Norway alone stands for more than 1.1 million tons (2013).
Optimization of produce quality and storage conditions to reduce loss during long-term storage of root vegetables in Norway
In many European counries, drained peatlands are being re-wetted to recreate natural biodiversity and store carbon. It is not known how effective this is, and this project, REPEAT, is trying to answer it.
Development of a plant biotechnology platform for low cost production of industrial enzymes to boost biorefinery of lignocellulose biomass.