Posts by Odd Roger Langørgen
International Women’s Day on 8th March 2024
Achieving gender equality and women’s well-being in all aspects of life is more crucial than ever if we want to create prosperous economies and a healthy planet. Kudos to all the women in our Living Labs who are breaking new ground, developing innovations and co-learning through mutual support. They are sowing the seeds for future…
Read MoreBlame the System, Not the Farmers
The following material is republished with the permission of ARC2020 and was originally published on ARC2020’s website on February 1, 2024. Over the past couple of months, many angry farmers have taken tractors to the streets of major cities in protest. At first glance, the protests appear to have very little in common. In France…
Read MoreCitizens’ engagement is essential for an efficient green transition
Written by Maria Eklöf, Head of Communications, Nordic Energy Research. Dr Kristian Borch, who is Senior Researcher at Ruralis – Norwegian institute for Rural and Regional Research, and Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Department of Sustainable Energy Planning, will hold a session on citizen involvement in renewable energy. Nordic Energy Research asked him to elaborate on this important…
Read MoreCattle and machinery are often involved when accidents occur in agriculture
Almost 7 out of 100 farmers have experienced accidents on the farm in the past year and 1 in 10 have experienced near miss or incident of in the same period. Accidents often occur when livestock is moved and when machines and tractors are used. This is shown by a survey on health, environment and…
Read MoreThe small-scale farmers in Ukraine hold the key to the future of food supply
Many countries depend on food exports from Russia and Ukraine – the so-called “breadbaskets of the world”. The war in Ukraine has shown how fragile and unreliable the global export-dependent food system is. Smallholder farmers in Ukraine have shown that the local food system is resilient, sustainable, and capable of producing and distributing food even…
Read MoreTo succeed in restructuring in the districts, what does gender have to say?
To succeed in restructuring in the districts, what does gender have to say? Contact persons Madeleine Gustavsson Senior Researcher madeleine.gustavsson@ruralis.no Maja Farstad Research Manager/Senior Researcher maja.farstad@ruralis.no Svein Frisvoll Director svein.frisvoll@ruralis.no Research areas CompetenceGender and gender equalityGender, gender equality and integrationInnovation Farmers FarmersHES (Health, Environment and Safety) FarmersFood and food production Agriculture and business developmentAquacultureDevelopment researchFarmingGender…
Read MoreNational Day in the Shadow of Fosen
By Henrikke Sæthre Ellingsen, NTNU/Ruralis For the second year in a row, the national day took place under the shadow of the Fosen judgment –the Sami reindeer herders on the Fovsen-Njaarke/Fosen peninsula are still fighting against the wind power plant that was completed there in 2019. The wind power plant, which is owned by Fosen…
Read MoreNew project researches climate-neutral agriculture in the EU
As part of the EU’s Green Deal and in line with the European Climate Act, the EU has set itself a binding goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050. The land use sector can play a vital role in achieving these goals, as it has greater potential for carbon sequestration than any other sector. It…
Read MoreComment: Access to feed is also food security
The use of new feed ingredients can solve this challenge, but at the same time the feed competition with livestock in agriculture might increase. Nevertheless, more use of Norwegian-based feed ingredients can strengthen food security. A report from Nofima shows that in 2020, 8 per cent of the volume of feed used for salmon feed…
Read MoreBetter drying techniques can reduce food waste
In the two Asian mountain countries of Nepal and Bhutan, large parts of the population live outside cities, and agriculture is the most important source of income for most. A common problem is that large parts of the crops are lost after harvest, because the farmers lack the facilities and technology to store and preserve…
Read MoreThe new oil
News from the Bioshare-project: Anne Margrete Brigham (Ruralis) and Jonathon Moses’ (NTNU) article from the Norwegian Journal of Political Science has been translated into English on the blog https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2022/05/17/norway-the-once-and-future-georgist-kingdom/ and was released on Norway’s constitution day, 17th of May celebrating both the National day and how Norway has succeeded in developing a welfare state combining…
Read MoreThe Grain, the War and our Food Security
War breeds food shortages, food shortages breed war. But it’s more complicated than that. Today, the war in Ukraine is triggering what could be the third and worst global food crisis since World War II. This has brought the debate on grain storage to the top of the political agenda. The first food and raw…
Read MoreArtificial meat as a mirror of society
Such products, it is said, will be able to provide future consumers with affordable and satisfactory alternatives to ‘conventional’ meat and alleviate concerns about the meat’s consequences for animal welfare or climate change. In a decade, the production price of an artificial burger has dropped from €250,000 to around 10. A pilot plant and test…
Read MoreRuralis research on gender and equity in EU project
EmpowerUs has a framework of NOK 60 million over three years, and it will take place in coastal communities in six different countries. The project is led by Nordland Research, with Ruralis as a co-collaborator with responsibilities across several parts of the project. The aim of EmpowerUs is to develop tools and methods so that…
Read MoreNow you can test whether new technology is ready to be used
By Bjørg Bruset The new balanced readiness level assessment (BRLa) calculator will help developers, equipment dealers, incubators and consultants assess a product’s technological, market, legal, societal and organizational maturity. The readiness calculator can be used for free by anyone. Results can be cited as from the “Ruralis readiness calculator”. The calculator has been developed for…
Read MoreKick-off for the development of new solutions in the feeding system
The two-day meeting was held virtually this December after the corona situation indicated that a physical start-up meeting could not go ahead. The energy and commitment among the 45 participants was nevertheless high, and everything is in place for further collaboration that is both professionally innovative and highly relevant for politics and industry. The project…
Read MoreNordic conference for rural research: Finland, Spring 2022
The Nordic conference for rural research is an interdisciplinary forum with an emphasis on research relevant to the Nordic countries. The conference’s website with important dates, other information and, eventually, possibilities for registration, is to be found here: https://sites.uef.fi/ruralities/ Please note that the deadline for submitting proposals for working groups is December 12th 2021.
Read MoreWhat do we do with resistant bacteria in agriculture?
The use of antibiotics in Norwegian agriculture has been cut by 44 per cent since 1995, but this has not been enough to prevent bacteria in domestic animals from developing resistance to antibiotics (so-called ‘antimicrobial resistance’). In 2013, bacteria with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) were detected in pigs and poultry, and costly measures were implemented to counter this threat. But more fundamental steps are needed…
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