Business development and bioeconomy

Good business development in rural areas requires the development and use of research-based knowledge. We research business development in district industries such as agriculture and forestry, aquaculture and fisheries, travel and tourism, use of outfield and the coastal zone.

In our research, we examine, among other things, the importance of the interaction between resource base, market, regulations and socio-cultural mechanisms. We research how new technology is used and how this affects business practice, and examine the living conditions and quality of life of business people and the local population.

Business development and bioeconomy

Latest about Business development and bioeconomy

One in three farmers wants climate advice

Agriculture is becoming increasingly complex: Improved advice can be part of the solution

Ground rent: Exporting a good principle?

Natalia Mamonova – senior researcher at RURALIS – has given an interview to the Ukrainian journal “Commons” about her project on “Food security, food sovereignty and collective action during the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian and global perspectives”.

Greenland and its growing tourism – how can it be sustainable?

Neoliberal Limits – Farmer Protests, Elections and the Far Right

The Ocean Decade – and the important questions

We have now set the timetable for the BluePlaces project

Manure gases and the risk for accidents in Norwegian agriculture

GRASS CEILING – Gender equality in rural and agricultural innovation systems

International Women’s Day on 8th March 2024

Blame the System, Not the Farmers

Evaluering av pilotperiode for tilskudd til klimarådgiving

RESTORE: Restoration of ecosystem functioning and biodiversity in semi-natural habitats under high pressure

LocalArctic: Contextualizing sustainable tourism through a local Arctic project funding program for sustainable event planning in Greenland

Opptrapping i jordbruket – Ei ny retning for å betre svara opp dei landbrukspolitiske måla

Let’s talk about animal welfare

Funding Future Welfare: Bioeconomy as the «New Oil» and the Sharing of Benefits from Natural Resources (BioShare)

LAMASUS – Land Management for Sustainability

R-2/23 Holdninger til økt samvær mellom ku og kalv blant norske forbrukere og meieri-og dagligvareaktører

Recruitment of workers to farm relief service

KARBONMAT: Designing sustainable business model (SBM) concepts for carbon sequestration in soils to transform the Norwegian food system

Grassland conservation across European landscapes protecting biodiversity and ecosystem services with ecological networks

Climate Smart Management for Resilient European Cropping Systems

SkillsRoad: analyzing mismatches between skills and regional economic development plans

A-17/23 Queen of the fields in wartime: what can Ukrainian corn tell us about the resilience of the global food system?

A-17/23 Queen of the fields in wartime: what can Ukrainian corn tell us about the resilience of the global food system?

A-15/23 Landscape Democracy and the Implementation of Renewable Energy Facilities

A-13/23 Socio-cultural conditions for social acceptance of bioeconomy transitions: the case of Norway

N-6/23 Holdninger til nye fôringredienser i jordbruk og norsk oppdrettsnæring, og muligheter for samarbeid på tvers av jordbruk og oppdrett. En kartlegging

A-12/23 Mjølketank med klimastempel – jordbruk, økologisk modernisering og «motvekst»

Agrisocial: Towards a socially sustainable green transition for agriculture and rural communities

R 5/23 Evaluering av en pilotstudie for lokal folkefinansiering av klimatiltak i norsk landbruk

A-12/23 Effects for global agriculture of country-specific climate policy regimes with a focus on methane

A-11/23 Interrelationships between cows, calves, and humans in cow-calf contact systems—An interview study among Norwegian dairy farmers

Welfarm: Improving animal welfare regulatory compliance in dairy and pig farming

A-10/23 Perceived effects of climate policy on rural areas and agriculture: A rural-urban divide

A-9/23 The politics of animal welfare: A scoping review of farm animal welfare governance

A-8/23 Good Animal Welfare in Norwegian Farmers’ context. Can both industrial and natural conventions be achieved in the social license to farm?

Cattle and machinery are often involved when accidents occur in agriculture

Climate Smart Management for Resilient European Cropping Systems

A-6/23 Towards gender inclusivity and equality in small-scale fisheries

The small-scale farmers in Ukraine hold the key to the future of food supply

A-5/23 Kvifor er det ikkje grunnrente i norsk jordbruk? om korleis verdiane frå jorda forsvann til kapitalen.

A-5/23 Kvifor er det ikkje grunnrente i norsk jordbruk? om korleis verdiane frå jorda forsvann til kapitalen.

R-1/23 Helse, miljø og sikkerhet i landbruket. Resultater fra en spørreundersøkelse blant norske bønder i 2022

R-1/23 Helse, miljø og sikkerhet i landbruket. Resultater fra en spørreundersøkelse blant norske bønder i 2022

Food security, food sovereignty and collective action during the war in Ukraine – Ukrainian and global perspectives

To succeed in restructuring in the districts, what does gender have to say?

One crop two diets – locally sourced feed for cow and chicken from biorefined forage

A-3/23 Ground rent from the Norwegian outfields and social sustainability in centre-periphery relations

A-1/23 Advancing AKIS with assemblage thinking

A-20/22 Crowdfunding of GHG mitigation measures in agriculture: A feasible contribution to the climate challenges? Sociocultural constraints and enablers in Norway

A-19/22 Potential demand for synthetic meat

A-18/22 Inducing Fear using Acoustic Stimuli – A Behavioural Experiment on Moose (Alces alces) in Sweden

New project researches climate-neutral agriculture in the EU

N-1/23 Towards a cellular food future: Final recommendations from the Protein 2.0 project to Norwegian policy makers and food system actors

Comment: Access to feed is also food security

A-17/22 Feminist and gender research in Norwegian farming and forestry (landbruk) contexts: Past and future directions

R-13/22 Tilrettelegging for reduserte klimagassutslipp på norske gårder

N-7/22 Demokratiske planleggingsprosesser for fornybare energisystemer i Norge – en oversikt over identifiserte samfunnstiltak

R-11/22 Helse, miljø og sikkerhet i reindrift. Funn fra kartlegging blant reindriftsutøvere

A-16/22 Promoting climate change mitigation in agriculture: do we need to account for family farm life-cycle?

A-15/22 Climate considerations aside: What really matters for farmers in their implementation of climate mitigation measures

R-12/22 Såret i Bygda – En kvalitativ studie av opplevelsen av demokratiske prosesser ved utbygging av vindkraft

A-14/22 Introduction to fishy feminisms: feminist analysis of fishery places

N-6/22 Fôr- og husdyrbaserte verdikjeder i norsk matproduksjon – nåsituasjon og begreper

Better drying techniques can reduce food waste

A-13/22 Critical support for different stages of innovation in agriculture: What, when, how?

Socio-economic Empowerment of coastal communities as users of the sea to ensure sustainable coastal development (EmpowerUs)

R-10/22 Trender i norsk landbruk 2022. En nasjonal spørreundersøkelse blant bønder i Norge

Building Resilient Blue Places? The importance of Equity and Blue Space in Assembling a Blue Economy in the context of Climate Change (BLUEPLACES)

A-12/22 Antimicrobial resistance in dairy slurry tanks: A critical point for measurement and control

Animal collisions – New approach to increase the safety on roads

DairyMix: Multi-criteria assessment, decision support and management tools for sustainable circular mixed farming systems for dairy production

A-11/22 Social integration mechanisms to strengthen absorptive capacity in agricultural advisory service organisations

N-4/22 Forslag til tiltak for mer bruk av lauvtre i bygg og mer gjenbruk av tre (forstudie)

N-3/22 Hvordan øke selvforsyningsgraden i norsk jordbruk?