Everything from burger meat to egg whites can now be produced without the involvement of a living animal, with many…
Business Development
Mental health in agriculture
How we experience the workplace is of great importance to our mental health. An occupational group in Norway that often…
Business Development
FAIRshare: Digital tools for farm advisors
The inventory of tools will be accessible to end-users on an intuitively navigable online interface that has been co- designed…
Funding Future Welfare: Bioeconomy as the «New Oil» and the…
We will carry out an interdisciplinary analysis of the institutional system for benefit-sharing in the hydropower and petroleum sectors, which…
GoodAnimal: Animal Welfare for Sustainable Futures
GoodAnimal’s primary objective is to acquire knowledge that will mitigate threats and increase opportunities for sustainable farm and industry practices.…
Agri-Impact: the Agriculture Policy Decision Support Tool
This tool, named Agri-Impact, can be used to assist policy-makers in understanding how their policy decisions affect several impact categories;…
Agriculture and farmers in transition – between economics, political changes…
Den strategiske instituttsatsingen (SIS) Landbruk og bønder i endring – mellom økonomi, politiske skift og grønne trender, skal bidra til…
Rural communities: between resilience and vulnerability
This is obtained by generating knowledge on how local as well as national resources may or should be managed to…
LIAISON – Better Rural Innovation: Linking Actors, Instruments and Policies…
Researchers, policy advisors, actors from interactive innovation projects, initiatives and networks, farm/forestry advisors, decision-makers and administrators will jointly investigate the…
Interaction between the surrounding communities Lurøy, Nesna, Hemnes and the…
Utredningen skal gi et godt kunnskapsgrunnlag om hvordan regionens befolkning (både fastboende, næringsutviklere og fritidshuseiere) vurderer og opplever utfordringer og…
Kommunetilpasset forebygging og behandling – overvekt og fedme blant bygdebarn…
In this project we will 1) build knowledge about why upbringing in rural areas is a risk factor for obesity…
Business Development
Young farmers and mental health
I kartleggingen så er vi nå i gang med å analysere data fra en web-basert spørreundersøkelse gjennomført blant et representativt…
Refined forage legumes as local sources of protein feed for…
This will include knowledge about forage legume production, techniques for fractionation and preservation of the crops, economic and environmental impacts,…
Political organization, local democracy and community involvement before and after…
In part 1 of the assignment, will Ruralis investigate the political organization before and after municipality amalgamations in seven amalgamated…
Business Development
Transitions in the outfields
In Norway, the outfields [utmark] are understood as mainly uncultivated countryside areas such as forest and upland, and make up…
Business Development
Investigation of forest owner-oriented outreach activities
A summary shall be made of what has been done of forest owner-oriented outreach activities in the coastal areas and…
Business Development
Improving farmers’ competence by more efficient interaction between farmer, advisory…
The future of the Norwegian agriculture sector depends on an effective knowledge and innovation system. This project aims to strengthen…