SUSFEED – Sustainable feed production from Norwegian bio-resources for livestock and aquaculture

The aim of SUSFEED is to develop an in-depth understanding of the feed system: how feed can be harvested, produced, processed and distributed to supply the growing and changing needs of Norway’s agri- and aquacultural sectors.

Foto: Colourbox
Foto: Colourbox

For this, we will apply a systems approach to mapping the domestic feed system and, using a systems model, conduct environmental, social and economic sustainability assessments. SUSFEEDs multi-disciplinary team involves researchers from the social sciences, biology, agronomy, nutrition and technology, working closely with 18 business partners, stakeholders and other interest groups involved in the feed value chain. Our primary output will be a model of the Norwegian feed supply system that maps potential domestic feed ingredients, their potential for industrial up-scaling and sustainability. This will provide the basis for the establishment of a future feed supply system that operates across sectors and incorporates potentially disruptive technologies and innovation the coming decades. The project is at present in process of establishment.

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Farmer provides concentrate for cows

Comment: 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…

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Kick-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…

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Publications

  • Report

2025

R-6/25 Sosial bærekraft i verdikjeder for fôr

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Rapporten er en del av forskningsprosjektet SusFeed (Sustainable feed production from Norwegian bio-resources for livestock and aquaculture) som er finansiert av Norges Forskningsråd. Hovedmålet med denne rapporten er å undersøke den sosiale delen av bærekraft, og først og fremst finne frem til relevante kategorier og indikatorer som brukes for vurdering av sosial bærekraft. Dette gjøres gjennom ulike metodiske tilnærminger, som å gå gjennom relevant forskningslitteratur, bærekraftsrapporter for bedrifter i verdikjeden for fôr, intervju av etablerte og nye fôraktører og gruppeintervju med andre interessenter. Resultatene viser at det er utviklet og brukes en rekke kategorier for å vurdere sosial bærekraft både i forskningslitteraturen og i bærekraftsrapporter. Indikatorer for sosial bærekraft er utviklet for noen kategorier, mens det for andre kategorier mangler. Selv om mye har skjedd i arbeidet med å utvikle området sosial bærekraft, er det fortsatt behov for forskning for å øke forståelse av den sosiale dimensjonen og utvikle bedre rammeverk og metoder for vurdering. Det er også behov for mer helhetlige analyser, slik at det blir lettere å si noe om hvordan hele fôrsystemet kan forbedres med hensyn til sosial bærekraft.

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  • Article

2024

A-7/24 Same but different: On continuity and change in agricultural policy reforms

Contributors: Jostein Vik Arild A. Farsund
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Forfattere: Anders M. MelåsJostein Vik og Arild A. Farsund

This article contributes to the Historical Institutionalism literature on stability and change by unpacking how an institution has persisted for more than 70 years despite substantial contextual changes. The overall stability of the institution comes both through changes in policy instruments and their settings, and through the incorporation of differing, but aligned rationales. Ideational multidimensionality yields stability by providing leeway to recondition the institution in response to changing circumstances. This allows for different interests in the coalition to stimulate overall institutional stability by supporting incremental changes in policy instruments whilst avoiding institutional exhaustion and third order changes. This shows that policies initiated under a certain set of circumstances may be better equipped to persist when circumstances change if they are able to incorporate differing, but aligned, rationales and to respond to upcoming issues through policy instrument changes. The theoretical arguments are exemplified through a case study analysis of Norwegian agricultural policy.

Scand Political Stud. 2024;1–22, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9477.12269

  • Note

2023

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

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