Networks or markets? The recruitement challenge in future fiskeries and marine industries. – Rekruttering og sysselsetting i fiskerflåten
The radical changes that happen in coastal communities and industries;the processes of structuration, mechanisation, and increased governance, which we call cyborgisation processes, seem to have had consequences for the employment systems in marine communities. However, very little is known about these changes. Both the marine industries, and particularly the fisheries, and the authorities assume that…
Read MoreCultural heritage as an asset for economic added value; selection processes from a coast – inland perspective – Kulturarv kyst – innland
The principal objective for the project is to investigate: When cultural heritage is activated as an asset for economic added value, what kind of selection processes are at play and what are their consequences? Through a focus on heritage sites and processes activated as an asset of economic value adding within the inland study area…
Read MoreImplementing Environmental Policy – analysing the governance of integrated use and protection politics – Governance, forvaltning og implementering av integrert bruk- og vernpolitikk
During the last decades, the involvement of local stakeholders, lay knowledge and cross-sectoral approaches in environmental decision making have been addressed in a wide range of international conventions. Also, the Mountain text and the Coastal strategy, described by Norwegian environmental authorities, reflect the need for an integrated use and protection approach within Norwegian natural management.…
Read MoreCooperation and governance in the forestry sector – Samhandling i skognæringen
Power and Privilege, Meaning and Management – Gender in the Board Room – Makt og mening i næringslivet -kjønnsrelaterte endringer i næringslivskulturer
There is a general perception in Norway that gender equality has not penetrated the management levels of economically important organisations and businesses. The principle objective of this joint project is to rigorously assess gender and organisational differences in management. We are posing questions about the implications of sex and sexuality on decision-making in the context…
Read MoreAnalyzis of supply chains for bioenergy – Analyse av forsyningskjeder for bioenergi
Norwegian authorities have ambitious goals concerning bio energy, and a rising number of firms have in recent years started up activity within bio energy. How much of the supply chain they control varies. In smaller, local chains co-operating farmers may control all stages from forestry to delivery of heat (Bondevarme). In larger, more regional chains…
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Expansion strategies for Local Food Enterprises – Vekststrategier for lokale matprodusenter
The overall objective of this project is to contribute to increased value added in local and regional food enterprises through obtaining new knowledge about the conditions for expansion, and how the industries can solve challenges they face in different phases of expansion. Sub-goals: 1. Conduct an analysis to explore growth ambitions among niche food enterprises…
Read MoreSocio-economic and environmental impacts of organic farming – Socio-economic and environmental impacts of organic farming
Engelsk beskrivelse: The overreaching objective with this project is to assist the decision making process by individual producers, consumers, advisers, analysts, and not at least policy makers, by providing research-based knowledge of organic farmings economic, environmental and social contributions within the Norwegian society. The specific objectives include to: compare the economic, environmental and social…
Read MoreEvaluation of the community development funds (BU-midler) – Evaluering av BU-midler
The Centre for Rural Research shall, in co-operation with the Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute (NILF), evaluate the community development funds (BU-midler). The evaluation will include effect on the farm level as well as effects on the regional level.
Read MoreBack to the future? Policy responses to increasing food prices and climate change in the new millennium – Landbrukspolitikk og klimakrise (AGRIPOL)
The main objective for agriculture in the industrialised countries after World War II was to produce enough cheap food for an increasing urban population. During the 1970s and 1980s, this productivist agriculture came to a halt, because of overproduction, increasing subsidies and environmental degradation. A new post-productivist regime was partly developed, changing focus from production…
Read More– “Fra til til en” – eiendomsoverbyggende samarbeid for private, personlige skogeiere i kystskogbruket
The Norwegian forest ownership has a fragmented structure. There are ca. 116 300 personal owned forest properties of 2,5 haa productive forest area and more, and the average forest property is 45 hectares. The counties included in the coastal forest area (Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn and Fjordane, Møre and Romsdal, Sør-Trøndelag, Nord-Trøndelag, Nordland, Troms and Finnmark)…
Read MoreAnimal mistreatment in agriculture – a pilot study – Dyretragedier – forprosjekt
The main purpose of this pilot study is to present an incipient analysis of the causes of animal tragedies (serious animal mistreatments) in Norwegian agriculture. The pilot study should result in many-faceted approaches to the problem that goes more thoroughly into the topic of serious animal mistreatments in agriculture. During the project, we will sort…
Read MoreLove on the farm: A risky business? Marital settlements, cohabiting agreements and divorces in family farms – Kjærlighet i landbruket – en risikosport? Ekteskap, samboerskap og skillsmisser i landbruket
Love on the farm: A risky business? Marital settlements, cohabiting agreements and divorces in family farms The main objectives are to explore, a) whether and how farm couples arrange contracts regulating their economic relationships (i.e. marriage settlement or cohabitation contract) and b) what happens in case of a divorce or a cohabitation break-up. A gender…
Read MoreReindeer herding and commodification of the outfields and commons in Southern Sami areas – challenging established rights and practices – Reindrift og kommodifisering av utmarka i sørsamiske områder – hvordan etablerte rettigheter og praksiser blir utfordret
The primary objective of this research project is to analyse how changed uses of the outfields [utmarka], mainly caused by rural entrepreneurship and development activities, challenge established property enactments and ownership models, including norms and practices,- among reindeer herders, farmers and authorities, and how these challenges affect further land use and land use conflicts. Moreover,…
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C-Scape. Accounting for carbon and GHG emissions: balancing multiple landscape functions on farmland. – C-Scape. Accounting for carbon and GHG enissions: balancing multiple landscape functions on farmland.
Accounting for carbon and GHG emissions: balancing multiple landscape functions on farmland This project will use complementary methodological approaches to assess how landscape changes may affect the carbon storage capacity, GHG emissions and multifunctionality of agricultural landscapes. This project will improve our understanding of how combinations of land use, farming practices and soil types influence…
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