ROAM FREE: RObust Animals in sustainable Mixed FREE-range systems
Free-range access may also reduce the need for inputs but managing pigs free-range can also be challenging in terms of biosecurity and land requirements. Across Europe, free-range access is declining in organic farming. The ROAM-FREE project will examine the possibilities for mixed production systems of pigs with other livestock or crop production to offer a…
Read MorePilot project on timber products in procurement
The activity will have a particular focus on smaller procurement processes (<20MNOK), based on a hypothesis that these have the greatest potential for increased involvement of local actors. A steering group will meet monthly throughout the project to be kept up to date and provide input on the planning, implementation and evaluation of each activity:…
Read MoreIncrease in local contributions in value chains for use and reuse of wood in buildings and interiors – pre-project
The goals are to strengthen the use of wood, strengthen the circular economy and provide more local value added. The pilot project is limited to explore the questions: How can the use of local hardwood for construction be scaled up to an efficient value supply chain? How to develop local value chains for the reuse…
Read MoreCOOLCROWD 2.0: Testing of a local crowdfunding concept for financing climate mitigation measures in Norwegian agriculture
The purpose of COOLCROWD was to assess the potential for a locally crowdfunded system that enables Norwegian farmers to install climate-friendly technologies on their farms and the Norwegian public to invest in local climate mitigation measures. The project developed a business model concept that is ready for implementation by industry partners. However, there is the…
Read MoreEuropean region of gastronomy 2022 – pilot study
Dette skal bli vektlagt når Trondheim og Trøndelag skal inneha statusen European Region of Gastronomy i 2022 (ERG2022). En måte å synliggjøre dette potensialet på og samtidig bidra til utvikling, er samspill mellom kunnskapsmiljøer og bedrifter. Her skal en legge til grunn både miljømessige, økonomiske og sosiale aspekter. Forprosjektet tar utgangspunkt i dette og skal…
Read MoreMore space for pigs
Specifically, it looks at how the economy of the individual farm is affected if the current area requirements for sows, slaughter pigs and piglets are increased by 50 per cent. The increased area requirement has been translated into a reduction in the herd size by one third within the current barn and barn system. The…
Read MoreDrug and addiction problems in agriculture, prevention, and treatment
At the same time, it has been revealed that male farmers are less likely to apply for health and medical help for anxiety, alcohol challenges and drug use than men who are not farmers. It is assumed that there is a greater need to adapt the services to those who work in agriculture than is…
Read MoreOrganic farming Møre og Romsdal county
1) Situasjonsbeskrivelse av det økologiske jordbruket i Møre og Romsdal, 2) Klarlegge utviklingsmuligheter, og 3) Forslag til tiltak. Det skal bl.a. gjennomføres intervjuer med nøkkelinformanter. Prosjektet skal ende opp i en rapport som beskriver studien, funn og forslag til tiltak i fylket.
Read MorePromoting collaboration for sustainable and circular use of bioresources across agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture (CIRCLE)
Funding source: Research and education, Baltic Research Programme, European Economic Area (EEA) Grant, Project no. EEZ/BPP/VIAA/2021/9 (https://eeagrants.org/, https://eeagrants.lv/) Implementation period: 01.10.2021.–30.04.2024. Coordinator: Baltic Studies Centre (LV) Partners: Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics (LV), Vilnius University (LT), Estonian University of Life Sciences (EE), Institute for Rural and Regional Research (RURALIS) (NO) Aim: The project aims to develop an interdisciplinary perspective…
Read MoreSYNAGRI: Developing synergies between the bioeconomy and regional food systems for a sustainable future
But where does this leave agriculture? Concerns have been raised that the future bioeconomy will place farmers at the bottom of value chains as suppliers of low-value biomass for processing and conversion. Adding to these concerns, advances in the last 2 years have demonstrated that biotechnologies can transform simple biomass directly, and increasingly cheaply, into…
Read MoreGreen Care Nordland County
Nordland Research Institute, Ruralis and the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research will conduct a study of these activities, including the municipalities’ knowledge of IPT, quality and cost assessments, purchasing competence within the municipalities, as well as process assessment.
Read MoreSustainable Food Systems for poverty and hunger alleviation in Low Income Countries
A food system encompasses all the processes and infrastructure involved in feeding a population and affects everything from food production and associated value chains, nutrition, health to socio-economic development, the environment and the climate. The system, on the other hand, is influenced by social, political, economic, environmental and climatic contexts. The project has two main…
Read MoreMAIs – Women farmers in the inner territories
It is consensually acknowledged that women’s participation in economic growth is strategically in line with EU2020’s goals, and that their role in rural areas and in agriculture is of fundamental importance. Nevertheless, these women are not properly represented, neither in official data nor in civil society, a fact which points to their actual vulnerability, namely…
Read MoreInclusion, social justice and equity in urban and rural coastal communities
First, it is documenting ways in which some community members (e.g., racialized migrants, people with disabilities, people from lower socioeconomic standings, women and youth) have been integrated into and excluded from fisheries (e.g., harvesting, processing, aquaculture, food and recreational fisheries, sport fishing) through past, present and imagined future infrastructures. Second, we examine how these processes…
Read MoreCIVIC Renewables: Development of collaborative approaches to civic renewable energy for sustainable rural development and land use
Fornybar energi er et av de sterkeste konfliktområdene i den norske klima- og miljødebatten i dag, og omfatter helt sentrale temaer som definisjonsmakt og fordeling av goder og ulemper. Ferske studier i vindkraftutbygging peker på manglende transparens i tildeling av konsesjoner, lisenser og prosesser. Lokalt eierskap og forankring kan øke oppslutningen om fornybar energiprosjekter, som…
Read MoreMIND STEP – Utvikling av beslutningsverktøy for er mer klimavennlig landbrukspolitikk
From the Commission’s legislative proposals (June 2018) it is expected that the European Union (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will be redesigned in line with this. Consequences are among others a move of the CAP to farm specific measures and an improved link to environment, climate change and ecosystem services. It is proposed that Member…
Read MorePLATON – a PLATform for Open and Nationally accessible climate policy knowledge
Knowledge-building in the platform includes new insight that will fill knowledge gaps in the international research frontier and domestic policymaking, reviews that assess and establish the status quo knowledge, applied analyses/assessments, accessible data and tools for public agencies, analysts and researchers within and outside the platform, and communication activities. In work package (WP) 1 we…
Read MoreNØFF – Norwegian-produced organic feed protein for pigs
The measures in the project are to obtain and disseminate knowledge about 1) cultivation technique on autumn oil crops, 2) processing of leaf protein from clover grass mixtures, 3) calculation of feed rations with 30% or 100% Norwegian-produced raw materials, 4) profitability in production of protein feed and slaughter pigs, and 5) challenges and opportunities…
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