Safety culture, occupational health and accidents in Norwegian agriculture – analysis of state and future challenges – Ulykker i landbruket
Agriculture is a high-risk sector, but research regarding Norwegian agriculture and the frequency of disabling and fatal injuries and related risk factors in this sector has been almost absent in Norway the last 20 years. This project is divided into four work packages, with independent research questions for each work package. These four WP’s will…
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Challenges for succession in family farms and small family firms in rural areas
In rural areas with nature-based resources and few other work opportunities successful successions can be seen as sustainable value creation and industry policy. The project will examine the dynamics and challenges for family farm and family firm succession. The study will provide novel insights into the characteristics, and processes of succession in farms and small…
Read MorePublic health and outdoor recreation – the role of management bodies in recruiting youth into outdoor recreation in Mid Norway – Folkehelse og friluftsliv – Offentlig forvaltnings rolle i rekruttering av unge friluftslivsutøvere i Midt-Norge
According to the Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management, which is responsible for the management of outdoor recreation, one of the biggest challenges in outdoor management is how to recruit young participants to outdoor activities – friluftsliv. This project is a preliminary study which will identify main challenges for management bodies on the local level related…
Read MoreEvaluation of “Midt-Skandinavisk regionprosjekt (Mid-Scandinavian regional project) – Evaluering av Midt-Skandinavisk regionsprosjekt
TMid-Scandinavian regional project has been a community development project in a transnational region which includes Frostviken and Hotagen in the Swedish municipalities Strömsund and Krokom, and the municipalities Lierne and Røyrvik in Norway. The project has run for three years from 2009 to 2011, and it’s main objectives have been to reduce depopulation from the…
Read MoreExploration of product development in food supply chains. WP in GOFOOD (Governing food in a globalising environment: Innovation and market strategies in Norwegian food supply chains). – Produktutvikling og kvalitetsdifferensiering i verdikjeder for mat (arbeidspakke C2 i GOFOOD: Matstyring i globaliserende omgivelser: Innovasjon og markedsstrategier i norske verdikjeder )
This WP C2 will focus on three research problems: 1. What factors can be identified as significant in the interaction between the food industry, retailers and R&D in processes of product development? 2. How do different groups in the food supply chain understand types of differentiated food, and what consequences follow from their (differing) understandings…
Read MoreCooperation to enhance coastal tourism development (CoastTour) – Samarbeid for å styrke utviklingen av kystturisme (CoastTour)
Coastal tourism is developing in Norway, but faces challenges regarding profitability and professionalism. Increased cooperation may improve innovation and profitability. The Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs highlights the need to stimulate cooperation between the fisheries and seafood industries and the tourism industry. Cooperation between these industries should strengthen Norway as a tourist destination and…
Read MoreTourism’s role in negotiations on rurality – Turismens rolle i forhandlinger om ruralitet
Rural policy across Europe addresses rural tourism as one saviour in the regional turmoil left behind by modernity and agricultural restructuring. Hopes for rural tourism as a provider of sustainable growth in a countryside, in which traditional production (primary industries and secondary industries) is replaced with a consumption-based economy, are partly rooted in postmodern ideas…
Read MoreConsequences of backward integration and contract production in the milk and meat value chains. – Konsekvenser av baklengs integrasjon og kontraktproduksjon i verdikjedene for melk og kjøtt
In this project we ask what impact it will have on farm production and agricultural policy goals if Norwegian milk and meat producers become contract producers with direct supply contracts to the wholesalers owned and controlled by the four major supermarket chains in Norway. Contract manufacturing is now widespread among producers of potatoes and vegetables.…
Read More– RAMSAR (Ramsarsamarbeid mellom Frøya, Hitra og Ørland kommuner)
Mid-Norway holds important wetland and bird protection areas that hold Ramsar status. The municipalities of Hitra, Frøya, and Ørland have started a cooperation in order to explore posiibilities for “wise use” of these areas, for locals and visitors, for increasing the awareness of the importance of these areas, for education , attractions and as a…
Read MoreForest land ownership changes in Europe: Significance for management and policy – Forest land ownership changes in Europe: Significance for management and policy
FACESMAP is a “COST Action” including researchers from 24 countries. FACESMAP’s background: Forest ownership is changing across Europe. In some areas a growing number of so-called “new” forest owners hold only small parcels, have no agricultural or forestry knowledge and no capacities or interest to manage their forests, while in others new community and private…
Read MoreHow do children experience nature? Meaning-making and socialization to outdoor life – How do children experience nature? Meaning-making and socialization to outdoor life
Children’s outdoor life has the latest decades changed substantially in form and content, but is under-focused in research. The study will fill a need for broad and interdisciplinary knowledge concerning this topic, using different methods but jointed in an experience-based and open approach. The study will include a review over existing, but probably limited knowledge…
Read MoreSimply sodd? Brand protection as a competitive strategy – Bare sodd? Merkebeskyttelse som konkurransestrategi
– KOMOPP FRØYA – hovedprosjektet
Digital storytelling, Distant learning, Experience economy, regional and coastal development.
Read MoreLogiFood – LOGIMAT 2012 – hovedprosjekt
Naturally, the established logistics models for industrialised supply chains are not well suited to the characteristics of food specialities – and the state-of-the-art knowledge, solutions and processes of food specialities’ supply chains are not sufficient to solve the sector’s logistical challenges. There is therefore a need for new knowledge on logistics for food specialities in…
Read MoreThe multiethnic community: Exclusion or inclusion of immigrants? – The multiethnic community: Exclusion or inclusion of immigrants?
The project highlights the international and transnational dimensions through the study of international migration to rural districts. In the context of increased migration to rural districts we will study the impact of changing demography on local conditions, such as housing and labour markets, as well as civil society. Moreover, the project will study how processes…
Read MoreNature-based farm tourism the importance of hosting in the experience economy – Naturbasert gårdsturisme – utfordringer og muligheter
The nature-based farm tourism and its opportunities and challenges is the theme of this project. The project focuses on the relation between farming and tourism; the products, the hosting role and the visitors. The diversification into tourism demands new skills and competences as the scope and variation of activities increases- The new experience economy puts…
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