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MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

CORE ORGANIC: Quality analysis of critical control points within the whole food chain and their impact on food quality, safety and health

Project summay 'quality definition' in the project 'Quality analysis of critical control points within the whole food chain and their impact on food quality, safety and health (QACCP)': Consumer demand for healthy, safe and high quality food is increasin g. Against this background, the demand fo...

Awarded: NOK 1.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Akershus

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

FORURENS: Reduced pesticide loads and risks in cropping system

Sustainable agriculture requires that soil, water and air quality are maintained. Pesticides have routinely been found in surface waters receiving agricultural runoff, particularly after heavy autumn/spring rainfall. There are practical ways to ensure tha t risks to the environment are minimized ...

Awarded: NOK 6.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Norsk produsert økologisk frukt til forbrukarane

AL Gartnerhallen og BAMA ynskjer å stette etterspurnaden etter økologisk frukt hjå sine kundar, og vi har sett oss som mål at minst 15 % av fruktomsettinga skal vere norskprodusert økologisk vare innan 2015, noko som er i tråd med regjeringa sitt mål. Der som Gartnerhallen/BAMA skal nå dette måle...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Reine skrotter (186562)

Reine dyr og god slaktehygiene er grunnleggende forutsetninger for alt arbeid med mattrygghet i kjøttkjeden. Utvalget som evaluerte håndteringen av E.coli-saken i 2006 peker på økt fokus på skitne slaktedyr som sin viktigste anbefaling til kjøttbransjen. E.coli-utbruddet illustrerer at det er s...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Utvikling av en ny og effektiv metode for kjønnssortering av rånesæd

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Awarded: NOK 0.43 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Innlandet

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Metabolic Profiling of Rubus (Cloudberry and Raspberry): Effect of Inheritance and Environment on Phytochemicals Beneficial to Human Health

Raspberry (Rubus idaeus) and cloudberry (R. chamaemorus) are closely related species of the Rubus genus. Raspberry is economically important in several countries and many different varieties exist. Conversely there are only four commercial available varie ties of cloudberry. These have been selec...

Awarded: NOK 0.66 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Innlandet

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Framtidens sunne og gode grønnsaker i varmretter

Målsettingen er å gi viktige tilskudd til folkehelsen ved å øke bruken av attraktive og næringsrike grønnsaker i ferdigretter. Andelen varmretter som spises utenfor hjemmet er sterkt økende fordi mange etterspør hurtige og enkle ferdigretter i en travel h verdag. I tillegg har det foregått en kra...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestfold

FUGE-Funksjonell genomforskn.i Norg

Seeds for growth - Identification of transcriptional programs controlling seed growth and development from Arabidopsis to rice

The last decades have brought about a tremendous increase in our understanding in molecular mechansims of seed development. However, further progress appears to be haltered by three major constraints. First, seeds are compound structures that harbour many tissues and cell types. Currently, a rel...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Competetive Food Processing in Norway

Prosjektet KMB Competitive Food Processing in Norway startet opp i 2007, hvor hovedaktiviteten ble avsluttet i 2011. I perioden 2012-2014 er siste del av prosjektarbeidet blitt ferdigstilt i form av en doktorgradsavhandling. Etter syv år med intens forsk ning på superkjøling har state-of-the-art ...

Awarded: NOK 26.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Quality labelling and consumer responses in the Norwegian food sector

This is a three year cooperative KMB-project involving The Norwegian Agricultural Economic Research Institute (NILF). The Norwegian Food Centre (Matforsk), The Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Fiskeriforskning) and The National i nstitute for consumer research (SIFO). It...

Awarded: NOK 6.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Pre- and postharvest quality optimisation of organic vegetables that can stimulate an increased consumption

Norwegian consumers purchase less organic foods than consumers in most other European countries and important obstacles for consumption of organic vegetables are said to be quality, availability and price. The main objective of this project is to achieve better knowledge on how certain pre- and p...

Awarded: NOK 5.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

New methods for organic raspberry production in polyethylene tunnels

Raspberries for the fresh market is a new and very profitable crop in Norway, and the production in polyethylene tunnels is increasing rapidly. In Norwegian organic production, the experience so far is that using tunnels is a prerequisite if growing for t he fresh market. The project focuses on t...

Awarded: NOK 6.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Innovation in small scale rural tourism: How to organise and co-operate for improvement and expansion?

The main objective of this project is to amend knowledge about how small scale rural tourism can expand through innovation and improved organisation. Research questions: 1: Identify how innovation is understood and interpreted among small scale rural tourism firms? What kind of innovation occ...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Reducing campylobacter jejuni in the food chain by modifying the upper digestive tract of slaughter chicken

The zoonotic pathogen C. jejuni is the leading cause of food-borne bacterial diarrhoeal disease throughout the world. C. jejuni readily colonize poultry and represents a major problem for the poultry industry and is a potential public health hazard throug h its high ability to survive in unproces...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Safe grains: Mycotoxin prevention through resistant wheat and oats

In 2004 there were alarming levels of mycotoxins like DON and T-2/HT-2in Norwegian wheat and oats. In 2005 the latter levels in oats were prohibitive for e.g. horsefeed. The present proposal builds on a decade of Norwegian cereal breeding and research to introduce/identify resistance against the ...

Awarded: NOK 9.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Rapid DNA-based prediction of mycotoxin levels in food and feed

The major mycotoxin producers in foods in Norway and Europe are members of the genera Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium. Two major classes of mycotoxins produced by Fusarium spp. are trichothecenes and fumonisins. The biosynthetic pathways involve gen es organised in (Tri- and Fum-) gene clus...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Optimized quality and yield of plum and apple by regulation of flowers and fruitlets

Consistent cropping of high quality fruit is important for the fruit industry where technology for cost effective and environmentally friend methods for crop regulation is highly wanted. Due to alternate bearing, Norwegian fruit growers are not able to se rve the apple market regular with the amo...

Awarded: NOK 6.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Shape of lactation curve, with special reference to feeding strategy, health, fertility, and economic outcome in dairy

Summary The total milk production during a full lactation is determined by the peak and the shape of the lactation curve. A primarily analysis of the mean lactation curves for different large herds under Norwegian conditions revealed a large and substant ial differences from one herd to another....

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Natural and farmed habitat as a basis for production of red deer in Norway

The project will provide a basis to predict the potential for production of red deer based on detailed knowledge of the natural and farmed habitat as well as detailed studies of red deer habitat use in multiple areas. The yield of red deer reached 27600 i n 2005. Red deer thus constitute the 2nd ...

Awarded: NOK 9.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Avl for bedre helse hos gris

Organisering og oppslutning i norsk svineavl er unikt internasjonalt. Tilslutningen til avlsarbeidet i næringa, faglig dyktighet i Norsvin samt aksept og støtte fra myndighetene har bidratt til at norsk avlsmatriale i dag er verdensledende på flere område r. Dette har resultert i at en internasjo...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Innlandet

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Væskebasert såing - utvikling av dyrkingsteknikk

Væskebasert såteknikk eller våtsåing, er ein relativt ny metode som det til no er utført lite forsking om, både nasjonalt og internasjonalt. Såfrø vert blanda med væske og plassert anten i eller oppå jorda med eitt eller anna spreieutstyr. Væska er ofte b laut husdyrgjødsel som vert spreidd med u...

Awarded: NOK 0.75 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Rogaland

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Kartlegging av effekt av råstoff og produksjonsprosess på proteolytiske og lipolytiske endringer ved produksjon av langtidsmodnet spekeskin

Prosjektet, med kortnavn Enzymgris, har som hovedmål å kartlegge råstoffegenskaper i skinkeråstoff fra ulike svineraser ved ulike slaktealdre, for å bestemme hvilken rase og slaktealder som er best egnet til produksjon av norsk langtidsmodnet spekeskinke. Noe av det unike i prosjektet er det nøy...

Awarded: NOK 6.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Nye bioteknologiske metoder for konservering av spermier fra okse og råne

Formålet med prosjektet er å utvikle en helt ny måte å bevare befruktningsevnen til sædceller fra okse og råne, og samtidig utvikle metoder slik at sædcellene kan lagres lengre før inseminasjon. Videre er formålet å etablere metoder slik at det etter inse minasjon finnes befruktningsdyktige sædce...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Innlandet

SIP-LMD-SIP finansiert av Landbruksog matdepartementet

Phytophthora diseases in Rosaceae: Plant resistance and plant-pathogen interactions

Each year strawberry- and raspberry producers experience serious economical losses due to fungal or oomycete diseases. In this project we will address two such diseases, strawberry crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum) and raspberry root rot (Phytophthora fra gariae var. rubi). An efficient control m...

Awarded: NOK 7.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

EVA-Evaluering

Følgeevaluering av verdiskapingsprogrammet for kulturminner

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Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

NKJ 127 Assessment of validity of the dairy health recording systems in the Nordic countries (DAHREVA)

The disease control schemes of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden were elaborated in a 1-year NKJ pilot project in 2001 (project number NKJ: 1276). The pilot project suggested three possible main reasons for differences in the numbers of treatment record s: 1) differences in the recording system...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

NKJ 128 - Phenotypic and molecular characterisation of genetic resources of Nordic timothy (Phleum pratanese L.)

Timothy is the most important forage grass species in the northern part of the Nordic countries. However, serious winter damages, which significantly lower persistency and yields, occur regularly. The Nordic plant breeders have so far been quite successfu l in developing new, high-yielding variet...

Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Akershus

PROSDIV-Diverse

Towards self-sustainable European regional cattle breeds (EURECA)

Prosjektet omhandler bevaring og bruk av lokale/regionale kuraser: " status og organisering av eksisterende bevaringsprogrammer for disse i Europa " kartlegging av metodikk og software for forvaltning av genressurser " utvikling av perspektiver og retning slinjer for å utvikle raser og vellykkede...

Awarded: NOK 0.45 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Farming systems for high quality food products and sustainable agriculture in mountainous areas

The agriculture in the mountain districts of southern Norway is based on small farms and use of mountain pastures. High quality products sold at high price are one possible solution for mountain agriculture. Branding of products requires documentation of quality traits. In this project we will de...

Awarded: NOK 7.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Akershus

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

The optimal choice and timing of agricultural policies in the presence of uncertainty

Agricultural policy analysis has traditionally focused on the optimal choice of policy instruments for a given set of policy objectives. Less attention has been paid to the fact that the timing of policy implementation is another choice variable to policy makers. This choice is reflected in the ...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo