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IKTFORSKNING-IKTFORSKNING

Protecting wild salmon through computer vision: Lifelong AI tools for ecological monitoring & differentiating between wild & escaped salmon

Escape of domesticated salmon from farms is considered a major environmental impact resulting from aquaculture: Not only can escapees compete with wild populations, but they can breed with wild fish, resulting in a loss of genetic biodiversity. This is damaging as these fish were modified through...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Enhancing Gut Health and Welfare of Finishing Pigs: The Role of Physical Activity and Inclusion of Hay in the Diet.

How enrichment through physical exercise and provision of hay in the diet improves pig minds, guts, and welfare. FitPig is a research project exploring if and how two simple enrichments—daily physical activity and free access to hay—can make pigs healthier, smarter, and happier. The study invest...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Contributions to Animal Welfare in Pig Production: Developing and employing Diagnostic Tools for investigations of Lameness Pathogens

Lameness in pigs is a major welfare challenge in pig farming. Lame pigs often experience pain, and reduced mobility leads to difficulty in reaching food and water. For farmers, this leads to extra work, higher treatment costs, and lost production. Bacterial arthritis is an important contributor t...

Awarded: NOK 11.2 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Copepod based Feeds for Improved Salmon Health and aquaculture sustainability

Norway is the world’s largest producer of Atlantic salmon (salmon from here on), but the industry faces major challenges with fish health and welfare, both in land-based and seawater phases, leading to high mortalities. Farmed salmon often have poor resistance to stress and disease, resulting in ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

AGROECOL2 SAGE: Agroecological Synergies through Ruminant Integration for Enhanced Environmental and Economic Benefits

As demand for renewable energy grows, solar parks are expanding into agricultural landscapes. This creates a challenge: How can we produce clean energy without losing valuable farmland, biodiversity, or animal welfare? The SAGE project tackles this challenge by exploring a practical solution: com...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Building resilience through urban agriculture and foraging: individual, collective and public preparedness

How can we strengthen societal preparedness through urban agriculture and foraging? This is the overarching question that the BestPrepared project seeks to answer. Urban agriculture can build social cohesion among participants and, over shorter periods, also contribute to food security in cities,...

Awarded: NOK 9.8 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

AGROECOL2 Bio-Based Agroecosystem Transitions in the Baltic and Nordic Regions through Integrated Relay Cropping Systems

Farming is key for our societies’ food security, but comes at environmental costs. Intensive crop production depletes soil health, and risks contaminating oceans, lakes and rivers with nutrient leaching, and endangering biodiversity by simplified landscape and use of chemical pesticides. In short...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Enhancing cellular immune response genetics for Atlantic salmon host-resistance to sea lice

This project draws on, and seeks to apply to Atlantic salmon aquaculture, new knowledge about the cellular and genetic mechanisms employed by Pacific salmon species that allows these species to either sustain a lower lice attachment success (pink and chum) or enables them to reject and kill lice ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Vestland

FFLJA-FFLJA

Maximizing the production of Norwegian grain legumes

Cultivation of grain legumes such as faba bean and field pea has increased in Norway in the last decade and is expected to continue to do so due to several benefits. The grain legumes do not require nitrogen fertilization due to their symbiosis with N-fixing bacteria and leave behind N that can b...

Awarded: Hidden

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Strengthening national preparedness through local food systems (FOODprepared)

FoodPrepared explores how strengthening local food systems can improve Norway's food security and preparedness in the face of climate change, pandemics, and geopolitical tensions. We examine how communities can become more resilient to future crises through sustainable food production and consum...

Awarded: NOK 11.8 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FFLJA-FFLJA

Soil2Milk: Enhancing Soil to Milk food chain Sustainability- A Novel Approach for Higher Productivity and Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Norway is launching Soil2Milk, a major interdisciplinary research project led by the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), to reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the entire feed value chain, from soil and fertilizer use to forage crops, dairy cows, and milk production. High-yield ...

Awarded: Hidden

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Ecology of Pathogenic Streptococcus Suis and their interactions with Microbiota and Pig Immunity

Streptococcus suis is one of the most important bacterial pathogens causing disease in piglets around weaning. Outbreaks can lead to pain, reduced animal welfare, and significant economic losses, and treatment often involves the use of antibiotics. The bacterium can also infect humans and cause s...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Innlandet

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Meat replacement and systems of edibility in Asia and beyond

Alternative proteins can replace meat. Given that meat-intensive diets have significant health, environmental, climate and animal welfare impacts, this idea is generating hype, optimism and substantial investment. Whether involving insects, plants, lab-grown meat or other ingredients, alternative...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

A New Approach to Supply Chain Capitalism and Emerging Infectious Diseases

CAPIDEMIC explores the political dimensions of transnational supply chains and how they respond to sustainability challenges brought on by emerging infectious diseases (EIDs). Our research is centered on the poultry industry, which is currently under threat from the global spread of highly pathog...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Cell-cultured octopus production through sustainable marine biomass valorization

SEANERGIES explores a new way to produce seafood—without fishing or traditional aquaculture. The goal is to develop cultivated octopus, where muscle tissue is grown in the lab from a few cells, without harming animals. Octopus is a high-value food in many cultures, but wild harvest raises concern...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

AGROECOL 1 LIFT Levende laboratorier for agroøkologisk endring av gårdsbruk, matsystemer og landskap

Modern food production, distribution and consumption have adverse effects on soil, environment and human health. Many of these are due to neglect of ecological principles such as diversity and circulation of organic matter and nutrients. Insufficient knowledge among consumers about environmentall...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

FFLJA-FFLJA

Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Horticulture with LED Flash Lighting Systems (FLASH-LED)

Strawberry is one of the most important small fruit crops in Nordic countries including Norway. The annual production volume of Norwegian strawberries was 7,052 metric tons in 2022, which can cover only about 30% of the market demand (Statistic Sentralbyrå). There is an increasing demand for loca...

Awarded: NOK 0.17 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTVIKLING-UTVIKLING

Developing inclusive business model (BM) concepts for solar food drying in the Himalaya region

Recent global crises related to both climate change and human conflict have illustrated an acute vulnerability of the global food system to food shocks. Most evident are the effects where poverty and food insecurity already are prevalent. While challenges with preserving and storing food after ha...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FFLJA-FFLJA

Quality Bones - Studying the genetic and environmental factors influencing front-leg lameness in pigs.

Lameness in pigs is a significant issue affecting pig welfare and farm profitability. Lameness is defined as any deviation from the normal gait due to anatomical deviations, diseases, or pain. It is associated with reduced mobility and limited ability to perform social behaviours, access food and...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Innlandet

FFLJA-FFLJA

BREADVANCE: Novel sourdough from Norwegian grains for sustainable bread advancement and optimized for wheat-sensitive individuals.

This project is a collaboration between food scientists, clinicians, artisanal bakeries, farmers, an ingredient supplier and a national patient organization. Together, we aim to develop high-quality sourdough bread that can be tolerated by wheat-sensitive people. To achieve this, we will develop ...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

FFLJA-FFLJA

«CampySafe» - Treffsikre tiltak for Campylobacter-bekjempelse i fjørfenæringen

Campylobacter is the zoonosis in Norway and Europe that makes most people sick, and is often linked to poultry meat. The current measures in the joint Norwegian "Action Plan against Campylobacter in the poultry industry" are effective, but very expensive. The main measure is to analyze samples fr...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FFLJA-FFLJA

Healthy Animals’ Meat: Novel Genetics for Improved Meat Quality and Muscle Health in Pigs

The project aims to maintain high meat quality and good animal health in pig production. New meat quality defects in pigs, affecting the ham muscle, has been reported in several countries, including Norway. These defects lead to lower meat prices and issues with cured ham products. Defects can oc...

Awarded: NOK 0.49 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Innlandet

FFLJA-FFLJA

Advancing adaptation and adoption of new forages in Norway: An innovative farmer-led research approach via citizen science

A stable supply of high-quality forage is essential for the economic output and sustainability of milk and meat production, the economically most important agricultural production in Norway. Further successful forage production in Norway depends on species, cultivars, and seed mixtures that can ...

Awarded: NOK 0.24 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

FORSKNINGSINFRA-FORSKNINGSINFRA

Norwegian Plant Phenotyping Infrastructure

Advanced research facilities are needed to meet the needs for increased food production under the challenging Norwegian climate conditions. By adopting new plant phenotyping technologies, we can make more precise measurements of the growth, development and stress responses of plants under differe...

Awarded: NOK 69.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2032

Location: Akershus

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Influence of land-use changes on ecosystem services: crop pollination services, and nature connectedness of people in tropical Asia

The main aim of this proposal is to safeguard pollinator biodiversity and function, enhance crop pollination success, and identify pollinator-friendly policies and conservation efforts. Landscape changes have significant impacts on pollinators, crops, and people as it destroys the natural habitat...

Awarded: NOK 7.9 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

FFLJA-FFLJA

HealthyCucumber: Sustainable plant health management in modern greenhouse cucumber production

The HealthyCucumber project aims to find plant health solutions for challenges related to modern greenhouse production of cucumber in Norway. Implementation of new technology in greenhouse production, such as semi closed production, LED-lighting, and water recirculation systems, create changes in...

Awarded: NOK 0.39 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

FFLJA-FFLJA

A hologenomic investigation of Campylobacter susceptibility in slow-growing chicken

Industrial chicken farming over the past century has produced breeds that grow very rapidly, with production chickens today typically reaching their maximum size after only ca. 4 weeks. There is, however, a growing movement towards commercial-scale farming to adopt slower-growing breeds that gene...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Soil carbon in Norwegian outfield and infield grazing areas: Plant-soil-herbivory feedbacks on plant production and soil carbon dynamics

The main objective of this project is to quantify and predict grazing effects on soil organic carbon stocks and dynamics. Our goal is to come up with management recommendations that ensure nature-based solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, mitigating climate change while promoting biod...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

CT-Assisted Increased Fillet Yield through Selective Breeding in Nile Tilapia

Tilapia, known as the "aquatic chicken", is a key species in global aquaculture, supplying sustainable protein in over 120 countries. Despite decades of genetic improvement programs enhancing economical traits, Nile tilapia's fillet yields still lag behind, impacting profitability and sustainabil...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

BIOTEKNOLOGI-BIOTEKNOLOGI

Food4Cells: Developing sustainable cell culture media for cultivated meat (CM) production based on Norwegian plant-based agri-food.

As the global population grows, it’s estimated that food production will need to increase by over 60% by 2050. This puts immense pressure on the livestock sector to meet the rising demand for high-value animal protein. Additionally, from a circular economic perspective, recycling plant-based by-p...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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