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LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

What`s Growing - konferanse for grønne vekster i kontrollerte omgivelser

What’s Growing er en konferanse som skal finne sted 11. september 2025 på Tou Scene i Stavanger. Konferansen er forankret i utlysningens tema "Mat og bioressurser", med fokus på landbasert mat og bioressurser. Veksthusnæringen står foran omfattende utfordringer for å tilpasse seg de krav som vi...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Rogaland

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: Hidden

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

AGROECOL 1 AllEcoSys Agroecology living labs fostering prosperous and sustainable agri-food systems

AllEcoSys aims to promote sustainable and resilient agricultural systems by implementing a network of living labs across Europe, that will facilitate the adoption of agroecological practices that enhance soil health, increase biodiversity, and foster natural pest and disease control. Hereby, AllE...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

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

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

AGROECOL 1 AGROSOIL Agro-Ecological Soil Optimization for Integrated Weed Management

In European cropping systems, most weed management practices rely on herbicides and/or intensive tillage. However, these practices have great environmental impacts and may negatively affect soil quality and the soil microbiome. AGROSOIL project uses a Living Lab approach to co-create and co-imple...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

AGROECOL 1 DisCoverCrop Diversification with cover crops - Sustainability in potato production

DisCoverCrop: Diversification with cover crops - Sustainability in potato production Potatoes are a staple food in Europe but growing them sustainably while protecting the environment can be a challenge. The "DisCoverCrop" project aims to help solve this problem by promoting crop diversification—...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Møre og Romsdal

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

The role of diversified small-scale horticulture in a transition towards more sustainable food systems with healthier diets

The aim of the project is to explore how food systems based on diversified small-scale horticulture can be developed to become more economically, socially and environmentally sustainable while also increasing in scale, which will provide benefits for nature, the environment and public health. Th...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

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

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: Hidden

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

Tidligfase teknologioverføring, Campus Ås - 2025-2026

The project is a joint project between the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy (NIBIO), the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Nofima, the Norwegian Veterinary Institute (VI) and Ard Innovation, with Norinnova and Validé as sub-contractors. The project goals are: • Increase activity in e...

Awarded: NOK 15.3 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Akershus

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

ENERGIFORSKNING-ENERGIFORSKNING

Sun sharing in agriculture: researching agrivoltaics to benefit farming communities and energy industries while avoiding land use conflicts

Solar sharing: Can agrivoltaics revolutionise Norwegian farming? The Soldeling i landbruket project will explore new solutions to land use challenges, discovering if we can address growing energy needs while maintaining farmland. Specifically, we will discover if solar panels can be integrated in...

Awarded: NOK 9.6 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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: Hidden

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

The future of fruit and berry breeding in the Nordic region

Apple and strawberry are our biggest fruit and berry crops, with long traditions in Norway and high status among consumers. The climate in Norway is favorable for growing strawberries, but the short season has led to increased imports to cover the year-round demand. Norway is the northernmost are...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Akershus

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

A digital research-based plant database - a new gold standard for the landscape industry

Plantevalg (plantevalg.no) is a research-based planning and decision-support tool for the landscape sector that allows users to quickly identify plants that thrive under a variety of growing conditions — and seeks to represent a paradigm shift for every profession that works with plant informatio...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Green ERA Hub - Harnessing African Microbial Diversity to mitigate Green House Gas emissions in maize production

Food security of Africa’s growing population strongly depends on closing the yield gap for cash crops like maize. This can be achieved by increasing the input of N and P fertilizers and applying artificial irrigation, which, however, could substantially increase greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Th...

Awarded: NOK 3.4 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Green ERA Hub - Uncovering Legume Soil Fatigue for Sustainable Expansion of European Grain Legume Cultivation

Over the past decades, efforts have been made to promote the cultivation of legumes, especially grain legumes, to reduce the use of mineral N fertilisers, increase biodiversity, reduce dependence on imported feed proteins and improve soil biological properties and humus content. However, grain le...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Akershus

FFLJA-FFLJA

Sustainable potato production in Norway by precision breeding (GE-Sustain)

The GE-Sustain project focuses on developing potato varieties with improved resilience to late blight disease and industry quality through the use of CRISPR genome editing. Late blight is the main challenge for Norwegian potato farming, demanding extensive pesticide use and management resources. ...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Innlandet

TEKNOLOGIKONVER-TEKNOLOGIKONVER

Nano4CRISPR: Novel nanocarrier reagents for environmental delivery of CRISPR/Cas

Gene-editing is the new generation of genetic engineering that can be applied to food through the production of plants, animals and microorganisms with agronomic traits of interest. Nano4CRISPR advances from ‘laboratory-based gene-editing approaches’ to ‘on-site approaches’ in which CRISPR/Cas9 g...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FFLJA-FFLJA

New technology for increased precision in production and storage of small-sized potatoes

While production volumes have been challenged the last decades by both increased import volumes and reduced per capita consumption, there is an increasing market for smaller sized potatoes. The main aim for the project is to develop new knowledge, technology and tools for precise production of sm...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Akershus

FFLJA-FFLJA

Bridging the Gap between Knowledge and Practical Application: Linking Microbes, Organic Matter and Sick Soil Syndrome (SICKSOIL)

SICKSOIL, a collaborative project in agriculture and food industry, is dedicated to improving soil health, particularly in Norwegian fruit production. The project aims to achieve the following key objectives: 1) Enhancing food safety: This is accomplished through careful monitoring of disease-ca...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2028

Location: Oslo

FFLJA-FFLJA

From Gene to Bread: Building knowledge and exploiting technology to achieve high wheat self-sufficiency in Norway

The Gene2Bread project aims to increase knowledge contributing to a higher degree of self-sufficiency in Norwegian bread wheat. Stable and adequate qualities are crucial for the industry to utilize more Norwegian wheat. Research activities will range from the identification of genes to the baking...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FFLJA-FFLJA

Strategies and methods to manage major insects and diseases of onion

Onions are susceptible to a range of pests and diseases, both in the field and during storage, which can significantly diminish their yield and quality. Among the most pressing challenges for sustainable onion production in Norway are the onion fly and Fusarium basal rot. QualityOnion project aim...

Awarded: NOK 20,000

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Akershus

FFLJA-FFLJA

Utilization of wood fiber and waste streams for sustainable and circular growing media in horticulture

In 2022, the Norwegian Environment Agency proposed a phasing out of new peat extraction within 15 years and tightening the peat import rules. This move anticipates the rise of greener alternatives. But for now, such alternatives are still in the making. With SUBTECH 2.0 we are steering towards mo...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Akershus

FORSKSYSTEMET-FORSKSYSTEMET

Naturbaserte løsninger med fokus på pollineringstjenester i landbruket

As global agricultural systems face increasing pressure from multiple stressors like climate change and biodiversity loss, attention is brought upon strategies for integrating natural ecosystems and promoting their sustainability to support livelihoods and food production. This project explores o...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FFLJA-FFLJA

Modified pulpwood fibres to replace peat as a sustainable growing medium in professional horticulture (PeatFree)

Environmental and political concerns demand alternative substrates to peat that are more environmentally friendly. A possible option is to use the lignocellulosic, wood pulp residues, after 95 % of the hemicellulose has been removed by a non-chemical process and used as animal feed. This woodfib...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Emission-free smart greenhouse farming: increasing tomato production while reducing energy needs in a closed greenhouse system using an ECS

The EFREE-Green project aims to develop an emission-free, smart greenhouse system for tomato production in Norway, where energy needs are reduced, and CO2 emissions are minimized using advanced environmental control systems (ECS). The project addresses national challenges related to self-sufficie...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Akershus

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

TRACKING RISKS IN FUTURE EMISSIONS, CLIMATE AND TECHNOLOGICAL ASSUMPTIONS

TRIFECTA Year 2: Confronting the Risks of a Net-Zero Future The past year has done little to calm anxieties about the climate's trajectory. As global temperatures continue to shatter records, the world is testing the limits of the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C goal. In this critical decade, the TRIFEC...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Oslo

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Boosting the bee: Leveraging the structural capabilities of the lipoprotein Vitellogenin to support honey bee (Apis mellifera) health.

Vitellogenin (Vg) is an important protein: it is as old as multicellular animal life on Earth, about 700 million years old. Today, it is present in almost all animals that lay eggs. Vg is essential for eggs to be viable. But what is more: Our previous work revealed that it also can be a major pla...

Awarded: NOK 10.1 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Akershus

MARINFORSKFISK-Marine ressurser og miljø - fiskeri

ERA-NET: (FORSTERK) Workshop in the use of FT-IR for evaluating humification in marine-based composts

Humic substances, including humic acid (HA) and fulvic acid (FA), are beneficial for soil and plant health and act as carbon sinks. They are found naturally in soil and water and are formed through a combination of chemical and biological processes as organic matter is decomposed. Humic substance...

Awarded: NOK 0.22 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2024

Location: Møre og Romsdal

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