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LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

AGROECOL2 Empowering Young Farmers to Coordinate Agrifood Transformations through Engaged RIs and Agroecological LLs

EMPOWERALL builds four youth-led “Agroecological Living Labs” across Europe i.e. real places where young farmers team up with researchers, advisors, civil society and public authorities to figure out what sustainable farming looks like on the ground, not just on paper. These labs are hosted insid...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 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

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

FORTRESS- FOResT land use management for REsilient and Sustainable Societies

Forests can protect us from natural hazards, but only if managed wisely. Poor logging practices can increase the risk of landslides and avalanches, while broader objectives like biodiversity conservation and climate change add pressure. In Norway, managing protection forests is challenging due to...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Exploring the implications of power dynamics for food system change and sustainability outcomes across food, environment, health and climate

Changing the food system in a sustainable direction requires more than scientific knowledge on climate and environmental issues. This is just as much a social and political task. Thus how, in which ways and by whom the food system is governed will greatly affect how the connections between food, ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FFLJA-FFLJA

Innovative baking technology to increase Norwegian self-sufficiency and food security

Tradition versus innovation: both are important when it comes to food! We believe it is time to modernize how bread, a cornerstone of the Norwegian diet, is produced in Norway. Our goal is to maximize the share of bread made with only Norwegian flours – and that this bread is pleasant to eat, has...

Awarded: NOK 12.8 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

AGROECOL2 Agroecological Pathways for sustainable, resilient and diversified dairy farming systems in Europe and multicriteria assessment

Livestock farming, and dairy production in particular, is crucial for global food security, rural development, and the provision of ecosystem services. Dairy production delivers highly nutritious food and can support biodiversity and soil health. At the same time, intensive, input-dependent agric...

Awarded: NOK 4.7 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

AGROECOL2 Accelerating the agroecological transition with multi-strata agroforestry systems, from root to fork

Agroforestry systems, where trees are integrated into agricultural fields, are recognised as the most advanced and effective forms of regenerative agriculture. By combining trees, shrubs, and food crops, these systems can restore soils, store carbon, and strengthen resilience to climate change. D...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

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

KLIMAFORSKNING-KLIMAFORSKNING

Forest Opportunities, Risks and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate in Norway

Climate change is increasing the risk of drought, bark beetle outbreaks, windthrow, and snow damage in Norwegian forests. FORESIGHT will help us understand how these disturbances interact, and provide forest managers with practical tools to protect forest health and resilience across the 21st cen...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

FoodLink: connecting processed food consumption, environment, climate and public health in the Norwegian context.

In recent years, highly processed foods (HPFs) have gained attention due to their potential impacts on public health, environmental sustainability, and food system resilience. In Norway, HPFs account for nearly 60% of energy intake, yet their effects on health, climate, and consumer behaviour rem...

Awarded: NOK 11.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

FFLJA-FFLJA

Advancing Livestock Reproduction for Sustainable Breeding Through Integrative Functional Analysis of Gametes

With the long-term goal to improve livestock breeding, our project aims to combine advanced reproductive biotechnologies and cutting-edge methods to accelerate genetic progress and enhance the sustainability of animal agriculture. By focusing on the critical early stages of gamete production in y...

Awarded: NOK 15.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Innlandet

FFLJA-FFLJA

Apple rootstocks: basis for sustainable climate adapted apple production

The overall goal of AppleRoot project is to boost apple growing industry in Norway through the complex evaluation and introduction of new generation of apple rootstocks. An apple tree is a combination of two genetic individuals, the scion and the rootstock, which interact in the tree’s response t...

Awarded: NOK 8.7 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

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: NOK 16.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

HAVBASERT-HAVBASERT

Production of microbial protein from methanol as feed

In our growing global population, making sure everyone has access to enough protein-rich food is a massive challenge. Traditional farming relies on land, water, and weather—resources that are under pressure from climate change and overpopulation. But what if we could sidestep all that? Enter Meta...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Coexistence of wild reindeer and humans – reducing barriers in a social-ecological framework

This is a collaborative project with partners from the research and land use sectors. The project is led by the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research with Vegard Gundersen as project manager. The project has collaborations with research partners from the NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AN...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Coastal Harmony - Enhanced policy coherence and institutional integration for nature conservation in Norway’s coast

Norway’s coastline provides vital ecosystem services such as food, carbon storage, and recreation, but faces growing pressure from human activity. Coastal governance is sector-based, yet planning instruments aim to promote a more integrated approach balancing use and conservation. Cross-sectoral ...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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

PETROLEUM-PETROLEUM

INFRAPOLITICS: Strengthening Critical Infrastructure Governance for Resilience and Security

INFRAPOL will explore how critical infrastructure – such as ports, data centers, subsea cables, and oil and gas pipelines – should be governed. Critical infrastructure is subject to complex political and economic pressures, often involving cross-border ownership interests. Public and private acto...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Elgforvaltning i et nytt klima

Moose hunting has long traditions and is an important part of rural culture in Norway. At the same time, moose is Scandinavia's economically most important game species. The moose is adapted to life in the boreal forest biome, characterized by cold winters and mild summers. The recent changes in ...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Dietary adjustments to improve the performance of high-yielding finisher pigs

Exploring Fiber for Healthier, More Cost-Effective Pig Feed One way to reduce feed costs in pig production is by using fiber-rich by-products from cereal processing. Several of these fibrous materials can potentially be included in pig diets, but before doing so, we need a clear understanding of ...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Rogaland

FFLJA-FFLJA

Innovative and optimised utilisation of poultry feathers

Poultry feathers are nearly pure protein, with 90% of their dry matter consisting of keratin. In Norway, feathers are currently mixed with other animal by-products prior to processing into pet food or used for biogas. There is a potential for using feather for higher value products, but the dige...

Awarded: NOK 15.6 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

CONNECTIONS – Impact of bonding time on welfare and productivity of cow and calf

In the Connections project, we will explore how keeping cows and calves together for an extended period after calving, as opposed to separating them soon after birth, can be incorporated in practical settings on dairy farms. The practice of keeping cows and calves together for longer is becoming ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Akershus

SAMISKTEMA-SAMISKTEMA

Biebmolassi – Reconciling Sámi Food Systems

Biebmolassi is a Sámi concept referring to harvesting and subsistence practices, such as berry picking, fishing, hunting, pastoralism, and food production. The project examines Sámi and local food systems in Sallto (Salten) and Stuornjárga (the Skånland Peninsula), focusing on how knowledge about...

Awarded: NOK 11.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Culture-based solutions: harnessing local land-care practices for sustainable adaptation in areas under pressure

Culture-based solutions (CbS) can improve or provide alternatives to existing frameworks for nature-based solutions (NbS). NbS focuses on local engineering measures for climate adaptation, while society and culture are commonly framed as co-benefits rather than co-creators. CbS was launched by UN...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Circular products resource efficient production methods and societal roles in transformation and adoption of circular practices in Innlandet

This PhD project investigates how smarter policy and governance can accelerate the shift to a circular economy—where waste becomes a resource and local industry becomes part of the climate solution. With a political science and economic lens, the project explores how public policy, regulation, an...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Innlandet

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

AGROECOL 1 SAFER Strengthening Agricultural landscape multiFunctionality through expansion of agroecological farming in EuRope (SAFER)

Across Europe, it has become clear that current farming practices are unsustainable, and that farming systems must be re-designed to sustain food production while protecting biodiversity, ecosystems and the many benefits they bring to society. One solution to this is agroecology. Agroecological...

Awarded: NOK 4.6 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

REKRUTTERING-REKRUTTERING

Genomic characterisation of Nordic Landrace sheep breeds for sustainable management and conservation

In a world facing major challenges like climate change and food insecurity, we need farming systems that are stronger, more adaptable, and sustainable. One often-overlooked piece of this puzzle is the rich genetic diversity found in traditional livestock breeds such as the native Nordic landrace ...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Akershus

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

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