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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

Technology and methods using high-density microarrays for detection of unknown genetic modifications in plants, fungi and bacteria

To ensure the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) they are subjected to risk assessment prior to release into the environment and use in e.g. food production. Such known GMOs are considered to be as safe as conventional varieties. GMOs for whi ch publicly available descriptions are un...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

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

Recreational consumption as a market for farm based food and tourism businesses

Increasing leisure time increases the importance of leisure related consumption as compared to everyday consumption. Recreational consumption may therefore represent a potentially important market for developing small scale farm-based rural businesses. Lo cal attachment through relatives or secon...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Market orientated production of Norwegian greenhouse tomatoes

Quality parameters like taste, positive health impact, safety and freshness become more and more important to preserve and increase consumers preference for tomatoes. While 80% of the Norwegian population prefers Norwegian food, the percentage of Norwegia n tomatoes sold in our stores has been de...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Akershus

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Efficient green support

Dismantling of trade barriers under WTO regulation is expected to have a large impact on Norwegian agriculture. Apart from food and raw materials production, agriculture contributes many external benefits to society in the form of valued scenery, bio-dive rsity, flood control and health and nutri...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Vestland

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Development and clinical testing of juice rich in phytochemicals and antioxidants

We will develop juice rich in natural antioxidants and phytochemicals and test bioactivity in clinical trials. Specifically, together with TINE R&D we aim at develop two juices based on grapes, pomegranates and/or blueberries. By screening potential ingre dients available on the marked we will op...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Automatic weed assessment for precision spraying in cereals

The load of herbicides on Norwegian cereals fields is unnecessarily high. The spraying represents an unnecessary cost for farmers, in Norway estimated to about 20 millions NOK yearly, and lots of herbicides superfluously spread to the environment. The mos t important reason for this excessive her...

Awarded: NOK 8.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Preclinical diagnosis of prion disease

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a threat to food safety and to human and animal health. Diagnosis of these diseases and early detection of the infective agent is vital for future spread and prevention of disease. The identification of candidate molecules as biomarkers of pre...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Stability and mobility of Shiga toxin-encoding bacteriophages in clinical and environmental strains of Escherichia coli O103

E. coli O103 belongs to a subset of serotypes of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) associated with severe human illnesses. Shiga toxin (Stx) production is essential but not sufficient for virulence in pathogenic STEC as factors involved in att achment, haemolysis and iron scavenging a...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

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

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

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Feral sheep in coastal heaths - developing a sustainable local industry in vulnerable cultural landscapes, dr.gr.stip.

Year-round sheep farming on the Norwegian west coast has a history dating back several millennia. This important part of our cultural heritage has resulted in a distinct breed of animals, the feral sheep, that has evolved in close interaction with the cre ation and maintenance of a unique semi-na...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

A Study of Influenza Viruses in Their Natural Reservoir in Wild Birds in Norway

The major goal of this project is to better understand the dynamics of influenza A virus infections in wild birds in Norway. At the National Veterinary Institute, in the context of the surveillance for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1, a large collection of samples is being gathered ...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Attractive host plant volatiles and genetic regulation of the olfactory response in the control of apple fruit moth, Argyresthia conjugella

The apple fruit moth Argyresthia conjugella is regarded as the most important insect pest on apples in Fennoscandia. Until 2005 the organophosphorous compound azinphos-methyl (Gusathion) has been used in apple fruit moth control. The compound is now dereg istrated due to environmental concerns an...

Awarded: NOK 9.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Anthelmintic resistance in small ruminant nematodes in Norway

Gastrointestinal nematode infestation is considered as the most important of all infectious diseases in small ruminants. Losses due to endoparasites, and the degree of suffering involved, has a marked impact on animal welfare and production losses in smal l ruminant flocks around the world. In th...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Potential of muscle profiling on value-addition of products and consumer satisfaction under Norwegian beef production conditions

Matforsk deltar i et EU-prosjekt på kvalitet og sikkerhet av storfekjøtt hvor utnyttelsen av utradisjonelle stykningsdeler er en sentral del av prosjektet. Ny forskning i USA har vist at ved å bruke utradisjonelle metoder for nedskjæring og utbeining kan verdien av slaktet økes betydelig. I EU-p...

Awarded: NOK 7.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Akershus

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

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Building scenarios as a tool for dialogue, business development and management in protected coastal areas(Samfin. FHF-prosj.nr. 193846/I10)

There is a rich knowledge both nationally and internationally on e.g. restructuring of primary industries, business development, conservation, and conflicts in coastal zone management. However, still development and conservation objectives are not met in many areas due to profound conflicts and...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NORDAM-SAM-Samarbeidet Norge – Nord- Amerika

Dr.stipendiat til 173989 Optimal helse, velferd, og mattrygghet for kvalitetsprodukter fra norske geiter

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Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2013

Location: Oslo

NORDAM-SAM-Samarbeidet Norge – Nord- Amerika

Dr.stipendiat til 173388 Health, Nutrition and Food Demand: Effects of Information and the Substitution between Good Foods and Bad Foods

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Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Oslo

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Fiskeriekspert ved EUs Generaldirektorat for fiskeri - DGXIV - Petter Fossum

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Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Housing and environment in organic sheep farming, Postdoc

The principal objective of this project is to investigate how space allowance, flooring and access to outdoor yards affect the behaviour and welfare of sheep. Solid floor on the lying area is required for all existing organic sheep herds, whereas the dema nd for a total area of 1.5 m2 per ewe onl...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Akershus

NORDAM-SAM-Samarbeidet Norge – Nord- Amerika

Dr.gr.stipendiat til prosjekt nr. 173212 Opportunities for Norwegian production of bio-diesel from agricultural crops

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Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Akershus

NORDAM-SAM-Samarbeidet Norge – Nord- Amerika

Dr.stip. til prosj.nr. 173860 Social motivation and social housing of farmed silver fox vixens in relation to group size,group compo...

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Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

NORDAM-SAM-Samarbeidet Norge – Nord- Amerika

Dr.stipendiat til prosj. 173277 Reduced risk of Fusarium and mycotoxin contamination in Norwegian cereals by the development of a..

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Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Improvement of the NorFor feed evaluation system for cattle with special emphasis on feed passage kinetics in the rumen (184240)

Feed evaluation systems are used for describing the nutritive value of feeds and the nutritional requirements of the animal. Therefore, they are vital for understanding of nutrition and for developing and implementing nutritional strategies in animal prod uction. The practical goal of feed evalua...

Awarded: NOK 10.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Nutrition-based improvement of physical performance in horses.Dr.gr.stip

The use of area resources aimed at leisure and recreational needs offer opportunities for commercial and industrial development within horse keeping and sports activities. Competence build-up, financed in partnership by public organisations and partners r epresenting the industry will, through re...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Akershus

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Stunning and Killing of Decapods

The scientific information on welfare of decapods is scarce. The killing methods used has drawn public attention. In some countries the animals are protected by the law, so there is a discrepancy between law and practices. From its biology there is little evidence that decapods are able to feel ...

Awarded: NOK 0.70 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

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