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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

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Remittances from immigrants in Norway

Prosjektet vil frembringe ny kunnskap om pengeoverføringer fra innvandrere i Norge til deres opphavsland. Dette er et viktig element i varige transnasjonale bånd i etterkant av internasjonal migrasjon. På verdensbasis mottar utviklingsland dobbelt så mye i overføringer fra sine utvandrere som i o...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Inngår i 201779: Increased power and salmon production with Environmentally Designed Operation of Regulated Rivers

Mer laks og mer kraft ved miljødesignet vassdragsdrift: Formålet med prosjektet er å utvikle strategier for drift av vannkraftverk i regulerte elver som optimaliserer forholdet mellom kraftproduksjon og produksjon av laksefisk. Prosjektet vil også utvikl e kriterier for hvordan vannkraftverk, bå...

Awarded: NOK 7.4 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Can nuisance growth of the aquatic macrophyte Juncus bulbosus be related to elevated nitrogen deposition as well as hydropower regulations?

The hydroelectric power industry has thus far been strongly linked to the problem with mass development of the aquatic macrophyte Juncus bulbosus in regulated freshwaters, although other factors like climate variability, acid rain and liming may also cont ribute to the expansion of this species. ...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

A NEW CONCEPT FOR POWER QUALITY AND RELIABILITY MEASUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT-THE PQM PROJECT

Quality of supply problems in T&D systems increase both due to increased pollution in networks (increased emission) and due to increased use of electrical equipment that are sensitive to disturbances (reduced immunity). Customers quality of supply requir ements with respect to reliability and vo...

Awarded: NOK 12.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Farmed Cod in the European Market: Market Potential and Substitution Effects

The European Union (EU) is the major market for wild cod and farmed salmon and is likely to be the major market for farmed cod as well. The export of farmed cod is still small, but grew with 292% from 2004 to 2005. Projections suggest the supply of farmed cod will continue to grow, and that Norw...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

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

Captured based aquaculture around fish farms:developing a small scale fjord fishery

When artificial structures are concentrated in large numbers in specific areas of the coastline, their synergistic effects may generate an "Artificially Created Ecosystem" (ACE). These structures will have diverse ecological effects on coastal ecosystems, maybe to a greater extent than is curren...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Diet and Reproductive Output in Arctic Molluscs: the Importance of Ice Algae and Phytoplankton (DREAM)

Algae that are associated with the arctic sea ice (ice algae) can constitute a significant fraction of total primary production, and play a fundamental role in polar ecosystems. The recently documented reduction of ice coverage may result in a significant shift in the relative contributions of i...

Awarded: NOK 0.87 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Efficient incentive mechanisms for introduction of renewable resources and development of transmission in deregulated power markets

The main contribution of this project is the analysis of transmission issues associated with current and alternative incentives structures for introduction of renewable generation capacity in the incumbent Nordic electricity system. The suitability of th e existing numerical models for assessing...

Awarded: NOK 0.71 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Vestland

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Hydrogen production from natural gas in high-temperature membrane reactors: Advanced catalysis from atoms to processes

The project deals with a development of a catalyst system in a high temperature hydrogen permeable membrane reactor, enabling production of hydrogen and CO2 simultaneously from natural gas. The active, stable and cheap catalysts will be developed by new c atalyst design through the combination of...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

5 - Antibiotics from the sea - isolation and characterization of novel compounds from cold-water benthic organisms(fortsetter som 184688)

The modern society relies on a continuous development of new drugs, either to replace older and less efficient drugs, or even more important, to address clinical needs that are unmet today. The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance in common hu man pathogenic bacteria has fuelled the n...

Awarded: NOK 0.75 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Measurements of Black Carbon aerosols in Arctic snow - interpretation of effect on snow reflectance

Snow covered surfaces have relatively high albedo and most of the incoming solar radiation is reflected. Consequently, the temporal evolution of surface albedo in the Arctic is of high relevance for the surface energy balance, melting processes and climat e. BC particles emitted by fossil fuel an...

Awarded: NOK 0.90 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2014

Location: Oslo

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

A comparison of data from atmospheric research stations at Summit, Greenland, and Zeppelin, Svalbard

Researchers from the U.S. and Norway have recently started an informal collaboration to share re-sources used to interpret atmospheric chemistry data and exploit data together from the Summit, Greenland and Zeppelin, Svalbard stations (Sjostedt et al., 20 06; Stohl et al., 2006). SUMSVAL shall st...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

CHINA, bilateral cooperation in mycotoxin research to improve safe food production

China has become a strategically important partner of Norway. This has also been recognized by Bioforsk, which has attempted to establish a co-operation platform with Jilin Academy of Agricultural Science (JAAS). An agreement of collaboration was last yea r signed between Bioforsk and JAAS, and t...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Canada - bilateral collaboration on infant feeding policy and infant feeding practices

The Department of Sociology, University of Bergen, and the Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada will initiate research collaboration on infant feeding policy and infant feeding practices. Infant feeding has become a key public health i ssue, nationally as well as international...

Awarded: NOK 75,000

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Vestland

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

Canada - forskningssamarbeid vinterturisme

Hvordan fremme en tettere kobling mellom FoU-miljøer og turistnæringen for å bidra til innovasjon og produktutvikling innen vinterturisme? Dette vil være et sentralt aspekt ved samarbeidet mellom Norut Samfunnsforskning og Simon Fraser University. Turisme senteret ved Simon Fraser University har ...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

China - Bilateral Cooperation for Sustainable Water Management towards Environmental and Ecological Effects

The joint Norwegian institutions led by the University of Life Science and the Yellow River Conservancy Commission of China are willing to establish research networks, and make cooperative efforts on the subjects with mutual interest and subjective compet ence, and establish new project proposals...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

China - Bilateral collaboration in the field of comparative genomics of stress tolerance in grasses

Rice and wheat are the two main crops in China, and China has an extensive genome research activity of high international standard in these species exemplified by one of the Chinese institutions involved in this project, namely the Chinese Academy of Agri cultural Sciences (CAAS) (www.caas.net.c...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Akershus

INT-BILAT-BILAT-ordningen

China - Initiation of a cooperation project on capacity building for mitigating persistent organic pollutants in China

In order to strenghten it's research cooperation with China, NIVA has signed a cooperation agreement with Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, takes active part in the establishment of the Sino-Norwegian Interdisciplin ary Centre for Environmental Research (NI...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2007

Location: Oslo

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