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SKOGFOND-Utviklingsfondet for skogbruket

Utvikling av plantemateriale med fjelledelgran (Abies lasiocarpa) til produksjon av juletrær. Femte prosjektfase for perioden 2010-2011

Norsk Pyntegrønt har i samarbeid med Det norske Skogfrøverk og Norsk institutt for skog og landskap i Bergen deltatt i prosjektet "Utvikling av plantemateriale av fjelledelgran (Abies lasiocarpa) til juletreproduksjon. Prosjektet startet i 1993 og består av fem prosjektfaser, ved utgangen av 200...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Buskerud

NORDAM-SAM-Samarbeidet Norge – Nord- Amerika

Støtte til opphold i 2 måneder som gjesteforskerstipend for Dr. Ross Nelson fra NASA, USA . Tilhørende prosj nr 166482/I|0

Gjesteforskerstipend til Dr. Ross Nelson . Oppholdet varer ca 2 måneder i 2010.

Awarded: NOK 50,000

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Akershus

NORDAM-SAM-Samarbeidet Norge – Nord- Amerika

Opphold i 3 måneder som gjesteforsker for Pablo Crespel fra Forintek, Canada . Tilhørende prosj nr. 192279/I10

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Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Akershus

NORDAM-SAM-Samarbeidet Norge – Nord- Amerika

Støtte til gjesteforskerstipend for Mark J. Ducey fra University of New Hampshire, USA. Tilhørende prosj nr.189961/I10 og 192292/I10

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Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Akershus

INFRA-Infrastrukturtiltak

FoU for fjellregionen - Bioforsk avdeling Løken

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Awarded: NOK 0.35 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Akershus

MAT-SLF-Matprogr.:Prosj.fullfin.av SLF

New statistical tools for integrating and exploiting complex genomic and phenotypic data sets (209753)

To understand the variation of food product quality caused by phenotype variations as a function of genes and environment is a tremendous challenge, since the amount of information that has to be taken into account is huge. Measurement technology for coll ecting the required data is now readily a...

Awarded: NOK 4.9 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Optimized process control in the meat industry by inline quality measurement and automatic sorting of meat trimmings

An primary aim of MeatAutoSort is to develop an automated system that can sort individual meat trimmings according to fat content and weight into batches of specified target fat content. This is possible by combining fat estimates from a novel NIR system with the weight of each trimming obtained...

Awarded: NOK 6.7 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

A sustainable regional policy

The regional policy goals of preserving the scattered population pattern and sustaining the amenity value of the landscape, have strong support in the Norwegian general public. Nevertheless, traditional agricultural support has neither been able to revers e the tendency of centralisation nor the ...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2012

Location: Vestland

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Challenges for succession in family farms and small family firms in rural areas (202138)

In rural areas with nature-based resources and few other work opportunities successful successions can be seen as sustainable value creation and industry policy. The project will examine the dynamics and challenges for family farm and family firm successi on. The study will provide novel insights...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Reindeer herding and commodification of the outfields and commons in Southern-Sámi areas - challenging established rights and practices

Reindeer herding, agriculture and forestry are defined as primary industries, hence policies and administration of these industries are under the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The reindeer herding industry constitutes the major material basis for Sámi culture - identity, lifestyle and langua...

Awarded: NOK 5.6 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

How to control Anthriscus sylvestris: Biological measures and societal efforts

During the last 50-60 years several reports states that A. sylvestris is aggressively establishing in grassland in Norway. Now it is established in grassland in most of the country and some rural districts is said to be completely covered in white during the flowering period. In the present pro...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Akershus

MAT-SLF-Matprogr.:Prosj.fullfin.av SLF

Ovine footrot and related contagious bovine claw diseases in Norway

Publiserte artikler: Characterisation of Dichelobacter nodosus isolates from Norway av Gilhuus et al.,Vet. Microbiol., 2013: Både virulente og benigne varianter av D. nodosus og alle serogrupper bortsett fra D og F ble påvist. Virulente isolater ble kun funnet hos sau i Rogaland og av disse til...

Awarded: NOK 8.7 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2015

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Effects of activities and work on a farm and its nature surroundings on health, social well-being and working ability for people out of work

I Norge er en stor og økende andel av befolkningen permanent eller midlertidig ute av arbeidslivet. Mange norske gårder tilbyr ulike Inn på tunet (IPT) tiltak for denne gruppen, allikevel er lite kjent om hvilke elementer som kan tenkes å ha positive effekter på ulike faktorer som man vet har be...

Awarded: NOK 6.3 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2015

Location: Akershus

FORINFRA-Nasj.sats. forskn.infrastrukt

National Surface and Interface Characterisation Laboratory

Surfaces and interfaces are essential parts of all functional materials, determining their physical and chemical properties to a large extent. Knowledge about structure-composition-function relationships is the most important navigation tool in the develo pment of next generation materials within...

Awarded: NOK 25.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2015

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FORINFRA-Nasj.sats. forskn.infrastrukt

BIOKLIMA National Infrastructure for Studying Climate Effects in Natural and Agro-ecosystems

The BIOKLIMA pre-proposal aims to design a national facility enabling integration of a wide range of science disciplines to address the challenges posed by the expected climate change. Disiplines included are plant biology, agronomy, plant pathology, m icrobiology, molecular biology, soil scie...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Akershus

FORINFRA-Nasj.sats. forskn.infrastrukt

Developing a national strategy for ICOS; the Integrated Carbon Observation System

Present and future greenhouse gas (GHG) balances of terrestrial ecosystems are at the core of scientific and political issues, as increases in terrestrial CO2 and CH4 emissions will accelerate Global Warming. A new large scale European infrastructure is d evoted to this issue: the International C...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

A genetic solution to reduce boar taint in intact male pigs

This application targets the prioritised area of Competitive Production of raw materials in the Food Research Program. Our specific focus goal is the development and implementation of a practical solution to boar taint. Today, the castration of young male pigs has been widely employed as solutio...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Akershus

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Mechanisms of the air-surface exchange of organic pollutants and mercury in a Chinese subtropical forest

Project summary The overall aim of the project is to develop tools and conceptual frameworks to evaluate the mechanisms controlling the inter-compartment exchange of long range transported semivolatile persistent pollutants (SVPPs) in a forest soil system , in order to provide elements to link po...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo

VERDIKT-Kjernekomp.og verdiskaping IKT

NOKIOS, Norsk konferanse for IKT i offentlig sektor

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Awarded: NOK 49,999

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SKOGFOND-Utviklingsfondet for skogbruket

Internasjonale konferansen Ecology and Forests for Public Health 18.-20.9.2009 på Soria Moria Hotell i Oslo.

Internasjonale konferansen Ecology and Forests for Public Health 18.-20.9.2009 på Soria Moria Hotell i Oslo.

Awarded: NOK 75,000

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Agder

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Urban and Peri-Urban Horticulture in Benin

Entomology: Intensive diagnoses for aphid pests at 31 vegetable sites across Benin show that 22 vegetable species and 15 weed species were favourite hosts of the aphids. The aphid pest list includes a) Aphis gossipii G. (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Abelmosch us esculentus (okra), Capsicum frutescenc...

Awarded: NOK 76,999

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Akershus

MAT-SLF-Matprogr.:Prosj.fullfin.av SLF

Developing robust and economically viable models for cow-calf suckling in organic dairy systems, fulfilling high standards for animal health

Prosjektet har to hovedmål med hver sin stipendiat tilknyttet. Det ene hovedmålet er å finne fram til praktiske og lønnsomme metoder for naturlig melkefôring av kalv i økologisk melkeproduksjon. Det legges her vekt på systemer der ku og kalv får være sammen ut over råmelksperioden, samt metoder f...

Awarded: NOK 8.9 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2015

Location: Oslo

ELSA-Etiske,rettslige og samf.m. as

Deliberative processes - increased citizenship or a treat to democracy? A synthesis of recent research within nano-technology

The project will be organised around the writing of a position paper on dualism of deliberative processes (50 pages) and the consequences of further research and political activities. In the first part of the paper we will build upon existing documents a nd publications from the deliberative pro...

Awarded: NOK 0.43 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Oslo

ELSA-Etiske,rettslige og samf.m. as

Designed to get away, emerging deliberation and governance on autonomously disseminating technologies.

GM biocontrol agents represents novel and controversial technical means to deal with biological entities that often span political borders. These agents are explicitly designed to spread and/or endure in the environment remote from day-to-day human manage ment. They entail high-stake and urgent i...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MAT-SLF-Matprogr.:Prosj.fullfin.av SLF

Listeria monocytogenes in small-scale cheese production: Occurence, contamination routes and preventive measures (195981).

Soft cheeses have been involved in several outbreaks with the food pathogenic bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, including an outbreak in Norway in 2007 with soft cheese from a small-scale producer. This outbreak revealed the need for more knowledge about how production routines and production fa...

Awarded: NOK 5.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Profitable bioenergy and paper production through innovative raw material handling and process integration (PROFIT)

The project aims at establishing innovative systems and technological solutions for integrated raw material handling and heat flows in a paper mill, waste combustion plant, pellet plant and a synthetic biofuel plant. Heat integration and use of excess was te energy from the paper mill and the was...

Awarded: NOK 16.8 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo

BILATNAER-Bilat.samarb.m.N-AM,Kina,Jpn,I

Increased value creation in food production through characterizing and mitigating emissions of greenhouse gases from agriculture in Norway

Food production results in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. On the other hand, agricultural soils also have a potential to sequester carbon, and thus mitigate CO2 emission. Optimizing food production while minimizing net GHG emissions, represents a signifi cant challenge for Norwegian agriculture....

Awarded: NOK 9.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Moderne bekjempelse av salmonella (inntekt 193994)

Genetisk fingeravtrykk hos Salmonella-stammer viste at noen har overlevd i fabrikker i minst 10 år til tross for regelmessig rengjøring og desinfeksjon. Antimikrobielle materialer viste liten evne til å hindre overlevelse av bakterier i fabrikkmiljø. Mikroskopering av prøver fra fabrikkmiljø vist...

Awarded: NOK 14.6 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic effect of Se-enriched plant foods

Selenium is a key component influencing several major metabolic pathways, including thyroid hormone metabolism, antioxidant defence systems, and immune function. The average blood serum Se concentration has declined from 1.5 ?g/L to 1.1 ?g/L in recent yea rs, which is partially attributed to the ...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Kartlegging av råstoffegenskaper fra småfe og optimering av produksjonsprosessen for fenalår fra Norge (201203)

Animalia har på oppdrag fra bransjen, utarbeidet søknad om geografisk beskyttelse av fenalår. I arbeidet med søknaden, er det avdekket et klart behov for å kartlegge råvareegenskaper og å videreutvikle produksjonsprosessen for fenalår. En videreutvikling av fenalåret for å tilfredsstille de krave...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo