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KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

MEATigation: Towards sustainable meat-use in Norwegian food practices for climate mitigation

...MEATigation joins eleven researchers in Social...and Arts with nine industry partners in food provision and sustainability communication to...challenge facing Norway’s transition to a ‘low-emission society’: transforming the food system....MEATigation er eit forskings- og...

Awarded: NOK 14.8 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PES2020-Prosj.etabl.støtte H2020

Empowering cities as agents of food system transformation.

...aim of the project is to create a strong platform in order to straighten the link between rural...explore synergies between rural and urban area in order to reach the goal of the FOOD2030...CLIMATE smart and environmentally sustainable food systems: Building climate smart food...

Awarded: NOK 69,999

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Rogaland

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

KARBONMAT: Designing sustainable business model (SBM) concepts for carbon sequestration in soils to transform the Norwegian food system

...Food system transformation is key to addressing...challenges, whilst continuing to provide safe food and rural economic opportunities. However, at...these challenges. There is a crucial need for innovation in the food systems to enable...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PES2020-Prosj.etabl.støtte H2020

PES2020 for "Climate change mitigation and adaptation: transition towards a sustainable low-carbon society (MITADAPT)" (SC5-3a-2014)

...overall objective of the "Climate change mitigation and adaptation: transition...on the implications of different designs of climate change governance in the EU at various...a comprehensive economic assessment of climate change, based on different mitigation and...

Awarded: NOK 59,999

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

VOM – insentiver til Virkemidler for Omstilling av Matsystemet

...rapidly reduced to keep the Paris Agreement climate targets within reach. The food system is a...source of emissions, with large impacts on land-use, biodiversity and health. We know to a great...do, but VOM will study how to support a shift towards a sustainable low emission food system by...

Awarded: NOK 30.4 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Strategies for Circular Agriculture to reduce GHG emissions within and between farming systems across an agro-ecological gradient

...farms trend towards specialisation and high yields but have...dependent on external inputs to compensate for declining recycling of nutrients. Farms in...inputs and yields and higher vulnerability to climate change. In Europe, re-coupling of livestock...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2025

Location: Akershus

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

...The forecasted climate makes it critical that Norway...rm as a complete ecosystem. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has developed a model (Holos)...have already developed considerable expertise in GHG science. Undoubtedly, their expertise will...

Awarded: NOK 0.23 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

EJP SOIL - ClimateCropping: Climate Smart Management for Resilient European Cropping Systems

...the 2015 Paris Agreement (PA), the international community agreed to limit the rise...to below 2 °C. Roughly 30% of Nationally Determined Contributions under the PA include land-based...economic profitability and social constraints of a large-scale adoption of soil management...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Creating a scientific basis for an integrated evaluation of soil-borne GHG emissions in Norwegian agriculture

...contribute to global warming by direct and indirect emissions of the...CH4 and N2O. Cultivated soils are either net sinks or sources for CO2 and strong sources of N2O....contribute to th e total GHG budget of food production. However, the magnitude of soil...

Awarded: NOK 10.7 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Akershus

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Quantifying climate Impacts of Future Forest management strategies in Norway

...international community has agreed to limit the...shift away from the fossil economy towards one based on renewable materials and energy,...as biomass. Forests can play multiple roles in climate mitigation, such as sequestering carbon...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2022

Location: Oslo

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

PATHWAYS - towards reduced climate footprints in everyday and long-distance leisure mobilities

...transport in Norway and elsewhere is a huge and rapidly...and has been depicted as a major roadblock to climate change mitigation. Still, there is a dearth...leisure travel such as local/regional journeying (mostly car-based) and long-distance tours...

Awarded: NOK 9.4 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Oslo

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Surface waters: The overlooked factor in the forestry climate mitigation debate?

...Climate change affects large parts of world with...weather events. Norway is aggressively pursuing sustainable climate mitigation strategies and...(e.g. nitrogen fertilization, intensified stem-only and/or whole-tree harvesting) are being...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2020

Location: Oslo

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Scenarios and pathways towards land-use and food production for Western and the Nordic European countries as part of the FABLE Consortium

...trends of unsustainable management of food and land-use systems...Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. Initially using an existing...collaboration will iteratively propose food and land use system interventions such as...Forvaltning av matproduksjon og arealbruk som ikke...

Awarded: NOK 3.5 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2023

Location: Oslo

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Climate Smart Norwegian Sheep Production

...has set political goals to increase domestic food production based on...total land area. Cereals are only grown on one-third of this area, due to constraints in...outfields, i.e. uncultivated vegetation in the forests and mountains. These areas (140 000 square...

Awarded: NOK 0.87 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Akershus

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

Launching the Norwegian Green Infrastructure Network and new decision-support tools for Land Prioritization, Scenario and Impact assessment

...a century of conservation initiatives, largely focused on area protection,...an unprecedented decline. Land use practices are the main driver for habitat loss and...Agency has recently developed a Green Infrastructure strategy (GI) to halt the loss of...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2022-2026

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

Optimal processing of macroalgae as a new sustainable food ingredient

...growing seaweed farming in Norway provides raw...high quality, with an unutilised potential as food and food ingredients. Seaweed has attractive...a taste booster (umami), salt replacer, texture-provider, other functions and as a source of...

Awarded: NOK 5.9 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2024

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

How can fisheries contribute more to a sustainable future?

...production but produce only 2% of human food and 6% of dietary protein. This project takes...with key stakeholders considers fisheries as a food system, and deliberately try to ignore current...would fisheries look like if UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement...

Awarded: NOK 23.8 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Vestland

BIOTEK2021-Bioteknologi for verdiskaping

KSP: ARRIVAL of cellular agriculture- Enabling biotechnology for future food production

...food production must increase more than 60% towards...the livestock sector to meet the growing demand for high-value animal protein. Although...these cannot truly mimic animal proteins, recreate the nutritional value, nor the...

Awarded: NOK 20.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Committed to the responsible development of meat replacement products and practices

...project aims at answering the following question: Under which conditions...Ireland, Norway and Romania) ready to opt for diets that include alternative proteins...to build knowledge to facilitate a transition towards the responsible production, provision and...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Sino-Norwegian workshop on pesticide monitoring for food safety and mitigation of soil and water pollution

...fast economic development in China during the past two to three decades,...application of fertilizers and pesticides, and food safety problems have becoming serious...government has recently launched the 13th 5-year plan (2016-2020) with a strong focus on...

Awarded: NOK 35,046

Project Period: 2016-2017

Location: Akershus

SANCOOP-South Africa - Norway research co-operation on climate, the environment og clean energy

TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED TAILORED FOOD POLICY: Consumer-level mitigation using a hybrid analysis of meat choice and behavioural change

...meat industry is a significant contributor to...play an important role in climate change mitigation policies. Exisiting practical measures are...This project contends that we can no longer afford to use reactive stand-alone approaches....Oktober 2016 - september 2017 Et viktig mål i...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2014-2017

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRIPRO-Fri prosjektstøtte

Towards a healthy and sustainable diet in Norway – The NOR-Eden project

...reports have highlighted that our diets and food production systems negatively influence both...To our knowledge, no country has modelled food based dietary guidelines based on healthiness,...and prior knowledge of country specific food habits, food culture, agriculture, natural...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Sustainable Eaters - Consumers in a sustainable Norwegian food system

...must contribute to the shift toward a sustainable future. Slow progress towards the...combined with high ambitions to reach the Paris-agreement, require that we re-think our food...levels.?There is a particular need to change food-related behavior as the food system is...

Awarded: NOK 30.1 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NORGLOBAL2-Norge - global partner

Climate smart innovations in agriculture in Uganda: Improved food security, livelihoods and soil carbon

...Food production in rain-fed agriculture in...challenging, due to a growing population, unsustainable methods, deteriorating soil quality and a...and use of biochar (pyrolyzed crop residues for carbon storage and soil fertility...er store utfordringer med matsikkerhet i Afrika sør for...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Akershus

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

Coastal foodscapes: a place-based perspective on heritage rooted in coastal ecosystems

...Norwegian coastal regions are facing multiple...changes, including ecosystem degradation, climate change, intensified resource extraction,...of these environmental and structural changes, FOODCOAST takes a foodscape perspective on the...står ovanfor ei rekke miljø- og samfunnsmessige...

Awarded: NOK 7.3 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2023

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Implementing biochar-fertilizer solution in Norway for climate and food production benefits

...land sector in Norway, including agriculture and forestry,...to the national target of 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emission by 2030. However, many...food production and economic activity. Looking for alternative solutions, large-scale...

Awarded: NOK 21.0 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2023

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

BICEPS - Biochar Integration in Small-Holder Cropping Systems–Economy, Food Product Value Chains, Climate Change Resilience, Soil Fertility

...integration in small-holder agriculture is a...of the food production system to achieve climate mitigation, climate resilience and...to quantify the contribution of biochar to climate change resilience, improved food security...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Oslo

MILJØFORSK-Miljøforskning for en grønn samfunnsomstilling

Agricultural mitigation measures and the value of water quality improvements

...is essential for life. Producing of food is also impossible...water can transport pollution far from its origin, changing the landscape and the ecosystems on...an important contributor to GHG emissions. In food production, manure and fertilizer are used as...

Awarded: NOK 14.9 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Biochar-compost composites for supporting site-specific soil agro-ecosystem functions and climate change mitigation

...In a climate-smart agriculture, it is necessary to...of all organic wastes is recycled back into the soil. The main goal of the Agrocomposit...soil improvement technologies applying composite soil amendments produced from...Intensiv landbrukspraksis og klimaendringer er...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2026

Location: Akershus

INNOFFARENA-Innovasjonsarena for stat og kommune

Innovative sustainable public procurement of food and catering services

...project deals with innovative public procurement for sustainable...innovative public procurement strategies and practices, aimed at supporting their sustainability...systems, in particular those related to food, mobility, and energy. In the Norwegian public...

Awarded: NOK 6.6 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Innlandet