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Digifood - Transforming the Nordic REKO-rings into a sustainable Digital Local Food System

New digital consumer trends challenge traditional food value chains designed for volume production and supply. In response to increasing consumer power, new digital business models are emerging, including food networks on digital platforms and the entry of global platform players like Amazon and ...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Vestfold

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KORNMO - produksjonsoptimalisering, kvalitetsstyring og bærekraft gjennom verdikjeden for korn

Grain is a cornerstone of Norwegian agriculture, and the Norsk Landbruksrådgiving SA (NLR) / The Norwegian Agricultural Advisory Service holds a unique position as the independent advisor to grain producers on issues related to agronomy, economics, health and safety, and landscape management. NLR...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Akershus

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Rett pollinering for auka fruktsetjing , større avling og betre fruktkvalitet i eple

The overall goal of the project is to improve the management techniques for obtain large annual yields of high quality apples and the economic results for Norwegian apple grower. The total amount of Norwegian produced apples is increasing. It has varied from 13322 tons in 2014 to 20104 tons in 2...

Awarded: NOK 2.7 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2026

Location: Akershus

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Dyrking av søtkirsebær i potter - Ny dyrkingsmetode for tunnelproduksjon

The aim of this project was to develop new knowledge how to grow sweet cherry trees in pots in high tunnels and produce high fruit quality in an environmentally friendly way. High density orchards with rain covers are the most common system for preventing fruit cracking in Norway using multibay h...

Awarded: NOK 0.89 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Rogaland

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Wood fibre substrates as an alternative to peat for a future more sustainable technology-based horticulture industry

SUBTECH focuses on evaluation and development of new alternatives to peat growing media based on Norwegian spruce wood fibre. In 2018, NIBIO conducted a series of preliminary growth trials with different wood fibres as growing media. The obtained results for cellulose fibres (from Hunton fiber AS...

Awarded: NOK 0.82 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Akershus

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Climate Smart Forestry Norway

Climate change is already impacting forests worldwide. In Norway and across Europe, warmer temperatures and shifting weather are expected to increase storms, pest outbreaks, and wildfires in the coming decades. Climate-Smart Forestry Norway (CSFN) was a research project (2020–2025) designed to he...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Akershus

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Securing adaptation of timothy cultivars under climate change and during seed multiplication using genomics and big-data approaches

Timothy is the most important forage grass grown in Norway, especially in the northern parts of the country. Climate change leads to greater variation in temperature and precipitation, and this will affect both plant production in the growing season and winter survival. Production of commercial s...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Akershus

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HoldbarSjekken: Testsystem for valg av riktig emballasje til frukter, bær og grønnsaker for optimal kvalitet og minimalt matsvinn.

Increased awareness of the climate crisis and plastic litter of the oceans has led to increased pressure from consumers to reduce the use of plastic packaging, especially for fruits, berries, and vegetables (F&B&V). Most consumers lack knowledge about the connection between packaging and shelf li...

Awarded: NOK 0.49 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Preparing for disease control by gene editing for a more sustainable livestock production

One of the most difficult traits to improve with traditional breeding is disease resistance. New technology in gene editing enables high-throughput genomic CRISPR screening to find which genes are important for resistance to various pathogens in livestock. The idea of a genomic CRISPR screen is t...

Awarded: NOK 1.1 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Innlandet

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“Diginostics” - A novel diagnostic test for digital dermatitis in ruminants

The prevalence of hoof diseases in cattle has increased in Norway, alongside growing herd sizes and the transition towards free-stall housing systems. Just 20 years ago, bovine digital dermatitis (BDD) was virtually unheard of in this country. Today, the disease has been detected in around 10% of...

Awarded: NOK 1.0 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2025

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Norsk vegetar for fremtiden - Norske grønnsaker, belgvekster og korn i bærekraftige vegetarprodukter.

New nutritious and flavorful plant-based products made from Norwegian ingredients will soon be available on dinner tables and hotel buffets. The project was led by Jæder Ådne Espeland AS, with Nofima as a research partner, and 13 business partners contributing various expertise and positions in t...

Awarded: NOK 0.62 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Rogaland

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Plasmabehandlet husdyrgjødsel - gjødselvirkning, miljøpåvirkning og klimagassutslipp

Organic based fertilizers are considered a valuable asset in agriculture as they return nutrients to farm fields. The use of organic fertilizer does however lead to a loss of nutrients, to the detriment of both the environment and the profitability of the farm operation. The loss of gaseous ammon...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Akershus

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Clostridia and other microbiota in raw milk and milk products: importance for product quality and food safety

Spore-forming bacteria of the genera Bacillus and Clostridium are ubiquitous in farm and dairy environments, posing a persistent challenge as they can easily contaminate milk. While pasteurization kills vegetative bacteria, bacterial spores are much more resistant, surviving the heat treatment. T...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Akershus

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Strategies in grass silage production to mitigate enteric CH4 emissions from ruminants

About 2/3 of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Norwegian agriculture come from ruminants, and most of the emissions are methane from the digestion of the ruminants. Forage constitutes a large proportion of the animals' feed ration. It is a national goal to increase the forage portion and the prop...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2025

Location: Akershus

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Økt konkurransekraft, bedret grisevelferd og styrket verdiskapning - utvikling og dokumentasjon av velferdsfremmende tiltak for slaktegris

In Norway, the sow welfare and piglet production have received more attention than the needs of the fattening pig. The project participants, together with NMBU, wanted to change this. The aim was to acquire knowledge and develop tools that improve the welfare of the fatting pig. The main objecti...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Reinere kyllingslakt

The project "Cleaner broiler" shall find effective hygiene measures along the value chain to increase biosecurity and reduce the bacteria level in poultry slaughter. It will result in less wastage and reduced costs at the butchery due to fewer scraps of slaughter and contribute to longer shelf l...

Awarded: NOK 0.18 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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Development of technical and chemical supplementation for pig embryo transfer at a commercial scale

Using embryo technology in pig breeding is of interest, but it is a challenge to collect egg cells or embryos from live sows without surgery. This project has included the development of equipment and methods to make this possible. New and improved versions of the catheter produced at NTNU have b...

Awarded: NOK 0.57 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Innlandet

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Bedre lagring av industripotet for mindre svinn, høyere kvalitet og redusert innhold av akrylamid.

Acrylamide has become an important measure when looking at profitability and sustainability in the potato processing industry. Acrylamide is a possible carcinogenic which is formed in starchy foods during high-temperature cooking processes. Crisps and French fries are consumed by people of all ag...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Innlandet

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Utnyttelse av lokale marine råvarer i fôr til kylling

The projects main objectives were to develop a sustainable, climate conscious, short-travelled feed concept for broiler production, that would give a positive effect to animal health, profitability, and product quality. What made this project unique, is that all the core commercial actors in th...

Awarded: NOK 0.83 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Adaptations within the Norwegian wheat value chain to improve quality and obtain high quantities for milling in a challenging climate

The project aimed to increase the production of Norwegian milling wheat with stable and good baking quality despite impending climatic challenges by expanding knowledge and adapting strategies within the value chain. Low protein content and unpredictable variations in gluten quality have been cha...

Awarded: NOK 0.44 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Climate Smart Norwegian Sheep Production

Norway has large unused outfield resources that are crucial for increasing food production in line with human population growth. This requires the use of ruminants, while agriculture must simultaneously reduce its greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). The challenge is to combine increased ruminant pro...

Awarded: NOK 0.87 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Akershus

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Sustainable management of pasture parasites in Norwegian beef and dairy cattle

Use of pasture is important for cattle production throughout Norway. Grazing cattle can, however, be infected by parasites that affect their production negatively. The pasture parasites (PP) may also cause clinical disease, even mortality, and thus adversely affect animal health and welfare. In ...

Awarded: NOK 0.92 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Akershus

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Friske varroaresistente honningbier

Honeybees perform an important service by pollinating a number of agricultural crops as well as wild plants. Along with wild pollinating insects, honeybees are exposed to a number of stressors. For honeybees, the single most important threat is the parasitic mite Varroa destructor (varroa mite) a...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Akershus

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Manure, fish slurry and digestate; from problem to farmers’ gold.

Norway has large and very different waste streams, containing important nutrients. However, the different sectors, in agriculture, aquaculture, other businesses, and the wastes created by common citizens, are not well coupled for a better and holistic recirculation of the nutrients. We must find ...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Akershus

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Understanding the causal agent(s) of tip rot to reduce carrot loss and waste within the supply chain

Carrot is the main field vegetable in Norway, and it contributes over 886 million NOK per annum, where 94.5% of the market share is covered by locally produced carrots. It is stored in cold storage for up to 8 months. It has been claimed that tip rot of carrot is an increasing problem in Norway, ...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Akershus

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Decarbonize- Ny bærekraftig teknologi for desentralisert produksjon av biokarbon for jord og vekstmedier

Standard Bio is a green innovation company developing technologies for production of biocarbon and biocarbon-based products. Through Decarbonize, Standard Bio will develop new technology for cost-effective production of new sustainable growth media qualities which can replace peat-based growth me...

Awarded: NOK 0.82 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Telemark

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DNA analyser for bedre styring av osteproduksjonen.

Microorganisms are essential during the production and ripening of all cheese. The metabolic reactions that occur during cheese ripening are enzymatic breakdown of sugar, fat and proteins, and the composition of the starter culture determines the degree of cheese ripening. It was therefore desira...

Awarded: NOK 0.93 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2023

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Genotyping goats to cost effectively increase genetic progress

Genomic Selection (GS) is expected to result in an increase in accuracy of selection of young animals and an increase in rate of genetic improvement for the population. GS has been successfully introduced in many dairy cattle populations around the world but is less widespread in small ruminants...

Awarded: NOK 1.0 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Akershus

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Innovative og bærekraftige metoder for tørking av mat

In the project "Innovative and sustainable methods for drying food" with the short name "Innotørk", we have examined how new and improved drying methods can produce high quality and healthy products with high nutritional content. Orkla Foods Norge (OFN) AS has been the project manager and contrib...

Awarded: NOK 49,999

Project Period: 2019-2023

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Teaching the computer to recognise suboptimal skeletal growth/osteochondrosis, to use this in selection for sustainable legs

Behind a long and complicated title, there is really a rather simple aim: we wish to use artificial intelligence to improve evaluation of skeletal health in pigs. Norway is a leading country in the use of computed tomography (CT) in pigs Having healthy and sound pigs depends just as much on whic...

Awarded: NOK 1.1 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Akershus

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