Bioforsk

Bioforsk
Saghellinga at Ås – both the administration and the majority of Bioforsk Soil and Environment Division are located here.

Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research (Bioforsk) is a national Norwegian R&D institute specialising in the fields of agriculture and food production, environmental protection and natural resource management. Furthermore, Bioforsk focuses on research-based innovation, value creation and sustainable resource utilisation. Bioforsk aims to be a regionally, nationally and internationally competitive knowledge producer and service provider.

Organisation

Bioforsk was established on 1 January 2006, after a merger of the Norwegian Centre for Soil and Environmental Research, the Norwegian Institute for Crop Research and the Norwegian Centre for Organic Agriculture.[1] Bioforsk has a staff of about 500. Bioforsk is organised under the Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The institute consists of seven research divisions, a laboratory and numerous branches spread throughout the country, thus ensuring proximity to both market and challenges. Bioforsk’s management team and central administration are located in Ås, 30 km south of Oslo.

The Bioforsk Plant Health and Plant Protection Division is in charge of R&D related to plant health and plant protection. The division specialises in the fields of plant diseases, weeds, pests, climate effects, genetics and biotechnology. Important R&D areas include integrated plant protection, biological pest control and pest forecasting systems. The division is furthermore involved in such fields as agrometeorology, ecotoxicology and risk analysis. The Plant Health and Plant Protection Centre is located in Ås.

The Bioforsk Soil and Environment Division is in charge of soil and environmental research. The division is specialised in the fields of soil science, soil pollution, ecotoxicology, waste management, wastewater and ecological engineering, hydrology, water quality, land use and terrestrial climate effects. The division’s main office is in Ås, but there is also a branch in Svanvik in eastern Finnmark, close to the Russian and Finnish borders, with a specific focus on environmental issues in the Barents Region. The branch also includes the Svanhovd Conference Centre and the Visitor’s Centre of the Øvre Pasvik National Park.

The Bioforsk Arable Crops Division is in charge of R&D related to cereals, oilseed crops, peas, seed production, potatoes, vegetables and herbs. The division also conducts research on such areas as berries, forage crops, lawn grass, small livestock, organic agriculture, precision farming and farm-based rural development in the mountain regions. The main office is in Kapp in Hedmark County, but there are branches throughout eastern Norway, where, due to natural conditions, most of the country’s arable crops are grown.

The Bioforsk Horticulture and Urban Greening Division is in charge of R&D related to fruit and berry crops, greenhouse production of vegetables and berries, Christmas trees and cut greens, as well as the establishment and maintenance of urban green space, including sports and amenity turf. The division also focuses on roughage production and cultural landscape management. The main office is in Klepp in Rogaland County, just south of Stavanger, and there are three branches in other parts of western Norway: two in Sogn & Fjordane and one in Hordaland.

The Bioforsk Grassland and Landscape Division is in charge of R&D related to grassland management, roughage production and the cultural landscape. The division, which is based at Stjørdal to the north of Trondheim, also conducts research on cereals, berries, vegetables, potatoes, greenhouse crops and bioenergy.

The Bioforsk Organic Food and Farming Division is a national centre of expertise, in charge of R&D related to organic agriculture and organic food production. The division’s activities cover the entire value chain from “farm to table”. The division is based at Tingvoll in north-western Norway (Møre og Romsdal County).

The Bioforsk Arctic Agriculture and Land Use Division is in charge of R&D related to Arctic agriculture and the utilisation of wilderness and rangeland resources. The division has special expertise in the fields of wild berry production, utilisation of uncultivated land and freshwater fisheries. The division also has a regional responsibility for facilitating an innovative development of agriculture and land use in northern Norway. The main office is in the Arctic metropolis of Tromsø, with two branches in Nordland County (Tjøtta and Bodø).

External links

  • www.bioforsk.no
  • GENESIS - Groundwater and Dependent Ecosystems (large scale EU-project)
  • SoilCAM (EU-project)

Coordinates: 59°40′4″N 10°45′57″E / 59.66778°N 10.76583°E / 59.66778; 10.76583


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