Projects (18)

• Seaweed fibre for increased soil organic matter

  2021-01-29 (Updated: 2021-03-03) Anne-Kristin Løes

  

  Residual material from brown seaweeds may promote the soil structure and increase the soils’ content of organic matter, and ability to store water. These and other effects of algae fibre will be studied in potato production.

• Education for adult agronomists from Gjermundnes VGS

  2020-11-18 (Updated: 2020-11-19) Susanne Friis Pedersen

  

  NORSØK contributes with teaching in organic farming for adult students from Gjermundnes Secondary School.
  

• Creating synergies and added value between regional maritime and agricultural research environments

  2020-08-11 (Updated: 2020-11-20) Agnes Gundersen

  

  The goal of the project is to create synergies between the business community in Møre and Romsdal and regional maritime and agricultural research facilities, by bringing business and research closer together.

• Organic seed grains (Seedgrains)

  2020-03-11 (Updated: 2020-03-24) Randi B. Frøseth

  

  This project aims to increase the quality, and diversity, of organically grown seed grains. Old and new wheat cultivars, breeding lines and populations from several crosses between breeding lines are grown in field experiments.

• Biochar coating potential to supress storage diseases in vegetables and potatoes (CHARCOAT)

  2020-02-19 (Updated: 2020-03-05) Tatiana Rittl

  

  Can biochar coating decrease diseases severity during potato and carrot storage? Biochar is a carbon rich material used to improve soils quality.

• Co-substrates for biogas production in organic farms

  2019-08-27 (Updated: 2020-08-12) Ingvar Kvande

• Effect of soil organic matter management on soil characteristics potato yield and...

  2019-07-11 (Updated: 2020-03-05) Tatiana Rittl

  

  Potato is the world’s number one non-grain food commodity.

• Farmers and the city: enhancing added value and sustainability through optimized use...

  2019-05-23 (Updated: 2020-01-10) Anne-Kristin Løes

  

  How to profit from an urban farm location? Better utilisation of farmland, innovative business models and recycling of nutrients are the keywords of the project.

• Organic potatoes in Mid-Norway – the potential of early cultivars and good ag...

  2019-05-13 (Updated: 2021-01-27) Anne-Kristin Løes

  

  Can early potato cultivars give satisfactory yields before infestation of late blight, and be used for storage? An organic field experiment is conducted on three sites in Mid-Norway during 2019.

• Experiments with fermenting of livestock manure

  2019-01-14 (Updated: 2020-08-07) Andreas Capjon

  

  The project «Experiments with fermenting of livestock manure» (2016-2018) tests the application of effective microorganisms (EM) in animal stalls and manure storage at selected farms in Norway.

• Marine rest raw materials for fertilizers to organic agriculture (RESTOR)

  2017-08-04 (Updated: 2021-01-27) Anne-Kristin Løes

  

  Recycled fertilizers may increase organic farming integrity. Lots of nutrients are leached into the sea. Can we combine cod heads and seaweed residues to a complete fertilizer for organic growing?

• Quality grains for food – the potential of non-commercialized Norwegian varietal material

  2016-07-09 (Updated: 2020-08-07) Anne-Kristin Løes

  

  Breeding a new grain variety is hard work, and in the process, varietal material with potential use in organic and low-input farming systems may be lost. This project cooperates with the industry to search for such material.

• Total Utilization of Raw Materials in the Supply Chain for Food with...

  2016-02-18 (Updated: 2018-05-30) Anne-Kristin Løes

  

  CThe CYCLE project aims at upcycling food industry co-streams in the value chains for pelagic fish, chicken, vegetables and potatoes, where new utilisations may increase benefits and economic profit.

• Improved Phosphorus Resource Efficiency in Organic Agriculture via Recycling and Enhanced Biological...

  2016-02-18 (Updated: 2018-02-27) Dr. Kurt Möller

  

  Phosphorus (P) is lost from agriculture via product sales. Organic wastes should be recycled back to agricultural soils, and plants and cropping systems developed that are able to utilize P efficiently.

• Coordinating Organic Plant Breeding Activities for Diversity (COBRA)

  2016-02-12 (Updated: 2018-02-27) Anne-Kristin Løes

  

  COBRA aims at bringing organic plant breeding forwards by deliberately utilizing genetic diversity, e.g. by replacing uniform varieties of cereals with populations adapted to local conditions over time.

• Reduced nitrogen emissions from digestate with application of marble "Marmorfiks"

  2016-01-02 (Updated: 2017-08-25) Anne-Kristin Løes

  

  Grounded marble, a residual product from supply industry for printing paper, may reduce odour and N-emissions from manure and digestates. Marble will be tested in field and lab experiments at Tingvoll during 2016.

• Complete and Bio-economical Exploitation of Laying Hens

  2015-12-21 (Updated: 2020-03-05) Ana Carvajal

  

  HØNE: The slaughter of Norwegian laying hens is not economically viable, and the majority of spent hens are incinerated. This is a waste of valuable resources. In the project we aim to develop innovative utilisation of spent hens, e.g. using hydrolysis to produce oils and proteins.

• Effects of Anaerobically Digested Manure on Soil Fertility. The Field Experiment “SoilEffects”

  2015-12-20 (Updated: 2019-11-07) Anne-Kristin Løes

  

  Since 2011, grass-clover yields and soil characteristics have been studied at Tingvoll farm, with application of digested and non-digested slurry from organic dairy cows. Results are available below.