Sustainability, self-sufficiency, and local food preparedness: A safer value chain for locally adapted varieties of food plants in Norway (The Seed Preparedness Project)

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Sustainability, self-sufficiency, and local food preparedness: A safer value chain for locally adapted varieties of food plants in Norway (The Seed Preparedness Project)

The overarching goal of this project is to establish a research foundation to strengthen local self-sufficiency and food preparedness based on the production, distribution, and consumption of locally adapted but underutilized species and varieties of grains and vegetables.

Publisert: 04.12.2018
Sist oppdatert: 15.06.2024

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Related Research area(s)
Biodiverity and genetic resourcesClimate change
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Project leader & Participants

Project leader

Kristin Rosendal
Research Professor

Participants

Lars H. Gulbrandsen
Deputy Director / Research Director Climate and Energy
Ole Kristian Fauchald
Research Professor

Partners & Funding

Partners

  • Consumption Research Norway (SIFO) (Gunnar Vittersø and Hanne Torjusen, Researchers)
  • University of Inland Norway, Faculty of Applied Ecology, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology (Svein Øyvind Solberg, Professor)
  • County Governor of Innlandet (Mari Jensen Aas, Advisor for Soil and Food)

Funding

  • Norwegian Directorate of Agriculture

Publications

Books

Knausgaard in Context
Iver B. Neumann (ed)
Scandinavian University Press, 2025, 206 p.
China-Russia Relations in the Arctic: Friends in the Cold?
Iselin Stensdal and Gørild Heggelund (eds)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, 257 p.
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Peer-reviewed articles and chapters

As global leaders, Canada and Norway’s co-operation is timely in the face of surging energy demand
Ian Rowlands & Siddharth Sareen
The Converastion, February 11, 2025
The acceleration of low-carbon transitions: Insights, concepts, challenges, and new directions for research
Benjamin Sovacool, Frank Willem Geels, Allan Dahl Andersen, Michael Grubb, Andrew J. Jordan, Florian Kern, Paula Kivimaa, Lockwood Matthew, Jochen Markard, James Robert (...)
Energy Research & Social Science, Vol 121, March 2025, Article No. 103948
States, global power and access to medicines: a comparative case study of China, India and the United States, 2000–2019
Berit S. H. Hembre, Maulik Chokshi, Steven J. Hoffman, Fatima Suleman, Steinar Andresen, Kristin Sandberg and John-Arne Røttingen
Globalization and Health, Vol 21, No 3, 2025, 18 p. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-024-01092-2
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Other publications

As global leaders, Canada and Norway’s co-operation is timely in the face of surging energy demand
Ian Rowlands & Siddharth Sareen
The Converastion, February 11, 2025
Lokale frøbanker kan være en nøkkel til matsikkerhet (Local seed banks could be key to food security)
Regine Andersen
Nationen, November 26, 2024. In Norwegian.
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News

06.02.2025
FNI Partner in New Research Center for Secure Power Supply
30.01.2025
New FNI Policy Brief: China’s Dominance in the Critical Minerals Supply Chain
21.01.2025
Fridtjof Nansen Institute at Arctic Frontiers 2025
21.01.2025
Welcome to FNI's New Master's Students, Spring 2025!
13.01.2025
Congratulations to Dr. Iselin Stensdal!
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In media

Beyond Oil: Norway’s Dilemma at the Crossroads of Climate and Capital
Stories for the Future: Beyond the Bubble (Podcast), Episode 81, April 24, 2025.
USA kan bli mer uforutsigbar i klimaspørsmål i Arktisk råd enn Russland, sier forsker (US may become more unpredictable than Russia in the Arctic, says researcher)
High North News, April 23, 2025. In Norwegian.
Breaking the ice: As the U.S. and Russia tease Arctic cooperation, climate science could offer common ground — but neither side seems interested
Breaking the ice: As the U.S. and Russia tease Arctic cooperation, climate science could offer common ground — but neither side seems interested
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