Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) soon to be launched

The Institute will be launched on the 1st of July 2015 and it will be Norway’s largest interdisciplinary research institute in the agricultural and environmental sphere, and one of Norway’s largest research institutes. Alvhild Hedstein has been appointed Director General. Its headquarters will be located in Ås, with a branch in Oslo and regional offices.

The new institute will merge the tasks and staffs of the Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research (Bioforsk), the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, and the Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute. 

The institute will begin with an annual turnover of about NOK 680 million. The new institute is a public administrative body with special powers of authority

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food has adopted the following social mission for NIBIO:

“The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) will be the country’s leading institute for development of knowledge about the bioeconomy. The institute will promote food security, sustainable resource management, innovation and value creation in the value chains for the food, forestry and other biobased industries. The institute will deliver research, administrative support and knowledge to be used towards national preparedness, public administration, trade and industry, and society at large.”

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