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Local feed resources benefit piglets at weaning

Local feed resources benefit piglets at weaning

A healthy gut is crucial when piglets are separated from their mother and introduced to solid foods. Novel, more sustainable feed resources can help them to better handle the transition.

Making fish feed from local waste streams

Making fish feed from local waste streams

A new spin-off project in Foods of Norway will strengthen the bioeconomy in the Nordic region by developing sustainable feed ingredients from locally available food-, agriculture-, and forestry waste streams.

A common Nordic focus on alternative protein sources

A common Nordic focus on alternative protein sources

Alternative protein is one of the trends highlighted by the Nordic Council of Ministers in a new report. The consensus is that further development is still dependent on the support of policymakers, especially if the aim is strengthened initiatives throughout the Nordic and Baltic region.

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The challenge

The challenge

Today, the Norwegian fish farming and farm animal industries rely largely on imported plant ingredients, such as soy. But Norway can no longer continue to depend so heavily on imports, as there have been dramatic changes in world feed resources in recent years, with decreasing supply and higher prices.

The solution

The solution

Norway has limited land area for growing food and feed resources, but possesses large natural bioresources such as forests, grass, macroalgae, and co-products from fish, animals and plants that can provide a basis for the production of novel feed ingredients.

The technology

The technology

Foods of Norway will use new technology to create novel feeds from land-based and marine resources as well as improve the genetic robustness of fish and farm animals.

Key research

Key research

To increase value creation in the Norwegian aquaculture, meat and dairy industries Foods of Norway will target three key research areas: Biomass, feed efficiency and product quality.

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  • Foods of Norway is a Centre for Research-based Innovation (CRI) at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, funded by The Research Council of Norway and the Centre`s industry partners.

  • The centre aims to contribute to growth and increased value creation in the Norwegian aquaculture and agriculture industries, by developing sustainable feed ingredients from natural bioresources that are not suitable for direct human consumption.

  • We develop new feed products from forestry, agriculture, and marine resources through industrial exploitation of cutting-edge research on processing and (bio)technology.

  • Foods of Norway also aims to improve feed efficiency by advanced genomic analysis to support genetic adaptation and identification of new selection criteria for fish and farm animals.

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