The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) is one of Norway’s largest research institutes. NIBIO’s activities lie within agriculture, forestry, food, climate and the environment. The Institute conducts research and management support, and provides knowledge for use in national preparedness, governmental and district management, industry, and the society at large. NIBIO has five professional divisions, and two of these are involved in the ECONUTRI project: Division of Food production and society, and Division of Environment and natural resources.

NIBIOs team leader in ECONUTRI is Dr. Ingunn M. Vågen.

NIBIOs main contribution in ECONUTRI is primarily in WP2 and WP6:

WP2: Innovative technologies reducing nutrient pollution from manure and other organic matrices

NIBIO is involved in all three tasks in WP2, and leads task 2.1. Improve and optimize technologies to recycle waste materials and explore nutrient recovery. NIBIOs activities in WP2 include working on technologies for nutrient recovery from organic waste materials and technologies for nutrient calibration, and validation of circular models for biowaste application in greenhouse and field crops.

NIBIOs researchers involved in WP2 are Dr. Dmitry Kechasov, who is also the deputy leader of WP2, Dr. Arne Sæbø, and Dr. Ingunn M. Vågen, all from NIBIOs department of Horticulture, Division of Food production and society.

WP6: Data management and system-level analysis

NIBIO is involved in two of the three tasks in WP6, and leads task 6.2. Assessment of nature-based solutions (NBSs) to halt N/P emissions at landscape level. Central in WP6 is to assess the effectiveness of NBSs to reduce and prevent nutrient losses using a systematic literature review, stakeholder surveys and syntheses of results.

NIBIOs researchers involved in WP6 are Dr. Remegio Confesor, who is also the deputy leader of WP6, Dr. Dominika Krzeminska, Dr. Jian Liu and Dr. Marianne Bechmann from NIBIOs department of Soil and land use, Division of Environment and natural resources.