Can regenerative agriculture be one of the solutions to prevent pollution and runoff from agriculture into waterways? And can it help save the Oslo Fjord in Norway? These are some of the questions the new research project RIPARAGRO will answer.
The project is a collaboration between researchers at SUM, NMBU, Norges Vel, and The University of Glasgow, as well as farmers, ecologists, and river basin managers in Norway. Together, they will investigate barriers to the restoration of cultivated land and explore solutions through regenerative agriculture, using the regions of Viken and Innlandet in Norway as examples. Professor Karen V. Lykke is the project leader of RIPARAGRO.
The project's goal is to co-create new knowledge and recommendations for management together with partners and stakeholders and solve acute societal needs through basic research in ecology, agronomy, and cultural studies.
The RIPARAGRO project is funded by the Norwegian Research Council through optimization funds for humanities-strong applications. Congratulations!
The idea for RIPARAGRO emerged from conversations during the seminar "Mending Waterscapes", organized by the OSEH collaboratory Restorations: Mending Heritage Landscapes and Biodiversity, with Karen V. Lykke and Ane Ohrvik as the PIs.
Read more about RIPARAGRO on SUM's website.