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Growth Potential

In The Farmyard is a service branch with growth potential. Municipalities, social services and other public institutions require an increasing volume and variety of programs.

National programme

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food, as well as a number of other ministries, NGOs and firms are pooling resources to facilitate and develop high quality services - all based on farm resources.

Parliamentary White Paper 31 (2014 - 2015) The Farm as a resource - The market as a goal - Growth and entrepreneurship in agriculture based industry -

The Paper details policies for agriculture based industry other than traditional farming and forestry. The Paper discusses development trends, challenges as well as the potential for future growth and development. The Paper contains individual

The Global Food Challenge

The world population will grow to 9 billion people by 2050. Food production therefore needs to be increased by 70 percent in the same period. This is a major challenge, partly because conditions for agricultural production are altered as a result of

International treaties and cooperation

Norway is a trading nation. In a global context, Norway has a small, open economy. The main trade organization Norway has joined is the World Trade Organization (WTO) based in Geneva. This organization establishes rules and rights for trade between

Film and Photo

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Hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation

The outback is by age-old tradition very important also as a recreation arena in Norway, where a sizeable segment of the population go to enjoy hunting, fishing and trekking. These values, too, are promoted under the stewardship of sustainable

Soil protection

Compared to many other countries, Norway has limited areas of arable land. Safeguarding food production requires strong soil protection measures, combined with better utilization of available farmland.However, soil conservation must be balanced

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Organic food production

Organic farming helps increase food diversity and provides consumers with products in demand.

Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Way up north, in the permafrost, 1300 kilometers beyond the Arctic Circle, is the world's largest secure seed storage, opened by the Norwegian Government in February 2008. From all across the globe, crates of seeds are sent here for safe and secure

Forestry

Forest industry is important to Norway. Active and profitable forestry and a competitive forest industry is of importance to settlement, employment and business development in large parts of the country. The potential for increased value creation is