Satellite and drone images of fields can reveal the growth rate and health of crops and improve yield prediction. How are drones and satellites connected to the food we eat in the Nordics and Baltics? The research project Upscaling crop performance…
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NBPPN “Hybrid Workshop on data standards in Plant Phenotyping” will take place in Helsinki, 26, 27 & 28 February 2025. Register below! Deadline 31 January 2025. We would like to show you the usefulness of metadata analysis, pointing out…
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In June 2024 NordPlant finished operations. Five Nordic universities with versatile and complementing research infrastructures established NordPlant in 2018 to promote education, research mobility and technological development to meet future challenges in Nordic agriculture and forestry. We are proud over…
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This joint NordPlant/UPSCALE, NPPN and PhotoSyntech workshop on”Crop field and algae phenotyping” will take place in Oslo, 20 March 2024. Register below! Deadline 1 March. The workshop will be followed by Norwegian Plant Biology 2024 In the morning (9-12) the following…
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We are happy to announce that the NordPlant and UPSCALE initiatives have contributed the the report “Fast Track to Vision 2030”. How can research contribute to realising The Nordic Council of Ministers’ Vision 2030? In the new report Fast Track to…
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End of 2022 NordForsk granted the proposal “UPSCALE – Upscaling crop performance monitoring by linking satellite and field biosignatures” 10 million Norwegian krona. More information of this project is available here. We are now happy to announce that UPSCALE will…
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The NordForsk funded project UPSCALE strives to record and merge crop biosignatures. This i necessary to better monitoring crop performance out in the field. For this to be truly efficient it needs to be upscaled and cover large areas. This…
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The year 2022 was the second to last year for NordPlant, and we have now submitted our annual report to NordForsk. In this summary we highlight a number of achievements at part of our ongoing work. Our work to establish a set…
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Changing climate and degrading agricultural land are global challenges for agriculture. These pressing issues together with dwindling natural resources will increase the pressure on agriculture providing food for a growing world population. The Nordic-Baltic region spans the most northern area…
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