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Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

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01.07.2015 Founding by merger

Name: Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Short name: NIBIO
Affiliations: Agency with special extended authority
COFOG 04 Economic affairs
Main affiliation category: Central unit in integrated civil service organization
Located: 214 Ås
Procedure and documents for this change:

NIBIO - Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research was established July 1 2015 as a merger between the Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, the Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute and the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute.

NIBIO is owned by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food as an administrative agency with special authorization and its own board. The main office is located at Ås. The Institute has several regional divisions throughout Norway and a branch office in Oslo.

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.