Norwegian Agricultural Extension Service

Norwegian Agricultural Extension Service

Organisation type: 
Research organisations
Advisory organisation
Country: 
Norway
Short name: 
NLR
Description: 

Norwegian Agricultural Extension Service is an organization with 10 regional extension units across the country. Each unit is an individual organization that cooperates through the office located at Ås. Together, we provide advices to most of the challenge’s Norwegian farmers face. NLR is a link between research and agriculture, and collects, develops and coordinates agricultural knowledge to our 24 000 members. Local tests are important for developing and testing knowledge. Annually performs nearly 600-800 field trials at the member’s farms. Extension are mainly in agronomy, agricultural buildings, mechanical engineering, hydro engineering, greenhouses, HSE, business development, finance, climate and environment.

International: 
No