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  NordGen is an institution under the Nordic Council of Ministers, working as a gene bank and knowledge center to promote sustainable use and conservation of genetic resources within plants, farm animals and forestry. We are more than 30 highly qualified employees from all the Nordic countries. NordGen is organized under the Nordic Council of Ministers…
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  During the 1960s, the realization that biological and genetic diversity was diminishing spread. Since then, genebanks have been established, genetic resources mapped and international agreements signed to try to reverse the trend. But genetic resources do not follow the boundaries drawn on a map. Preserving genetic resources is an international effort, so NordGen often works…
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  Working at NordGen means working for future generations. As a NordGen employee, you share our vision of a society where a diversity of genetic resources leads to sustainable solutions. With us, garden engineers, scientists, economists, plant experts and many other professional groups work with the common goal of preserving and promoting sustainable use of genetic…
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  Main Office and NordGen Plants The Main office and NordGen Plants are located on the campus of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Alnarp. Alnarp is situated between Malmö and Lund in southern Sweden. Phone: +46 40 536 640 E-mail: info@nordgen.org Address: Växthusvägen 12, 234 56 Alnarp NordGen Farm Animals NordGen Farm Animals is…
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- How hard can it be to use a manual tresher? And what is the connection between NordGen and a well-know juice? Well, the Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs knows. Today, she made a quick visit to NordGen and we got the opportunity to tell her a little bit more about our mission. After lunch and…
- How hard can it be to use a manual tresher? And what is the connection between NordGen and a well-know juice? Well, the Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs knows. Today, she made a quick visit to NordGen and we got the opportunity to tell her a little bit more about our mission. After lunch and…

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2019.09.04 / Plants

Minister’s Visit to NordGen Focused on Seeds for the Future

How hard can it be to use a manual tresher? And what is the connection between NordGen and a well-know juice? Well, the Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs knows. Today, she made a quick visit to NordGen and we got...

2019.08.27 / Farm Animals, Plants, Forest, PPP-collaboration

Nordic Ministers Focused on Green Transition at Meeting in Iceland

While Scandinavia and Finland could enjoy summer temperatures and a bright sun shining from a blue sky, Iceland invited to a ministers meeting accompanied by rain and a chilly wind. But the agricultural ministers were given a warm welcome to...

2019.07.15 / Plants

NordGen and The Nordic House in the Faroe Islands join forces

Chilly winds and lots of rain. Green fields, uncountable numbers of sheep and the most wonderful views. The Faroe Islands is an exciting place. The new cooperation project initiated by NordGen and The Nordic House in the Faroe Islands is...

2019.06.05 / Plants, Svalbard Global Seed Vault

NordGen signed memorandum of understanding with South Korea

This week, NordGen welcomed guests from Baekdudaegan National Arboretum in South Korea. The purpose of the visit was to initiate a collaboration and exchanging contacts with the institution which works with conserving diversity among wild plants. A rhododendron garden, swamp...

2019.06.04 / Plants

Dutch State Officials Visited NordGen

This week, state officials from the Netherlands visited NordGen to learn more about our work.

2019.05.29 / Farm Animals, Plants, Forest

NordGen’s Executive Director Wins Prize as Best Company Leader

During a great award dinner last night, Lise Lykke Steffensen was appointed “Company Leader of the year” by the Danish Project Management Organization Dansk Projektledelse. Lise Lykke Steffensen started working as Executive Director at NordGen in 2016. Since then, she has...

2019.05.17 / Plants

State Officials Interested in the Agricultural Future Visits NordGen

This week, Dutch state officials keen to learn more about NordGen visited Alnarp. They were particularly interested in how our work can be useful in developing the agriculture to adapt to the challenges of the future. This is an issue...

2019.05.09 / Plants

“The Nordic Agriculture Needs to Adapt to Climate Change”

PRESS RELEASE: Establish a Nordic consortium, expand the research, make use of the Nordic seed collection and continue to develop collaborations between the public and private sector. Those are some of the recommendations given by Nordic universities, plant breeding companies...

2019.04.16 / Plants

NordGen Wishes Happy Easter with Lina Sisco’s Bird Egg

More than 150 years ago, a woman travelled in a covered carriage towards Missouri. A bean variety joined her on the journey. Now, a few days before Easter, we can offer hobby growers this very bean variety through our webshop....

2019.04.08 / Plants

NordGen Gives Presentation on Crop Wild Relatives in Helsinki

Today, Anna Palmé at NordGen is giving a presentation at a seminar on Crop Wild Relatives in Helsinki. Crop Wild Relatives are wild-growing plants that are closely linked genetically to the ones we cultivate. They are an important part of...

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