Egil Øyjord (
Mo i Rana
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, 31 August 1928 –
Ã…s, 10 February 2021) was a Norwegian professor emeritus at the
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (, NMBU) is a public university located in Ã…s, Akershus, Ã…s, Norway. It is located in Akershus (county), Akershus county and has around 7,700 students.
History
The institution was established in 185 ...
, who in 1964 founded the International Association on Mechanization of Field Experiments (IAMFE). He was president of IAMFE for 36 years. The main objective of the association is to inform agronomists and plant breeders about new machinery, equipment, and instruments to increase the capacity and accuracy of their experimental work.
Øyjord worked with the construction of machinery and equipment for the mechanization of field experiments. Øyjord invented the interchangeable distributor heads in 1965. This made the Øyjord plot seeders to a world article with export to 57 countries. In 2003 he received the
King's Medal of Merit
The King's Medal of Merit (Norwegian: ''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') is a Norwegian award. It was instituted in 1908 to reward meritorious achievements in the fields of art, science, business, and public service. It is divided in two classes: gold ...
in Gold for his work for developing and manufacturing the world's first plot seeders for seeding of multiple rows of one variety.
[The Royal House of Norway (in Norwegian)]
http://www.kongehuset.no
(Accessed 19 August 2014)
References
External links
Egil Øyjord- website
1928 births
2021 deaths
People from Mo i Rana
Academic staff of the Norwegian College of Agriculture
Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold
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