The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Stockholm
Don´t miss this interesting Wallenberg seminar. Christine Watson who is a Wallenberg Professor at SLU 2019/2020 will give a lecture on ‘Diversifying Production Systems: From management challenges to social and environmental change’ and Professor Riccardo Bommarco will talk about ’Biodiversity for agriculture - ways and means’, among other interesting presentations and discussions.
Program and registration at The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA)
Food production systems are under increasing pressure to deliver increased productivity, product quality and farmer profitability through improved use of resources, especially nutrients, water and agrobiodiversity, as well as decreasing environmental impact in the face of climate change. The links between agriculture and society through food, diet and health are a key component of this debate.
Christine Watson is a guest researcher at SLU based in the Department of Crop Production Ecology at Uppsala working with Göran Bergkvist and Ingrid Öborn. She is Professor of Agricultural Systems at SRUC in Scotland UK.
Christine Watson’s research focuses on improving nutrient use efficiency in a wide range of agricultural systems including outdoor pig production, dairying, organic farming and agroforestry. She is particularly interested in the management of legumes in agricultural systems and was the Scientific Coordinator of the EU Legume Futures project.
At this seminar we will discuss the opportunities that diversification of the farming landscape provides in helping Sweden to work towards key Sustainable Development Goals and initiate a discussion on what is needed in policy and practice to bring about change