Erik Steen Jensen

Research areas

Development and assessment of sustainable and multifunctional cropping systems for food, feed and biomass for the bio-based economy
Ecosystem services from legumes and diversified cropping systems
Crop production and carbon-nitrogen cycling in organic and integrated system.

• Agroecology and sustainability of production systems (MSc Agroecology, lecturer, examiner)
• Sustainable soil management in agroecosystems (LMP, lecturer, examiner)
• Crop production (LMP, lecturer)

Ongoing research

• Diversification through Rotation, Intercropping, Multiple Cropping, Promoted with Actors and value-Chains towards Sustainability (DiverIMPACTS)
• Redesigning European cropping systems based on species MIXtures (ReMIX)
• Improved estimation and mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions and soil carbon storage from crop residues (ResidueGAS)

Finalized projects

• Baljväxter för framtidens jordbruk (LEGATO, FP7)
• Fokus på samodling i ekologiska baljväxter (FIOL, FORMAS)
• Anpassningsförmåga till klimatförändringar hos Europeiska odlings- och jordbrukssystem (Climate Café, FORMAS)
• Kan reducerad jordbearbetning minska kväveförlusterna och öka markens kolinlagring i odlingssystem med huvudsakligen ettåriga grödor? (LINC, FORMAS)
• Integration av förnybar energiproduktion med strategisk hantering av växtnäring inom ekologiska odlingssystem utan djurhållning (FORMAS)

MSc in agronomy (crop production) 1980, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (now Copenhagen University)
PhD (plant nutritional physiology) 1986, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
DSc (soil science) 1997, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University

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