Agricultural sciences

The Agricultural Cropping Systems group educate and do research on agricultural crop production with focus on crops, agro-ecosystem function and evaluation of agricultural production systems. We

Long-term crop rotation and cropping system experiments can be used to evaluate the efficiency of different cropping systems and can act as a field laboratory for researchers within various

How can we combine improved quality and quantity of crop production with enhanced ecosystem services and reduced negative environmental impact? The department of Crop Production Ecology contribute to

The Department of Crop Production Ecology provides education in the biology and ecology of cultivated crops and their production. The Department also provides courses on how production methods and

At the department of energy and technology, research and education are conducted focusing on how agriculture can contribute to a sustainable society. We have extensive expertise in technology and

Researchers at the Department of Ecology drill deep down into ecological issues without losing contact with major social questions. We study species – both those that are threatened and those that

At the Department of Biosystems and Technology we explore interactions between soil, plants, animals, environment, climate and humans in systems for sustainable production of food and renewable raw

The project aims to give a broad presentation of the history of garden culture in Sweden in two volume publication. The approach is to create a synthesis, where research on artistic, social, cultural

The SLU Platform Plant Protection is arranging an internal workshop on 9-10 September 2019 with the title "Plant protection at SLU - ideas for the future". All researchers, Postdocs and PhD-students

ProRefine is a new research project that aims to gain knowledge about local production of protein feed for monogastric animals in organic farming. The project will use two approaches to fractionate

Results from the Swedish national environmental monitoring program for pesticides is partly compiled in a database, provided by the data-host, and partly uploaded as files on this page. The links and

The Swedish national environmental monitoring program for pesticides started in 2002 with the aim to track long-term trends in agricultural influences on surface- and groundwater quality from