Agricultural sciences

The research station carries out the official variety trials of forage crops, cereals and potatoes. Several long-term experiments are under the management of the field station, including different

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

How can we manage forests and land without threating biodiversity and ruining ecosystem services? These divergent goals require a broad understanding of ecological interactions in nature. Research,

I am a Postdoc at the Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural sciences (SLU) My current research interest is application of next generation sequencing in

Cross-faculty subject area plant protection Every tenth researcher at SLU works with plant protection. SLU Platform Plant Protection is there to promote and stimulate collaboration between staff at

The function of open fields - Agriculture in early modern Sweden eva.andersson.bjorkman@slu.se Kristofer Jupiter defends his thesis "The function of open fields - Agriculture in early modern Sweden

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

Agrarian history is a historical discipline that encompasses a development from ancient times to the present--about agricultural production and technological development, social and economic

We contribute to the development of new knowledge concerning the use of living organisms to control pests and diseases. CBC is a competence driven actor in biological control, both nationally and

Agrarian history stretches from the oldest times until the present. The emphasis is on the people of the agrarian societies, their social and economic situation och their relation to nature, the

Smallholder farm management and priorities : balancing productivity, livelihood, climate adaptation and ecosystem services eva.andersson.bjorkman@slu.se Ylva Nyberg defends her thesis "Smallholder

Small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are highly vulnerable to climate change, but also have good potential to improve their sustainability and their production. These farmers struggle to make