Department of Crop Production Ecology
Nordic perspectives on Soil Health - an exploratory interdisciplinary workshop
markmiljo-webb@slu.se The concept of Soil Health is gaining traction in the scientific literature and media coverage as well as in policy discussions. Ways to incorporate this concept into
Curious about fast-growing broadleaf trees?
lisa.beste@slu.se A stack of felled poplar logs in Tararp, Blekinge County, in March 2023. Photo: Anneli Adler The National Commission for Fast-Growing Broadleaf Trees in Sweden, in collaboration
Seminar: Climate smart agriculture from different perspectives
lisa.beste@slu.se Please be welcome to the second Crop Production Ecology Seminar after summer Tuesday 24 September 14:30-16:00. We have some distinguished guests visiting for the PhD Dissertation
Diss Sandra Makaita Madamombe
Climate-smart agriculture options on coarse-textured soils for improved food security in semi-arid areas charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Sandra Makaita Madamombe defends her thesis "Climate-smart
New thesis on addressing climate change in agriculture
On Wednesday, Sandra Makaita Madamombe will defend her doctoral thesis on how smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe are adapting their maize cultivation to changing climate conditions. The soils in the
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Eight months in IDA – Where did it take us? futurefood@slu.se During this seminar, the two groups from SLU’s Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) 2023-2024 will present their project outcomes and share
A letter from Alice, who revisited SLU as a seasoned researcher this summer
This summer, Alice Turinawe from Uganda visited colleagues in the SLU projects Drylands Transformation and Restore4More. She also gave a seminar on agricultural advisory services and sustainable land
Seminar: Nitrogen accumulation, recycling, and uptake: a framework for optimizing soil carbon storage and nutrient use efficiency in agroecosystems
lisa.beste@slu.se Please be welcome to the first Crop Production Ecology seminar after summer. We have Professor Stuart Grandy from New Hampshire visiting us. Stuart Grandy, professor at the
DT Another MSc about to finish
Cecilia Ward received one of the last Minor Field Study scholarships at SLU in 2022. She used it to gather data for her MSc thesis within the Drylands Transform project in Kenya the year after. Now
A visit to our field trials outside Uppsala
Did you see a group of 20 people walking around in the fields outside Uppsala last Tuesday? It was us, people from the Department of Crop Production Ecology, SLU, taking the opportunity to look at
Learning from tradition: Can crop diversity close the organic yield gap?
A team of early-career researchers from SLU’s Department of Crop Production Ecology has secured funding from Ekhagastiftelsen to explore the ecological and nutritional benefits of increasing genetic
Anneli Lundkvist
anneli.lundkvist@slu.se Anneli Lundkvist is an expert on plant production, especially on weed control. Samordnare vid SLU Fältforsk, som är ett kontakt- och samarbetsorgan mellan SLU och externa