Department of Crop Production Ecology
Current crop science research at the Department of Agricultural Research for Northern Sweden
lisa.beste@slu.se On Thursday, 19 May at 3:30 pm David Parsons from the Department of Agricultural Research for Northern Sweden in Umeå is going to speak about "Current crop science research at the
Pre-testing of household survey in Uganda
Earlier this year, four members of Drylands Transform were together in the field sites in Uganda conducting a pre-test of the household survey that is planned for June. The team was broad in their
Open calls: research funding for sustainable agriculture
Seven new calls in the EU program "EJP SOIL - Towards climate-smart sustainable management of agricultural soils" are now open for applications between 1 of April and 31 of May. The overall goal of
Seminar: Radiocarbon and mineral insights on topsoil C stabilization
lisa.beste@slu.se Welcome to this "VPE seminar" on radiocarbon and mineral insights on topsoil C stabilization. We are very happy to present two outstanding speakers from Max Planck Institute for
Plant Health seminar
Healthy harvests in a changing climate agnes.bondesson@slu.se Plant health film Smallholder plant health in a changing climate - harnessing nature-based solutions. A seven minute film about plant
Anneli Adler
anneli.adler@slu.se I am a researcher in plant ecology. My research focuses on innovative methods to increase the long-term sustainability of agroecosystems. One of the methods for increasing the
Celebrating with tree planting
Ingrid Öborn, Gert Nyberg and Ewa Wredle were lucky to visit University of Nairobi on the International Day of Forests, which meant that they were invited to plant 10 trees in the campus of the
Ronald in DT
Ronald Ayahura started learning his profession already as a child. “During my childhood I used to take part in grazing, milking, spraying and deworming of the cattle, goats and sheep owned by my
Interview with nutritionist Jeff Wamiti
There are now several Postdocs and PhD students affiliated to the Drylands Transform project. Jeff Wamiti is one of the postdoctoral researchers and his focus is on the most vulnerable group of
Associate senior lecturer seminars
lisa.beste@slu.se Welcome to the Department of Crop Production Ecology's two associate senior lecturer seminars! The two seminars will take place in Tammsalen at the Ecology Centre and via Zoom
James Ajal
james.ajal@slu.se I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Dept. of Crop Production Ecology. My research aims to increase resource use efficiency of major crops under various arable cropping systems
Drylands Transform summing up 2021
Every year has its own challenges and this year Covid-19 has been one of them. However, during 2021 Drylands Transform has started work in four study sites in the borders of Kenya and Uganda and the