Research Group for Crop Production
Research Group for Resource Utilisation and Spatial Analysis
Jørgen E. Olesen, research professor
Tommy Dalgaard, senior scientist, head research unit
Nicholas J. Hutchings, senior scientist
Keith R. McCloy, senior scientist
Peder Klith Bøcher, scientist
Christen Duus-Børgesen, scientist
Description:
The Department of Agroecology undertakes both process-oriented and systems-oriented research within land systems research related to agricultural land use. The research is funded and conducted as individual projects often within their own national or international framework. However, the research also contributes to the overall objectives of furthering the understanding of the interactions between plants, soils and climate and the effect of agricultural management on these interactions. The research projects in general addresses the consequences for agricultural production and environmental effects of changes in land use and crop management. More specifically the following objectives are covered by the research projects:
to quantify the effects of global climate change during the 21st century on European agriculture with particular focus on the interaction between agriculture and environment;
to quantify the potential of Danish agriculture for carbon storage and reduction of emission of greenhouse gases;
to quantify the impact of soil tillage on crop production, nitrogen leaching, and emission of greenhouse gases in arable crop rotations;
to improve the FASSET whole-farm model for use in assessment of livestock farms and their effects on food production and environmental effects, including greenhouse gas emissions;
