Department of Agroecology and Environment
Blichers Allé Postbox 50 DK-8830 Tjele tel:+45 8999 1676 fax:+45 8999 1200 [email protected] |
Head of department: Erik Steen Kristensen
Profile
The department works with agroecology and production management addressed to the advisory service and primary producer. Furthermore, analyses on a farm-, regional and national level addressed to the authorities are made.
Work is being carried out within the field of crop physiology, crop rotation, feed supply, climate, transformation- and transport processes in soil, soil quality, mapping of vegetation and soil resources. Also, analyses on a regional and farm level including farm management and decision support are made.
Both process-orientated research aimed at basic problems, system-orientated research and more developmental characterized research are done. Generally, great importance is attached to generalize the validity of the results from the experimental research through a linkage with model development.
The consideration of the impact of environment and landscape can only be solved through an applied effort with optimization of all parts in the production process. At the same time, correlation effects on farm- and regional level are also considered. The synergy between the departments' different fields will be used to develop, test and effect solutions. Beyond the actual research, the department is greatly involved in policy advice and furthermore in direct advising. Therefore, the department does not only work with operationalization of research achievements through the structure of functional models, but also with development of computer-based decision support systems.
- Increased knowledge about the interaction between crop, cropping system and soil quality
- Improved understanding of the interaction between agriculture and climate changes in preparation for reducing the discharge of greenhouse gas and in preparation for adapting to the changed climate
- Develop models and methods for analysis of the transformation processes on field, livestock, farm and regional level with great importance to transformation of nitrogen and carbon
- To clarify, which soil-, landscape- and farm conditions that particularly can result in leaching of environmentally damaging substances
- Development of methods for describing and mapping both nature and the progress of the production in preparation for improved decision support concerning the adjustment and the implementation of the agricultural production
- To analyse and develop new production systems based on improved production management proportional to economy, productivity and exposure including organic production systems with outdoor livestock
- Develop tools for use by weighing of complex interests with a special focus on environmental indicators and life cycle assessment
- Develop computer-based decision support systems as a tool, which makes research results and data operational for decision support in the primary production and in the administration of the agricultural resources