A5066988806- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Light effects on plants
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
- Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Agricultural Science and Fertilization
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Innovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems
- Forest Management and Policy
- Growth and nutrition in plants
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Soil Management and Crop Yield
University of Copenhagen
2016-2025
Ministry of Agriculture and Forests
2005-2011
The challenges of achieving both food security and environmental sustainability have resulted in a confluence demands on land within the European Union (EU): we expect our to provide food, fibre fuel, purify water, sequester carbon, home biodiversity as well external nutrients form waste from humans intensive livestock enterprises. All soils can perform all these five functions, but some are better at supplying selective functions. Functional Land Management is framework for policy-making...
Soil degradation is a global concern, decreasing the soil’s ability to perform multitude of functions. In Europe, one leading causes soil unsustainable agricultural practices. Hence, there need explore alternative production systems for enhanced agronomic productivity and environmental performance, such as agroforestry (AFS). Given this, objective study enumerate major benefits challenges in adoption AFS. AFS can improve productivity, carbon sequestration, nutrient cycling, biodiversity,...
Agroforestry systems have multifunctional roles in enhancing agronomic productivity, co-production of diversity food and non-food products provision ecosystem services. The knowledge the performance agroforestry compared with monoculture is scarce scattered. Hence, objective study was to analyze productivity economic viability diverse Europe. A network five integrating arable crops, livestock biomass trees investigated assess range agricultural each system. Land Equivalent Ratio (LER) used...
Agricultural ecosystems provide a range of benefits that are vital to human well-being. These dependent on several soil functions affected in different ways by legislation from the European Union, national, and regional levels. We evaluated current Union soil-related examples with regard direct indirect impacts five functions: production food, fiber, fuel; water purification regulation; carbon sequestration climate habitat for biodiversity provisioning; recycling nutrients/agro-chemicals....
Abstract Soil and its ecosystem functions play a societal role in securing sustainable food production while safeguarding natural resources. A functional land management framework has been proposed to optimize the agro‐environmental outputs from specifically supply demand of soil such as (a) primary productivity, (b) carbon sequestration, (c) water purification regulation, (d) biodiversity (e) nutrient cycling, for which knowledge is essential. From outset, LANDMARK multi‐actor research...
Light is a critical component of indoor plant cultivation, as different wavelengths can influence both the physiology and morphology plants. Furthermore, fertilization seeding density also potentially interact with light recipe to affect production outcomes. However, maximizing an ongoing research topic, it often divested from resource use efficiencies. In this study, three species microgreens—kohlrabi; mustard; radish—were grown under five recipes; without fertilizer; at two densities. We...
Conventional farming (CONV) is the norm in European farming, causing adverse effects on some of five major soil functions, viz. primary productivity, carbon sequestration and regulation, nutrient cycling provision, water regulation purification, habitat for functional intrinsic biodiversity. Conservation agriculture (CA) an alternative to enhance functions. However, there no analysis CA benefits functions as most studies addressed individual The objective was compare CONV practices four...
In Brazil, several silicic rocks can be used as powder-based K sources, which reduce production costs in agriculture. The optimized supply of not only increases yield but also contributes to soil fertility preservation and long-term sustainability by curtailing nutrient losses reducing the risk imbalances. Therefore, this study aimed investigate effects application timing, source, doses on nodulation, productive components, productivity soybeans a not-tillage system Savannah. experiment was...
Agroforestry systems are sustainable farming practices with multiple benefits like enhanced biodiversity, soil nutrient cycling, physical properties, and carbon sequestration. Investigating these beneficial effects of agroforestry compared to monoculture cropping under diverse pedo-climatic zones crop-tree combinations is required gather robust field evidence for performance. Hence, the objective was investigate on properties crop yields in a combined food energy production (CFE) system...
Among the soil-based ecosystem services (ES), nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration have direct influence on biogeochemical cycles greenhouse gas emissions affecting provision of other ES that support human existence. We reviewed methods to assess two key by identifying their strengths weaknesses made suggestions for using appropriate better understanding functions ES. Relevant papers review were chosen basis (i) diversity studies in different ecosystems, (ii) methodologies applied (iii)...
Although there have been large improvements to crop yield over time, this has not accompanied by an increase in human nutritional wellbeing. In fact, are worsening health crises associated with over- and under-consumption of particular food groups, resulting negative outcomes. One solution is utilize controlled environment agriculture produce microgreens that a high density valuable Secondary Metabolites (SMs) such as antioxidants, phenolics, or pigment molecules positive However, optimal...
SOC (soil organic carbon) has a vital role to enhance agricultural productivity and for mitigation of climate change. To quantify effects on productivity, process models serve as robust tool keep track multiple plant soil factors their interactions affecting dynamics. We used soil-plant-atmospheric model viz. DAISY, assess nitrogen (N) supply available water (PAW) under varying N fertilizer rates in winter wheat(Triticum aestivum) Denmark. The study objective was assessment wheat grain...
Soil carbon management practices are those that add and maintain organic in the soil.These agricultural can potentially both contribute to climate change mitigation increase soil's resilience physical biological stresses.The paper draws on research findings from five regions across Europe identify regionally-specific barriers opportunities for adoption of soil practices.Data were derived 50 interviews with policy-makers advisers 5 stakeholder workshops Denmark, Italy, Hungary, Poland...
Summary Farming practices that lead to declining returns and inputs of carbon soils pose a threat key soil functions. The EU FP 7 interdisciplinary project Smart SOIL is using scientific testing modeling identify management can optimise storage crop productivity. A consultation with advisors policymakers in six European case study regions seeks barriers to, incentives for, uptake such practices. Results from preliminary interviews are reported. Overall advisor farmer awareness specifically...
Cereal–legume intercropping increases the nitrogen (N) input from biological fixation (BNF) and improves exploitation of fertilizer soil N, often leading to higher grain N content productivity per unit land area compared monocrops. Previous studies have found that these effects are more tangible under low conditions high availability, there is a need assess uptake at critical crop development stages in order time application for maximum use efficiency. The objective this study was pea–barley...
Wheat is one of the staple foods global population due to its adaptability a wide range environments. Nitrogen crucial limiting factors in wheat production and considered challenge food security. Therefore, sustainable agricultural technologies such as seed inoculation with plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPBs) can be adopted promote biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) for higher crop productivity. In this context, objective current study was evaluate effects fertilization inoculations...
Light spectrum and intensity is one of the key factors in production microgreens controlled-environment agriculture directly related to plant growth biomass accumulation. Hence, objective this research study was investigate biomass, growth, resource use efficiencies (RUEs) 14 different species microgreen grown two light recipes with 209.5 (OSRAM LED) 45 µmol m−2 s−1 (INSTAGREEN a 16/8 h light/dark photoperiod chamber. Under both LEDs, fresh accumulation SPAD content were highest sunflower....