A5019058603- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Phosphorus and nutrient management
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
- Turfgrass Adaptation and Management
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
2012-2024
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
2017
Swedish Institute
2014-2017
SSAB (Sweden)
2010
Abstract The Western diet is characterized by high meat consumption, which negatively affects the environment and human health. Transitioning toward eating more plant-based products in societies has been identified as a key instrument to tackle these problems. However, one potential concern that radically reducing current might lead deficiencies nutritional intake. In this paper, we explore scenario consumption Sweden reduced 50% replaced domestically grown grain legumes. We quantify discuss...
Human excreta are potential sources of plant nutrients, but today usually considered a waste to be disposed of. The requirements on wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) remove nitrogen and phosphorus increasing meet these requirements, more energy chemicals needed by WWTPs. Separating the nutrient-rich fractions at source recycling them agriculture as fertiliser is an alternative removing WWTP. This study used life cycle assessment methodology compare environmental impact different scenarios...
Production ecosystems typically have a high dependence on supporting and regulating ecosystem services while they thus far managed to sustain production, this has often been at the cost of externalities imposed other systems locations. One largest challenges facing humanity is secure production food fiber avoiding long‐term negative impacts range that provide. Resilience used as framework for understanding sustainability in types, but not systematically applied across specifically...
Globalisation and urbanisation are driving the worldwide homogenisation of urban landscapes. The flora fauna cities in different parts world very similar, irrespective geography climate. One most powerful symbols modern landscapes is lawn. There just a few management options for lawns, regardless how they used where city situated. Today, lawns occupy much green open spaces (70–75%) located private front rear gardens, public parks, cemeteries, golf courses along roads. Most people Western...
Pulses are important components in sustainable diets and cropping systems. This study evaluated the environmental impact of cultivation five Swedish pulses (yellow peas, grey faba beans, common beans lentils) a life-cycle perspective. The selected (conventional or organic) was then compared with that imported Sweden, including contributions from processing, packaging transport. influence origin transportation mode differences between home cooking canned (Tetra Recart) were considered....
Comprehensive but interpretable assessment of the environmental performance diets involves choosing a set appropriate indicators. Current knowledge and data gaps on origin dietary foodstuffs restrict use indicators relying site-specific information. This Personal View summarises commonly used for assessing diets, briefly outlines their benefits drawbacks, provides recommendations indicator choices actors across multiple fields involved in activities that include diets. We then provide...
Domesticated ruminants supply nutrient-dense foods but at a large environmental cost. However, many ruminant production systems are multi-functional, providing ecosystem services (ES) other than direct provision of food. When quantifying the climate impact products using life cycle assessment (LCA), provisioning ES (i.e. beef and milk) generally considered only valuable outputs provided ignored, which risks overlooking positive contributions associated with production. Non-provisioning can...
Recent research indicates that sustainability assessment tools (SAT) for farms need to be contextually adapted acceptable and useful. Focusing specifically on social sustainability, this study sought identify important aspects of relevance Swedish (livestock) farmers' situation compare these with indicators used in three existing SATs (RISE, SAFA, IDEA). A survey revealed issues key importance the self-reported overall life satisfaction livestock farmers are: having a good financial...
Turf management on golf courses entails frequent maintenance activities, such as mowing, irrigation and fertilisation, relies purchased inputs for optimal performance aesthetic quality. Using life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology, this study evaluated energy use greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from of two Swedish courses, divided into green, tee, fairway rough, identified options improved management. Energy GHG per unit area were highest greens, followed by tees, fairways roughs. However,...
Nitrogen fertilisation is an essential part of modern agriculture, providing food for a growing human population, but also causing environmental impacts when reactive nitrogen (N) released to the environment. The amount and impact these emissions are difficult quantify in life cycle assessment (LCA), due their site-dependent nature. This study compared seven models direct soil nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, N leaching five characterisation marine eutrophication assessment, selected represent...
Abstract To balance trade-offs between livestock’s negative environmental impacts and their positive contributions (e.g. maintaining semi-natural grasslands, varied agricultural landscapes crop rotations), a better understanding is needed of how the supply ecosystem services differs across farms. We analysed suite indicators for non-provisioning on large subset Swedish farms (71% farms, covering 82% land) related these to farm type, size livestock density. The exhibited clear geographical...
Small changes in the large stock of soil organic carbon (SOC) can have a substantial influence on climate impact agriculture. We used information from Swedish monitoring program, combination with farm census data, to analyze decadal SOC concentrations and dairy farms compared other types, quantify these farms. Soil data included topsoil samples two inventories 159 farms, 86 beef 318 arable 13 pig taken at same locations 2001–2007 2011–2017. Concentrations (3.0%) were significantly higher...
The dairy sector has undergone profound transformation over recent decades, resulting in considerably fewer but larger and more specialised farms, with unclear implications across sustainability dimensions. objective was to develop employ a framework for assessing the Swedish shed light on how historical developments (1990–2020) have influenced outcomes. Using data-driven, multidisciplinary approach, main areas of concern primary production stages were identified. These then populated...
As global consumption expands, the world is increasingly facing threats to resource availability and food security. To meet future demands, agricultural efficiency needs be optimized for both water nutrients. Policy makers should start radically rethink nutrient management across entire chain. Closing loop by recycling nutrients in waste excreta an important way of limiting use mineral nutrients, as well improving national This article presents a framework sustainable discusses...
Modern agriculture's dependence on the intensive use of inputs, such as chemical fertiliser and pesticides, leads to high environmental impacts and, possibly, vulnerability in food security, since most these inputs are imported from other countries. This calls for more sustainable resilient agricultural practices. Diversification crop rotations, e.g. by including perennial leys, enhances provision ecosystem services, leading healthier crops increased yields. Perennial also increase soil...
Researchers have put forward agricultural biotechnology as one possible tool for increasing food production and making agriculture more sustainable. In this paper, it is investigated how key actors in the Swedish supply chain perceive concept of sustainability role creating sustainable systems. Based on policy documents semi-structured interviews with representatives five organizations active producing, processing retailing Sweden, an attempt made to answer following three questions: How do...