Department of Agroecology

🌱 The EVECSA-project is bringing climate-smart agriculture knowledge directly to vocational schools 🧑‍🌾🌍 The aim is to equip the next generation of farmers with tools to tackle future challenges💡 agro.au.dk/en/current-new… #ClimateSmartAgriculture #Sustainability #EVECSA

🌱 Emil Dahl Nielsen is on a mission to turn agricultural byproducts into sustainable building materials🚜🏗️ He wants to combine #agriculture & #construction to create eco-friendly solutions for a greener future. 🌍 #Sustainability #GreenInnovation agro.au.dk/en/current-new…

🎉 AU startup Healthycrop wins the #InnovAction Award at #Euroseeds2024📷 Their innovative plant protection technology promotes natural fungal resistance and paves the way for sustainable agriculture📷agro.au.dk/en/current-new…… #Sustainability #Innovation #AUStartups @AarhusUni

Join us in celebrating Aristotelis Azariadis as he defends his PhD on de novo domestication of wild species to improve potato crops🌿🧬 His work with CRISPR tech offers new possibilities for crop breeding. Read more: agro.au.dk/en/current-new… #PhDDefense #PlantGenetics #CRISPR

Examining the roots of intermediate wheatgrass (Kernza) after its 1st season with us in Denmark. They are massive and deep - A glimpse into the future of perennial agriculture. Photo courtesy: Marco Lombardi #PerennialGrains @NatureAsMeasure @DptAgro

🌍 We’re excited to share that @CammaranoDavide has been elected as the new President-Elect of @IntSoPA 🎉 His leadership will drive innovation in sustainable farming practices globally agro.au.dk/en/current-new… #PrecisionAgriculture #SustainableFarming #GlobalLeadership #ISPA

We’re thrilled to announce that Professor Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Head of LandCRAFT at @AarhusUni, has won the Nobel Sustainability Award for his pioneering research on agriculture & climate 🌍🌱 agro.au.dk/en/current-new… #Sustainability #NobelPrize #ClimateResearch #Agriculture

Join the final HyPErFarm conference in Denmark on 30 Oct 2024 🌍 Morning: Discussions on agrivoltaics' promise 🔆 Afternoon: Live demo at PV site Registration until 25 Oct hyperfarm.eu/finalconferenc… #Agrivoltaics #HyPErFarm #SustainableAgriculture #RenewableEnergy

🎥Discover how the #H2020MIXED project undertakes climate and environmental impact assessments of the whole #valuechains linked to Mixed #Farming and #AgroforestrySystems (MiFAS). 👉Find out more here: projects.au.dk/mixed/mixed-re…

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Open tenure track assistant professor position in ecology of soil-borne pathogens in our group @DptAgro @AarhusUni! Research focus: plant-microbiome-pathogen interactions. Read more about the position and the application procedure here: agro.au.dk/en/current-new…

Recent study finds visible near-infrared spectroscopy (vis-NIRS) could streamline glyphosate use in soils This rapid, non-destructive method offers promise for environmental monitoring & sustainable agriculture doi.org/10.3390/rs1506… @DptAgro @ugent @aalborg_uni @soniaakterspp

At the Danish #AI4SoilHealth pilot sites, @AarhusUni @DptAgro are researching into the health of Denmark’s soils, using innovative #soilhealth measurement techniques such as #spectroscopy. ai4soilhealth.eu/denmark/ They say👇🧵

At the start of N workshop and already now at the heart of it. Great talk by Fabio Turco on machine learning and 15N methods to predict N2O emissions from croplands. #nitrogen #soils #Nworkshop

Paulina Englert discussing the drivers of #spatiotemporal nitrous oxide #flux variability in the field-level captured by employing three methods! Preliminary results from the #INFLUX project presented at #Nworkshop in Aarhus, Denmark.

Last week we hosted the XXII International Nitrogen Workshop with 345 researchers from 30+ countries. - 🌟 7 keynotes - 📊 144 presentations - 🖼️ 200+ posters Thanks to all for making it a success! See you in 2026, in Kyoto, Japan 🇯🇵 #NWorkshop2024 #Sustainability #NWorkshop

🌿 Today we hosted a workshop on cereal-legume mixed crops with @Leguminose_EU, GrainLegsGo, and @SoilValues. Participants visited Foulumgård, discussed future research, and tackled post-harvest challenges. Thanks to all who joined. #Agroecology #MixedCrops #SustainableFarming

@AgustinOlivo_ @LEGO_Group Congratulations @AgustinOlivo_ You poster was brilliant, we liked it so much. 👏

Friday was poster day for me at the International #NWorkshop2024 I’m participating in this week in Aarhus, Denmark! Aaand I got one of the coolest poster awards ever: a Lego set! 🤩 Did you know that @LEGO_Group was originally from Denmark?!? 🇩🇰 I didn’t! 😅

Made it to the other side of the Atlantic, to attend this week the #NWorkshop2024, in Aarhus, Denmark! 🇩🇰 Excited about a full week of talks and discussions on how to better manage #nitrogen in agriculture! ♻️🐄🌽 I’ll be presenting a poster on Friday about part of my PhD work!