Since 2011-06-01 the Department of Agriculture - farmingsystems, technology and product quality is called Department of Agrosystems.
The Department of Agrosystems carries out research on design, management and assessment of sustainable and multifunctional cropping systems, which produce high quality food, feed and feedstock for bioenergy and industrial raw materials in conventional and organic farming systems. The research is carried out with the objective of increasing production of quality products with lower inputs and low environmental and climate impacts. We aim at making certain that the knowledge produced is utilized via dissemination, teaching, innovation and collaboration with the agricultural and other sectors.
The research is organised in two themes: Cropping systems, integrated weed management and natural resource use and End-use quality and biorefinery. The overall focus is at the agrosystem level and the interfaces between sustainable cropping systems, healthy crops and high quality products. The systems approach requires a close collaboration with other departments at the faculty, at other SLU campuses and national and international universities and research organisations. The department carries out field experiments on campus at the experimental farm Lönnstorp and in a stockless organic system as well as in farmers’ systems.
Examples of current research projects are: design of cropping systems for biomass feedstock to be used in biogas production, multifunctionality of perennial legumes, weed management in organic carrot and fruit production, use of plant proteins for materials and quality of cereals for food.
The Department of Agrosystems is responsible for teaching and courses at the Bachelor, Master and PhD levels, e.g. within the Agricultural and Rural Management Programme, the Master in Agroecology and Statistics for PhD students.