Agroecology Day 2026
This year’s Agroecology Day explores how agroforestry and perennial cropping systems can move from experimental niches into mainstream agricultural practice.
Date: 13 May 2026
Time: 09:00 - 15:00
Venue: Loftet/Alnarps Agroecology Farm
Language: English
Last day of registration: 12 May 2026
Organiser: SLU Partnership Alnarp
Location: Alnarp
We will highlight opportunities and limits of integrating trees, shrubs and long-lived crops into food production – from policy pathways and farm-level management to market and social transformations that make these systems viable at scale.
Presentations will situate agroforestry within Swedish conditions and policy, share lessons from urban agroforestry practices that have supported community resilience during wartime Ukraine, and showcase transformative efforts to make perennial grains, nuts and other agroforestry elements an integral part of the food landscape.
The day culminates in practical, hands-on workshops at Alnarp’s Agroecology Farm where participants are invited to explore concrete steps for implementing agroforestry approaches on different scales.
Program
09:00–09:20 Welcome & introduction
09:20–09:50 Sara Furenhed (Swedish Board of Agriculture)
09:50–10:20 Marine Elbakidze (Lviv University/SLU)
10:20–10:50 Fika break
10:50–11:20 Lova Brodin (MiljöMatematik Malmö AB/Svensk Kolinlagring/Nötverket)
11:20–11:45 Panel discussion, Q&A
11:45–12:00 Launch: Nordic Agroecology Research & Education Network
12:00–13:30 Lunch and walk to Alnarp’s Agroecology Farm
13:30–14:45 Workshops & farm tour
14:45–15:00 Key takeaways & closing
Contact: Rakel Alvstad