Agriculture PhD

Research into agricultural systems and practices ranging from the science of plant and animal production to rural policy and decision-making; with a focus on alternative crops, food and nutrition, farmer health, local knowledge and rural development.<br/><br/>**Research Areas**<br/>Agricultural Systems with specialisations in:<br/>- Sustainable Development<br/><br/><br/>- Agricultural Ecology<br/><br/><br/>- Trade-offs between output of land and the needs of local people<br/><br/><br/>- Relationship between systems of food production and ecology of plants and animals<br/><br/><br/>- Farm, forest and environmental valuation<br/><br/><br/>- Accounting and Appraisal<br/><br/><br/>- Physiology and agronomy of temperate and tropical cereals, root crops and oilseeds<br/><br/><br/>- Peri-urban farming systems<br/>