PhD Agriculture

About This Course

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.

Research Areas

Agricultural Systems with specialisations in:

Sustainable Development
Agricultural Ecology
Trade-offs between output of land and the needs of local people
Relationship between systems of food production and ecology of plants and animals
Farm, forest and environmental valuation
Accounting and Appraisal
Physiology and agronomy of temperate and tropical cereals, root crops and oilseeds
Peri-urban farming systems