Jan
LU Land Lecture Series: Perennial grain crops for resilience to climate change
Perennial cereals are increasingly being promoted as a more sustainable alternative to today's annual crops, with the potential to reduce the climate impact of agriculture and increase resilience to climate change. In a seminar, Valentin Picasso, professor at SLU, talks about the latest research on perennial cereals in northern Europe.
Agricultural systems are major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. Perennial grain crops have been proposed as a sustainable alternative to annual crops to both mitigate and adapt to climate change. Examples such as perennial rice in Asia and Kernza in North America have shown the potential benefits and challenges of developing perennial grain cropping systems.
In this seminar Valentin Picasso, professor at SLU, will discuss the latest results on perennial grains research in the context of northern Europe. We will focus on Kernza intermediate wheatgrass as a dual use crop for forage and grain. Other emerging perennial grain crops will be introduced. Opportunities for farmers, business, civil society, and government to engage with ongoing research projects in Sweden will be highlighted.
- Lecturer: Valentin Picasso, Professor, SLU Alnarp
- Moderator: Susanne Åberg, Länsstyrelsen Skåne
The event will be held in English with the possibility to ask questions in Swedish.
Registration
Register by 26 January at the following link:
Anmälan till LU Lands föreläsning: Perenna spannmål för resiliens mot klimatförändring | LU Land
About the event
Location:
Digitally via Zoom
Target group:
Researchers, societal actors and everyone interested in this topic
Language:
This event is held mainly in English
Contact:
anna [dot] persson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se