Agronomy

• Optimizing and developing new sustainable cropping technology
• Improving of soil and natural resources
• Maintaining biodiversity and productivity in the agro-ecosystem

• Assessment of climate variability and climate change on crops.
• Evaluation of Soil and water conservation possibilities on agricultural systems
• Effects of Land use changes in soil erosion and biodiversity.
• Optimization of cropping technology: Conservation agriculture, N fertilization management.
• Analyzing C and N dynamics in the soil-crop-atmosphere systems.
• Measuring the effect of agricultural practices on GHG emissions and the potential for global warming mitigation.
• Productivity and stocking rate of grassland systems.
• Strategies for biodiversity conservation in agricultural systems.

Contribution to the development of conservation agriculture in Mediterranean systems. International leadership in the evaluation of agricultural practices (especially the fertilization and soil management) from the point of view of quantification of GHG contributing to Global Warming and Climate Change.