Agrofood Lab

The main areas and activities of research of Agrofood Lab are: • Plant health, through the development of tools to support the management of pests and plant crops diseases, including invasive species • Development and implementation of model and quantitative approaches to assess pollinators health and pollination ecosystem services • Study of the biodiversity of agricultural systems using traditional and molecular methods and implementing methods of analysis based on the study of ecological networks • Assess the quality of soils through multidisciplinary approaches to determine its fertility and interpreting the agro-ecological meaning of the organic matter • Evaluate contamination and study the ecological functionality of soil, using chemical, biochemical and molecular biology techniques • Assessing the impacts connected with plant production, by developing modelling approaches to estimate impacts related to agriculture. • Study and develop methodologies to ensure a sustainable management of livestock production, focusing on the assessment of environmental impacts generated by cattle breeding and precision nutrition. • Develop systemic approaches to the study of agroecosystems by employing multidimensional and multiscale criteria to manage biodiversity • Analyse and monitor agri-food markets and studying the drivers of consumption • Analyse business strategies and innovation paths in the agri-food sector.