Agricultural Systems
Research Interests
- organic agriculture
- complementary agriculture (e.g. permaculture, IPM, agroforestry)
- interaction between agriculture and natural resource management
- farming systems design
- plant ecology, specifically weed-crop interactions
- social and economic factors influencing agricultural practices
Contact
Dr Paul Kristiansen
Lecturer in Agricultural Systems
School of Rural Science and Agriculture
University of New England
Armidale NSW 2351 Australia
Ph: +61 2 6773 2962
Fax: +61 2 6773 3238
Email: paul.kristiansen@une.edu.au
Lecturer in Agricultural Systems
School of Rural Science and Agriculture
University of New England
Armidale NSW 2351 Australia
Ph: +61 2 6773 2962
Fax: +61 2 6773 3238
Email: paul.kristiansen@une.edu.au
Courses
Agricultural Systems units:
- AGRO100 - Agriculture in Practice
- RSNR 110 - Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment
- RSNR 120 - Sustainable Resource Use and Environmental Management
- AGSY410 - Problem Solving in Farm Systems
There are many other relevant units, for example:
- AGRO321 - Crop and Pature Management for Sustainable Agriculture
- AGRO501 - Organic Agriculture: Principles and Practices
- ANPR321 - Animal Function, Health and Welfare
- HORT420 - Horticulture and Viticulture
- EM432/532 - Remote Sensing and GIS for Resource Management
- EM455/555 - Agroforestry
- SOIL220 - Introduction to Soil Science
- SOIL310 - Environmental Soil Science
- SOIL431/531 - Interactive International Soil Science
- and more
Projects
Current
- Organic Agriculture: A Global Perspective to be published by CSIRO Publishing in June 2006
- Soil constraints in organic vegetable production - Gunasekhar Nachimuthu (PhD candidate)
- Ecology and biology of Hyparrhenia hirta (Coolatai grass) - Vinod Chejara (PhD)
- Moving conventional agricultural practice towards an eco-label that substantiates clean and green claims - Sherryl Broderick (MRurSc candidate)
- Investigation into the viticultural management practices and economic viability of viticulture for organic wine production - Tony Hassall (Professional Doctorate candidate)
- Mechanisms of flowering in Sturt's Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa) - Tanya Tapingkae (PhD candidate)
- Composts and fungal infestations of wheat - Dalvinder Singh (PhD)
- LEAFSE International exchange program (2004-05)
Completed
- Mechanisms and modes of action of weed interference in soybean (Glycine max) at the physiological, biochemical and cellular levels - Irawati Chaniago (PhD)
- The effect of night sowing on the emergence patterns and competitive impact of weeds on buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales - David Van Ryswick (BRurSc Honours)
- Brassica cover crops: alellopathy or resource cometition?/Organic acid production by cover crops - Daniele Cerrai (Intern, PhD candidate at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy)
- Sustainable weed management in organic herb & vegetable production - Paul Kristiansen (PhD)