Agriculture Postgraduate Research

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

Research Opportunities

Please read these guidance notes. To help you identify potential supervisors and develop your research proposal, you can consult the directory of PhD research opportunities, as well as individual staff pages.

Programme Length

PhD: 3 years full-time or 5 years part-time; MPhil: 2 years full-time or 3 years part-time

Study Overseas

We offer 'split' PhD/MPhil programmes for international students with part of the study taking place in the student's own country or a third country.

Many of our British and other European students also carry out fieldwork overseas for their research.