Public sector consultancy

Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences performs public sector consultancy both national and international.

The public sector consultancy utilizes the department’s most recent knowledge and data from research, for example, to perform analysis, surveillance, evaluations and counseling in specific cases or through participation in committees.

The department has knowledge in areas such as plants, agriculture, environment, chemistry, water and biotechnology. From molecules and organisms to ecosystems. So the public sector consultancy could be in areas including climate change, soil quality, nitrogen discharge, pesticide consumption, GMO and bees.

Reports for advising public authorities 

The Danish Agriculture Agency (Landbrugsstyrelsen)

• Knowledge synthesis on foliar nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization

The Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Miljøstyrelsen)

• Assessment of risks related to agricultural use of sewage sludge, pig and cattle slurry