Projects - dr. JA (Julian) Helfenstein
2021-2022 Co-design of pixel and strip cropping field experiments with farmers. Analysis of crop performance and soil quality along a crop diversity gradient.
2019-2023 SIPATH: Sustainable intensification pathways. Assessing agricultural development pathways across Europe and defining sustainable futures. Coordinating farmer interviews and landscape mapping.
2018-2022 Integrating soil phosphorus cycling in global land surface models.
2015-2019 Soil development and phosphorus cycling along a climatic gradient. Field sampling, radio- and stable isotopic analyses, microspectroscopic analyses, dust transport modelling.
2015 Impact of soil quality and farm management on wheat quality in central India. Field sampling, soil analyses, and farmer interviews.
2014 Relationship between soybean nutrition and disease susceptibility. Glasshouse experiments and pathogen / pest assays.
2013 Assessment of state and trends of ecosystem services in Switzerland. Literature review.