Agricultural Systems Group (Agsystems)
The Agsystems research group focuses its work on the study of agricultural and cultivation systems and their relationship with the environment. The final objective is the design of strategies or alternatives that allow maintaining the sustainability of cropping systems under current and future conditions. To this end, they carry out research projects based on field trials and the use of mathematical simulation models. The group participates in national and international projects and working groups focused on improving the efficiency of nitrogen use in agriculture. Spanish, with members of the group involved in the European Panel of Nitrogen Experts (EUNEP) and the International N management initiative (INMS). We actively participate in the development and evaluation of crop models within the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) platform.In the area of cooperation, AgSystems collaborates in agricultural reactivation projects and in the reinforcement between universities via curriculum and mobility of students and teachers. Likewise, it actively participates in the Spanish Network for Research in Agriculture for Development.
Lines of work
- Water and nitrogen management in agricultural systems
- Impact and adaptations to climate change and variability in cropping systems. Associated uncertainties
- Modeling of agricultural systems
Principal researcher
Quemada Saenz-Badillos, Miguel
Full ProfessorDepartment:910671079Email:miguel.quemada@upm.esQuemada Saenz-Badillos, Miguel
Full ProfessorWorld's Top 2% ScientistFull Professor in the Agricultural Production Department in the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid since 2008. He did his PhD in Agronomy in The University of Georgia in 1995.
In the last 30 years, his research lines have had a focus on the development of waetr and nitrogen use strategies that allow to have a sustainable crop system in the current and future conditions. In the last years, he has been focusing on the application of new technologies (sensors, remote sensing) to improve the resource use and to promote agroecological techniques (cover crops, soil conservation). He has coordinated several national and international projects and participated in many partnerships with fertilization and agrarian businesses He has coordinated several national and international projects and participated in many partnerships with fertilization and agrarian businesses He coordinated the Network of Scientific Excelence SIRENA. He has participated as an expert in different scientific panels, such as the European Nitrogen Expert Panel (EUNEP).
Professor Quemada, presents an h index (WOS) of 43, and has published 70 scientific papers since 2015, being 92% of them indexed in Q1 journals.
- Department:Agricultural Production
- Research Group:Agricultural Systems Group (Agsystems)
- School / Faculty:Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas.
- Agency:Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
- Lines of research:water and nitrogen cycle in agricultural systems, agricultural system modelization, application and decomposition of organic matter into soil.
More information
UPM Research GroupProjects
See all projectsTowards a roadmap to increase nitrogen circularity through crop and livestock reconnection and ammonia abatement strategies in crop fertilization (AgrosceNa-NEXT)
NationalODS12, ODS15Asesoramiento técnico y científico de iluminación artificial en la Horticultura mediante el uso de LED. Experiencias Pilotos
With companiesODS9, ODS12Resilient Agricultural IrrigatioN systems for water Scarcity in Europe (RAINS)
InternationalODS 6, ODS9Manejo de residuos de cosecha y agua para reducir emisiones de n en cultivos de zonas semiáridas (CREWGAS)
National
Scientific results
See all results- Serra, J., Marinheiro, J., Marques dos Santos, C.S.C., Graversgaard, M., Quemada, M., Lassaletta, L., Ros, G.H., Giannini-Kurina, F., de Vries, W., Aguilera, E., van Grinsven, H.J.M., Hayashi, K., Mogollón, J., Sanz-Cobeña, A., Dalgaard, T. & Butterbach-Bahl, K.(2026)Evaluation of global research on agricultural nitrogen pollution between 1990 and 2023: Challenges for more efficacy and equityEnvironmental Science & Policy, 176. 104312.PapersJCR
- Quemada, M., Alonso-Ayuso, M., Esteban, R. & González, E.(2025)Maize (Zea mays L.) response to the biostimulant Methylobacterium symbioticum under various nitrogen fertilizer ratesEuropean Journal of Agronomy, Volume 172. 127887PapersJCR
- van Grinsven, H., Gu, B., Rodríguez, A., Jones, L., Brouwer, R., Schulte-Uebbing, L., Pacheco, F., Lassaletta, L., Hayashi, K., van Dam, J., Raghuram, N., Geupel, M., Ebanyat, P., Zhang, X., Lord, S., de Bruyn, S. & Sutton, M.(2025)Valuing damages and benefits of the altered global nitrogen cycle; lessons for national to global policy supportEnvironmental Research Letters, 20. 094014PapersJCR
- Quemada, M., Pancorbo, J.L., Raya-Sereno, M.D., Camino, C. & Zarco-Tejada, P.J.(2025)Airborne and satellite imagery for optimizing nitrogen management in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)Book Chapter in Precision agriculture '25, 431-438.Books / Book chaptersJCR