Back to profile Contact person for... - prof.dr.ir. JW (Jan-Willem) van Groenigen News No yield benefit of biochar for crops in the temperate zone 2 mei 2017 | For years, biochar has been promoted as a soil additive to increase fertility and crop yields. But a new paper, co-authored by Diego Abalos and Jan... 'The Paris soil carbon sequestration goals are unrealistic' 21 april 2017 | The goal to offset rises in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations by increasing soil carbon storage by 4 per mille (0.4%) per year is unrealistic,... Agriculture should not attempt to copy nature 29 maart 2017 | ‘While agriculture should certainly learn from nature, we mustn’t be fixated on it. After all, agriculture and nature are fundamentally... Earthworms: Nature's free fertilizer? 15 september 2014 | Earthworm presence in the soil increases crop yield, shows a new study that was published this week in Scientific Reports. This is not unexpected ,... Jan Willem van Groenigen editor in chief of Geoderma 3 april 2014 | Jan Willem van Groenigen has been appointed as editor in chief of the soil science journal Geoderma. The appointment is the result of an increasing... 12Next