Laboratory of Plant Production Systems
The vision of Plant Production Systems is to integrate biological knowledge to analyse and design sustainable production systems for crops (including integration with livestock), focused on resource use efficiency and equitable management of natural resources.
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Spatial frameworks for robust estimation of yield gaps.
Food security interventions and policies need reliable estimates of crop production and the scope to enhance production on existing cropland. Here we assess the performance of two widely used ‘top-down’ gridded frameworks...
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Surviving on Half a Hectare of Land: An Introduction to the Issues Surrounding Smallholder Farming in Malawi
Not everyone dealing with agricultural issues in Malawi appreciates the fact that smallholders in this country face challenges which are unique in Africa. No other country in Sub-Saharan Africa has population densities of up to 250 ...
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W (Wytze) Marinus MSc
It is time to harvest! Towards sustainable farming systems in the East African highlands
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Sheep farming in northern Spain is in a critical phase
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Potential crop yields can be dozens of percentage points higher or lower than estimated
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Global Yield Gap Atlas welcomes Yara as a Platinum sponsor
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CGIAR expert appointed as WUR special professor Agriculture Climate Impacts and Adaptation
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Latest publications
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Uncertainty is more than a number or colour : Involving experts in uncertainty assessments of yield gaps
Agricultural Systems 195 (2022). - ISSN 0308-521X -
Rice yield gaps and nitrogen-use efficiency in the Northwestern Indo-Gangetic Plains of India : Evidence based insights from heterogeneous farmers’ practices
Field Crops Research 275 (2022). - ISSN 0378-4290 -
Integrating gender and farmer's preferences in a discussion support tool for crop choice
Agricultural Systems 195 (2022). - ISSN 0308-521X