dr.ir. H (Huib) Hengsdijk

I am a researcher in natural resources management and the agronomy of tropical cropping systems. In the past 30 years, I worked on land use modelling, water and fertilizer use efficiency in rice systems, regional land and water management, and the impacts of climate change on crop production including the design of adaptation and mitigation strategies. My interests are especially in improving the effcient use of resources in different land use systems ranging from plot to region.

I have coordinated a big applied research and capacity building program on vegetables in Indonesia. In Bangladesh, I have developed and implemented with colleagues a SMS-based advisory system to control late blight in potatoes using real-time weather data, satelite information and an epidemiological model. 

Currently, I coordinate a long-term policy-supporting program that develops resilient cultivation systems for various crops in the Netherlands. These resilient cropping systems aim at reducing the dependency of synthetic crop protection, and must lead to reduced emissions of crop protection agents to the environment and lower residues on the harvested produce. In Kenya, I support two companies in developing and understanding regenerative agricultural practices. In addition, I contributed to a report on the climate impact of regenerative agricultural practices, 

I have worked in many countries of the Americas, Asia and Africa, but most of my work was in Costa Rica, Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Indonesia. See the following websites for more information: