Chair group 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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Interesting article(s)
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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Estimating maize harvest index and nitrogen concentrations in grain and residue using globally available data.
Reliable estimates of crop nitrogen (N) uptake and offtake are critical in estimating N balances, N use efficiencies and potential losses to the environment…
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Expanding the adaptive capacity of cotton-producing smallholders to cope with (un)expected climate and market variability in southern Mali
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Why soil carbon sequestration is overrated
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Student wins prince at Sustainable Oil Palm Diologue
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Global Yield Gap Atlas welcomes IFA as a Platinum sponsor
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Researchers propose new framework for regulating engineered crops
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Latest publications
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Carbon for soils, not soils for carbon
Global Change Biology (2023). - ISSN 1354-1013 -
Increased mineral fertilizer use on maize can improve both household food security and regional food production in East Africa
Agricultural Systems 205 (2023). - ISSN 0308-521X -
Establishment of a commercial organic hopyard in a Mediterranean environment : Production attributes and their relationship with soil texture
Scientia Horticulturae 310 (2023). - ISSN 0304-4238