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.
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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Expanding the WOFOST crop model to explore options for sustainable nitrogen management: A study for winter wheat in the Netherlands
Nitrogen (N) management is essential to ensure crop growth and to balance production, economic, and environmental objectives from farm to regional levels...
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Thesis/internship opportunity: intercropping of olive trees, MAP and legumes- field experiment in Morocco
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‘Beware of blinders when discussing agriculture’
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Polder rice in the Netherlands: will it succeed this year?
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IUCN report: Better production practices key to minimising impact vegetable oils
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MSc thesis opportunity - Sustainable intensification of smallholder soybean farming in Kasungu district, Malawi
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- Perennial Crops website
- PhD Library website
- Global Yield Gap Atlas
- Sustainable and Smart Food Supply (BASIS)
- Thesis subjects PPS
- Biomass for fuel: opportunity or threat to food and feed security?
- Competing Claims
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- Conservation Agriculture
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- Seamless Association
- BSc, MSc Library website
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Latest publications
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A new framework for predicting and understanding flowering time for crop breeding
Plants People Planet (2024), Volume: 6, Issue: 1 - ISSN 2572-2611 - p. 197-209. -
Genotypic differences in water deficit effects on leaf and crown traits in mature field-grown cocoa
Scientia Horticulturae (2024), Volume: 325 - ISSN 0304-4238 -
Farmer Options and Risks in Complex Ecological-Social systems : The FORCES game designed for agroforestry management of upper watersheds
Agricultural Systems (2024), Volume: 213 - ISSN 0308-521X