
Plant Production Systems Group
Using concepts of systems analysis, we develop methods that allow integrated analysis and design of alternative futures at local (farm), regional, national, international and global scales. We thus contribute to a mission that strives to provide grounded quantitative analysis to underpin responses to urgent societal issues such as global food security, agricultural and environmental policies, competition for natural resources, food-feed-fuel interactions and global environmental change.
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Soybean production dynamics in maize-dominated smallholder farming systems, Tanzania
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Internship: A comparative analysis of the farm gate carbon footprint (in Kg CO2-e/Kg Green Coffee) between median and best yield performing quartile in 5 Sucafina supply chains.
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NWO supports WUR-research on apomixis in plants and cultivation of rice in Northwestern Europe
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Our education
The Plant Production Systems group is responsible for a wide range of courses, from introductory courses to advanced postgraduate specialist subjects.
Latest publications
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Climate change impacts on cocoa production in the major producing countries of West and Central Africa by mid-century
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (2025), Volume: 362 - ISSN 0168-1923 -
Improving yield and profit in smallholder oil palm fields through better agronomy
Agricultural Systems (2025), Volume: 224 - ISSN 0308-521X -
Liming enhances the abundance and stability of nitrogen-cycling microbes : the buffering effect of long-term lime application
Biology and Fertility of Soils (2025) - ISSN 0178-2762