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Contact person for... - prof.dr.ir. MK (Martin) van Ittersum

Pages

• Global Yield Gap Atlas

  The Global Yield Gap Atlas (GYGA) is an agronomic database platform with local and global relevance to support your decision on yield optimisation.

• Research of the Plant Production Systems Group

  Our research and teaching approach is rooted in the tradition of C.T. de Wit, combining empirical knowledge and production ecological theory with...

News

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  Focus on consumption at Global Food Security Conference

  5 april 2024 | The fifth edition of the Global Food Security Conference is held in Leuven on 9 April. Martin van Ittersum predicts food consumption will play a...
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  PhD defense Paul Ravensbergen

  7 maart 2024 | PhD defense Paul Ravensbergen - WUR News PhD defense Paul Ravensbergen article_published_on_label March 7, 2024 On March 5 Dr. Paul Ravensbergen...
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  African rice production must become more efficient to prevent large-scale import and cultivation

  5 februari 2024 | Research shows there is potential to make rice production more efficient in Africa, if the current farming methods are improved.

• Yield from organically grown crops globally 20% lower than in conventional farming

  1 maart 2012 | Globally speaking, the yield from crops from organic farming is on average twenty percent lower than from crops grown according to conventional...

• Food security in 2050 on a global scale achievable but greatly challenging

  31 mei 2011 | With today’s crops, it would be possible to feed the 2050 global population of nine billion people.