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7021
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Jean-Christophe Castella is affiliated with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in France. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular emphasis on general agricultural and biological sciences, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, global and planetary change, sociology and political science, and soil science.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Agriculture and Rural Development Research
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Agricultural Systems and Practices
  • Land Rights and Reforms
  • Cambodian History and Society

Jean-Christophe Castella has published numerous papers, with recent work concentrating on agricultural practices, conservation, and rural development in Southeast Asia. Some of their notable recent publications include:

  • "Farmers' resource endowment and risk management affect agricultural practices and innovation capacity in the Northwestern uplands of Cambodia," 2021, Agricultural Systems
  • "Investigating farmers' decision-making in adoption of conservation agriculture in the Northwestern uplands of Cambodia," 2021, Land Use Policy
  • "Beyond the boom-bust cycle: An interdisciplinary framework for analysing crop booms," 2023, Global Environmental Change
  • "The elephant in the room is really a cow: using consumption corridors to define sustainable meat consumption in the European Union," 2022, Sustainability Science
  • "Opportunities and constraints for adoption of maize-legume mixed cropping systems in Laos," 2020, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

The scientist frequently publishes in several specialized academic venues. These include:

  • Agricultural Systems
  • Sustainability Science
  • Cahiers Agricultures
  • Land Use Policy
  • Global Environmental Change

Jean-Christophe Castella collaborates with researchers across multiple disciplines. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Rada Kong
  • Florent Tivet
  • Guillaume Lestrelin
  • Jean-Christophe Diepart
  • Victoria Junquera

Their work covers interdisciplinary frameworks to understand agricultural systems and rural socio-ecological dynamics, often contextualized within Cambodia and Laos. The researcher's portfolio illustrates a strong focus on how agricultural innovation, resource management, and conservation practices interact with rural development challenges and socio-political environments.

Best Publications

  • Comparing the input, output, and validation maps for several models of land change

    Robert Gilmore Pontius;Wideke Boersma;Jean-Christophe Castella;Keith Clarke

  • Trends, drivers and impacts of changes in swidden cultivation in tropical forest-agriculture frontiers: A global assessment

    Nathalie van Vliet;Ole Mertz;Andreas Heinimann;Tobias Langanke

  • Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

    Jean-Christophe Castella;Damien Jourdain;Guy Trébuilb

  • Participatory Simulation of Land-Use Changes in the Northern Mountains of Vietnam: the Combined Use of an Agent-Based Model, a Role-Playing Game, and a Geographic Information System

    Jean-Christophe Castella;Tran Ngoc Trung;Stanislas Boissau

  • Expansion of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) in Mainland Southeast Asia: what are the prospects for smallholders?

    Jefferson Fox;Jean Christophe Castella

  • Multi-agent systems and role games : collective learning processes for ecosystem management

    F. Bousquet;O. Barreteau;P. d'Aquino;M. Etienne

  • Combination of process-oriented and pattern-oriented models of land-use change in a mountain area of Vietnam

    Jean-Christophe Castella;Peter H. Verburg

  • Combining top-down and bottom-up modelling approaches of land use/cover change to support public policies: Application to sustainable management of natural resources in northern Vietnam

    Jean-Christophe Castella;Suan Pheng Kam;Dang Dinh Quang;Peter H. Verburg

  • SOCIAL NETWORKS AND INFORMATION ACCESS: IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION IN A RICE FARMING COMMUNITY IN NORTHERN VIETNAM

    Lan Anh Hoang;Jean-Christophe Castella;Jean-Christophe Castella;Paul Novosad

  • Swidden, rubber and carbon: Can REDD+ work for people and the environment in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia?

    Jefferson Fox;Jean-Christophe Castella;Alan D. Ziegler

  • Effects of Landscape Segregation on Livelihood Vulnerability: Moving From Extensive Shifting Cultivation to Rotational Agriculture and Natural Forests in Northern Laos

    Jean-Christophe Castella;Jean-Christophe Castella;Guillaume Lestrelin;Cornelia Hett;Jeremy Bourgoin

  • Science for action at the local landscape scale

    Paul Opdam;Joan Iverson Nassauer;Zhifang Wang;Christian Albert;Christian Albert

  • Comparison of Three Maps at Multiple Resolutions: A Case Study of Land Change Simulation in Cho Don District, Vietnam

    Robert Gilmore Pontius;Smitha Peethambaram;Jean-Christophe Castella

  • Impact of forestland allocation on land use in a mountainous province of Vietnam

    Jean-Christophe Castella;Jean-Christophe Castella;Stanislas Boissau;Nguyen Hai Thanh;Paul Novosad

  • Agrarian transition and lowland-upland interactions in mountain areas in northern Vietnam: application of a multi-agent simulation model

    Jean-Christophe Castella;Jean-Christophe Castella;Stanislas Boissau;Tran Ngoc Trung;Dang Dinh Quang

  • Territorialising Sustainable Development: The Politics of Land-use Planning in Laos

    Guillaume Lestrelin;Jean-Christophe Castella;Jeremy Bourgoin

  • A landscape mosaics approach for characterizing swidden systems from a REDD+ perspective

    Cornelia Hett;Jean-Christophe Castella;Jean-Christophe Castella;Andreas Heinimann;Peter Messerli

  • Analysis of village accessibility and its impact on land use dynamics in a mountainous province of northern Vietnam

    Jean-Christophe Castella;Jean-Christophe Castella;Pham Hung Manh;Suan Pheng Kam;Lorena Villano

  • The forgotten D: challenges of addressing forest degradation in complex mosaic landscapes under REDD+

    O. Mertz;D. Muller;T. Sikor;C. Hett

  • Toward a land zoning negotiation support platform: “Tips and tricks” for participatory land use planning in Laos

    Jeremy Bourgoin;Jeremy Bourgoin;Jeremy Bourgoin;Jean-Christophe Castella;Jean-Christophe Castella;David Pullar;Guillaume Lestrelin;Guillaume Lestrelin

  • Rubber Plantations Expand in Mountainous Southeast Asia: What Are the Consequences for the Environment?

    Jefferson M. Fox;Jean-Christophe Castella;Alan D. Ziegler;Sidney B. Westley

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter H. Verburg
Peter H. Verburg Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jefferson Fox
Jefferson Fox East-West Center
Alan D. Ziegler
Alan D. Ziegler National University of Singapore
Dirk Pflugmacher
Dirk Pflugmacher Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Thomas Sikor
Thomas Sikor University of East Anglia
Bryan C. Pijanowski
Bryan C. Pijanowski Purdue University West Lafayette
Kasper Kok
Kasper Kok Wageningen University & Research
Patrick Hostert
Patrick Hostert Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Louis V. Verchot
Louis V. Verchot Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
M. van Noordwijk
M. van Noordwijk World Agroforestry Centre

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