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Overview

Katharina Waha is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences with a notable emphasis on climate change impacts on agriculture and related areas.

The main fields of study for Katharina Waha include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broad fields, their work spans several subfields of study, including:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Soil Science
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

The research topics Katharina Waha has contributed to encompass a range of agricultural challenges and solutions:

  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access

Several venues regularly feature their work, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • Agronomy for Sustainable Development
  • Global Food Security
  • Regional Environmental Change
  • Global Environmental Change
  • Environmental Research Letters

Key recent papers authored by Katharina Waha include:

  • "Multiple cropping systems of the world and the potential for increasing cropping intensity" (2020, Global Environmental Change)
  • "The benefits and trade-offs of agricultural diversity for food security in low- and middle-income countries: A review of existing knowledge and evidence" (2022, Global Food Security)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Katharina Waha are:

  • Francesco Tacconi
  • Mark T. van Wijk
  • Mario Herrero
  • Cécile Godde
  • Jonathan J. Ojeda

Best Publications

  • Rising Temperatures Reduce Global Wheat Production

    S. Asseng;F. Ewert;P. Martre;P. Martre;R. P. Rötter

  • Uncertainty in Simulating Wheat Yields Under Climate Change

    S. Asseng;F. Ewert;C. Rosenzweig;J. W. Jones

  • Trends in Global Agricultural Land Use: Implications for Environmental Health and Food Security

    Navin Ramankutty;Zia Mehrabi;Katharina Waha;Larissa Jarvis

  • How Do Various Maize Crop Models Vary in Their Responses to Climate Change Factors

    Simona Bassu;Nadine Brisson;Jean Louis Durand;Kenneth Boote

  • Similar estimates of temperature impacts on global wheat yield by three independent methods

    Bing Liu;Bing Liu;Senthold Asseng;Christoph Müller;Frank Ewert

  • Multimodel ensembles of wheat growth: many models are better than one

    Pierre Martre;Pierre Martre;Daniel Wallach;Senthold Asseng;Frank Ewert

  • Climate change impact and adaptation for wheat protein

    Senthold Asseng;Pierre Martre;Andrea Maiorano;Reimund P Rötter

  • Farming and the geography of nutrient production for human use: a transdisciplinary analysis

    Mario Herrero;Philip K Thornton;Philip K Thornton;Brendan Power;Jessica R Bogard;Jessica R Bogard

  • Adaptation to climate change through the choice of cropping system and sowing date in sub-Saharan Africa

    K. Waha;C. Müller;A. Bondeau;A. Bondeau;J.P. Dietrich

  • Climate change impacts in the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region and their implications for vulnerable population groups

    Katharina Waha;Katharina Waha;Linda Krummenauer;Sophie Adams;Valentin Aich

  • Climate-driven simulation of global crop sowing dates

    K. Waha;L. G. J. van Bussel;L. G. J. van Bussel;C. Müller;A. Bondeau

  • Global Water Availability and Requirements for Future Food Production

    D. Gerten;J. Heinke;H. Hoff;H. Biemans

  • The uncertainty of crop yield projections is reduced by improved temperature response functions.

    Enli Wang;Pierre Martre;Zhigan Zhao;Zhigan Zhao;Frank Ewert

  • LPJmL4 – a dynamic global vegetation model with managed land – Part 1: Model description

    Sibyll Schaphoff;Werner von Bloh;Anja Rammig;Kirsten Thonicke

  • Agricultural diversification as an important strategy for achieving food security in Africa

    Katharina Waha;Mark T. van Wijk;Steffen Fritz;Linda See

  • Multiple cropping systems of the world and the potential for increasing cropping intensity

    Katharina Waha;Jan Philipp Dietrich;Felix T. Portmann;Stefan Siebert

  • Implications of accounting for land use in simulations of ecosystem carbon cycling in Africa

    Mats Lindeskog;A. Arneth;A. Bondeau;A. Bondeau;K. Waha

  • Crop rotation modelling—A European model intercomparison

    Chris Kollas;Kurt Christian Kersebaum;Claas Nendel;Kiril Manevski

  • Global wheat production with 1.5 and 2.0°C above pre-industrial warming

    Bing Liu;Pierre Martre;Frank Ewert;John R. Porter;John R. Porter;John R. Porter

  • Temperature and Precipitation Effects on Wheat Yield Across a European Transect: a Crop Model Ensemble Analysis Using Impact Response Surfaces

    N. Pirttioja;T. R. Carter;S. Fronzek;M. Bindi

  • Turn down the heat: confronting the new climate normal

    S. Adams;V. Aich;T. Albrecht;F. Baarsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Müller
Christoph Müller Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Bruno Basso
Bruno Basso Michigan State University
Alex C. Ruane
Alex C. Ruane Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Reimund P. Rötter
Reimund P. Rötter University of Göttingen
Kurt Christian Kersebaum
Kurt Christian Kersebaum Czech Academy of Sciences
Claas Nendel
Claas Nendel University of Potsdam
Zhigan Zhao
Zhigan Zhao Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Fulu Tao
Fulu Tao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Davide Cammarano
Davide Cammarano Aarhus University
Sebastian Gayler
Sebastian Gayler University of Hohenheim

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