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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
60
Citations
17524
World Ranking
1191
National Ranking
33

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Statistics

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Yield gap, Agriculture, Agricultural economics, Environmental resource management and Crop yield. His work in Yield gap covers topics such as Cultivar which are related to areas like Trend analysis, Yield, Leaf area index and Phenology. His Agriculture study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Scale and Land use.

His Agricultural economics research incorporates elements of Agricultural diversification and Mechanization. The various areas that Martin K. van Ittersum examines in his Environmental resource management study include Environmental quality, Sustainable development, Natural resource management, Sustainability and Rural poverty. His study in Crop yield is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Cropping system, Agricultural engineering and Climate change.

His most cited work include:

  • Yield gap analysis with local to global relevance—A review (728 citations)
  • The crop yield gap between organic and conventional agriculture (476 citations)
  • Integrated assessment of agricultural systems: a component - based framework for the European Union (Seamless) (446 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Martin K. van Ittersum spends much of his time researching Agriculture, Agronomy, Yield gap, Environmental resource management and Food security. His Agriculture research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Climate change, Agricultural economics and Agricultural science. Yield gap is the topic of his studies on Yield and Crop yield.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Agroforestry, Agricultural engineering, Cropping system and Crop rotation. His studies in Environmental resource management integrate themes in fields like Cropping, Risk analysis, Land use and Sustainable development. His research in Food security intersects with topics in Natural resource economics and Greenhouse gas.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agriculture (48.15%)
  • Agronomy (23.70%)
  • Yield gap (20.74%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Agriculture (48.15%)
  • Food security (18.52%)
  • Yield (14.81%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Martin K. van Ittersum mostly deals with Agriculture, Food security, Yield, Greenhouse gas and Yield gap. Martin K. van Ittersum interconnects Climate change mitigation, Sustainability, Sustainable development and Environmental planning in the investigation of issues within Agriculture. The study incorporates disciplines such as Agricultural extension, Fertilizer, Nutrient management, Climate change and Agricultural engineering in addition to Food security.

Martin K. van Ittersum works mostly in the field of Agricultural engineering, limiting it down to concerns involving Drainage basin and, occasionally, Crop yield. His Yield study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Crop and Agricultural economics. His study on Yield gap also encompasses disciplines like

  • Livestock most often made with reference to Agricultural science,
  • Stochastic frontier analysis which connect with Quality, Sustainable agriculture and Hectare.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Sustainable development goal 2: Improved targets and indicators for agriculture and food security (33 citations)
  • The role of farm animals in a circular food system (25 citations)
  • Impacts of intensifying or expanding cereal cropping in sub-Saharan Africa on greenhouse gas emissions and food security. (12 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Statistics

Martin K. van Ittersum mainly focuses on Agriculture, Food security, Agricultural science, Productivity and Yield. His Agriculture research includes elements of Climate change mitigation, Natural resource economics, Sustainability and Sustainable development. His research investigates the link between Climate change mitigation and topics such as Nutrient management that cross with problems in Greenhouse gas.

Martin K. van Ittersum combines subjects such as Land use, Food systems, Biomass, Manure and Nutrient with his study of Agricultural science. Particularly relevant to Yield gap is his body of work in Yield. In his papers, Martin K. van Ittersum integrates diverse fields, such as Yield gap and Simulation modeling.

Best Publications

  • Yield gap analysis with local to global relevance—A review

    Martin K. van Ittersum;Kenneth G. Cassman;Patricio Grassini;Joost Wolf

  • The crop yield gap between organic and conventional agriculture

    Tomek de Ponti;Bert Rijk;Martin K. van Ittersum

  • Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself?

    Martin K. Van Ittersum;Lenny G.J. Van Bussel;Joost Wolf;Patricio Grassini

  • Integrated assessment of agricultural systems: a component - based framework for the European Union (Seamless)

    Martin K. van Ittersum;Frank Ewert;Thomas Heckelei;Jacques Wery

  • Residual soil phosphorus as the missing piece in the global phosphorus crisis puzzle

    Sheida Z. Sattari;Alexander F. Bouwman;Ken E. Giller;Martin K. van Ittersum

  • Assessing farm innovations and responses to policies: A review of bio-economic farm models

    Sander Janssen;Martin K. van Ittersum

  • The future of farming: Who will produce our food?

    Ken E. Giller;Thomas Delaune;João Vasco Silva;João Vasco Silva;Katrien Descheemaeker

  • How good is good enough? Data requirements for reliable crop yield simulations and yield-gap analysis

    Patricio Grassini;Lenny G.J. van Bussel;Justin Van Wart;Joost Wolf

  • Use of agro-climatic zones to upscale simulated crop yield potential

    Justin van Wart;Lenny G.J. van Bussel;Joost Wolf;Rachel Licker

  • Resource use efficiency and environmental performance of nine major biofuel crops, processed by first-generation conversion techniques

    Sander C. de Vries;Gerrie W.J. van de Ven;Martin K. van Ittersum;Ken E. Giller

  • Principles, drivers and opportunities of a circular bioeconomy

    Abigail Muscat;Evelien M. de Olde;Raimon Ripoll-Bosch;Hannah H. E. Van Zanten

  • Sustainable development goal 2: Improved targets and indicators for agriculture and food security

    Juliana Dias Bernardes Gil;Pytrik Reidsma;Ken Giller;Lindsay Todman

  • The role of farm animals in a circular food system

    Hannah H.E. Van Zanten;Martin K. Van Ittersum;Imke J.M. De Boer

  • Exploring multi-scale trade-offs between nature conservation, agricultural profits and landscape quality—A methodology to support discussions on land-use perspectives

    Jeroen C.J. Groot;Walter A.H. Rossing;André Jellema;Derk Jan Stobbelaar

  • Rice yields and yield gaps in Southeast Asia: Past trends and future outlook

    Alice G. Laborte;Alice G. Laborte;Kees (C.A.J.M.) de Bie;Eric M.A. Smaling;Piedad F. Moya

  • Competing Claims on Natural Resources: What Role for Science?

    Ken E. Giller;Cees Leeuwis;Jens A. Andersson;Wim Andriesse

  • The impact of increasing farm size and mechanization on rural income and rice production in Zhejiang province, China

    M. Marrit Van den Berg;Huib Hengsdijk;Joost Wolf;Martin K. Van Ittersum

  • From field to atlas: Upscaling of location-specific yield gap estimates

    Lenny G.J. van Bussel;Patricio Grassini;Justin Van Wart;Joost Wolf

  • FSSIM, a bio-economic farm model for simulating the response of EU farming systems to agricultural and environmental policies

    Kamel Louhichi;Argyris Kanellopoulos;Sander Janssen;Guillermo Flichman

  • Cereal yield gaps across Europe

    René Schils;Jørgen E. Olesen;Kurt-Christian Kersebaum;Bert Rijk

  • A regional implementation of WOFOST for calculating yield gaps of autumn-sown wheat across the European Union

    Hendrik Boogaard;Joost Wolf;Iwan Supit;Stefan Niemeyer

  • Multimodel ensembles improve predictions of crop-environment-management interactions.

    Daniel Wallach;Pierre Martre;Bing Liu;Bing Liu;Senthold Asseng

  • A Generic Bio-Economic Farm Model for Environmental and Economic Assessment of Agricultural Systems

    Sander Janssen;Kamel Louhichi;Argyris Kanellopoulos;Peter Zander

  • Crop Yields and Global Food Security. Will Yield Increase Continue to Feed the World

    Martin K. van Ittersum

  • Water productivity of rainfed maize and wheat: A local to global perspective

    Juan I. Rattalino Edreira;Nicolas Guilpart;Victor Sadras;Kenneth G. Cassman

  • Unravelling the variability and causes of smallholder maize yield gaps in Ethiopia

    Banchayehu Tessema Assefa;Jordan Chamberlin;Pytrik Reidsma;João Vasco Silva

  • Scenarios of long-term farm structural change for application in climate change impact assessment

    Maryia Mandryk;Pytrik Reidsma;Martin K. van Ittersum

  • TechnoGIN, a tool for exploring and evaluating resource use efficiency of cropping systems in East and Southeast Asia

    Thomas C. Ponsioen;Huib Hengsdijk;Joost Wolf;Martin K. van Ittersum

  • Spatial frameworks for robust estimation of yield gaps

    Juan I. Rattalino Edreira;José F. Andrade;José F. Andrade;Kenneth G. Cassman;Martin K. van Ittersum

  • Agronomic analysis of nitrogen performance indicators in intensive arable cropping systems : An appraisal of big data from commercial farms

    João Vasco Silva;Martin K. van Ittersum;Hein F.M. ten Berge;Léon Spätjens

  • Can yield variability be explained? Integrated assessment of maize yield gaps across smallholders in Ghana.

    Marloes P. van Loon;Samuel Adjei-Nsiah;Katrien Descheemaeker;Clement Akotsen-Mensah

  • Prospect for increasing grain legume crop production in East Africa

    Marloes P. van Loon;Nanyan Deng;Nanyan Deng;Patricio Grassini;Juan I. Rattalino Edreira

  • Wheat yield gaps across smallholder farming systems in Ethiopia

    João Vasco Silva;Pytrik Reidsma;Frédéric Baudron;Moti Jaleta

  • Rooting for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Nicolas Guilpart;Nicolas Guilpart;Patricio Grassini;Justin van Wart;Haishun Yang

  • Crop and farm level adaptation under future climate challenges: an exploratory study considering multiple objectives for Flevoland, the Netherlands.

    Maryia Mandryk;Pytrik Reidsma;Martin K. van Ittersum

  • Intensification of rice-based farming systems in Central Luzon, Philippines: Constraints at field, farm and regional levels

    João Vasco Silva;Pytrik Reidsma;Ma. Lourdes Velasco;Alice G. Laborte

  • Institutional constraints for adaptive capacity to climate change in Flevoland's agriculture

    Maryia Mandryk;Pytrik Reidsma;Kiki Kartikasari;Martin van Ittersum

  • A spatial framework for ex-ante impact assessment of agricultural technologies

    José F. Andrade;Juan I. Rattalino Edreira;Andrew Farrow;Marloes P. van Loon

Frequent Co-Authors

Joost Wolf
Joost Wolf Wageningen University & Research
Thomas Heckelei
Thomas Heckelei University of Bonn
Lieven Claessens
Lieven Claessens Wageningen University & Research
Frank Ewert
Frank Ewert University of Bonn
Patricio Grassini
Patricio Grassini University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Kenneth G. Cassman
Kenneth G. Cassman University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Alfons Oude Lansink
Alfons Oude Lansink Wageningen University & Research
Andrea Emilio Rizzoli
Andrea Emilio Rizzoli Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research
Haishun Yang
Haishun Yang University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Jacques Wery
Jacques Wery Institut Agro, France

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