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Martin van Ittersum

Professor, Plant Production Systems at Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen University & Research

Areas of expertise

  • - Agriculture
  • - Arable farming
  • - Agricultural systems
  • - Information management
  • - Plant production systems
  • - Farming systems
  • - Decision support systems
  • - Agroecosystems
  • - Policy evaluation
  • - Sustainability
  • - Systems analysis
  • - Information systems
  • - Circular economy
  • - Circular agriculture

Major works

Courses and Programs taught by Martin van Ittersum

Publications

  • Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself? van Ittersum, M.K., van Bussel, L.G., Wolf, J., Grassini, P., van Wart, J., Guilpart, N., Claessens, L., de Groot, H., Wiebe, K., Mason-D'Croz, D., Yang, H., Boogaard, H., van Oort, P.A., van Loon, M.P., Saito, K., Adimo, O., Adjei-Nsiah, S., Agali, A., Bala, A., Chikowo, R., Kaizzi, K., Kouressy, M., Makoi, J.H., Ouattara, K., Tesfaye, K., Cassman, K.G. (2016). PNAS 113 (52), 14964-14969.

  • Yield gap analysis with local to global relevance a review. Van Ittersum, M.K., Cassman, K.G., Grassini, P., Wolf, J., Tittonell, P., Hochman, Z., 2013. (2013). Field Crops Research 143, 4-17

  • Integrated assessment of agricultural systems A component-based framework for the European Union (SEAMLESS). Van Ittersum, M.K., F. Ewert, T. Heckelei, J. Wery, J. Alkan Olsson, E. Andersen, I. Bezplepkina, F. Brouwer, M. Donatelli, G. Flichman, L. Olsson, A.E. Rizzoli, T. van der Wal, J.E. Wien and J. Wolf (2008). Agricultural Systems 96, 150-165

  • Residual soil phosphorus as the missing piece in the global phosphorus crisis. Sattari, S., Bouwman, L., Giller, K., Van Ittersum, M. (2012). PNAS 109, 6348-6353

  • The crop yield gap between organic and conventional agriculture. De Ponti, T., Rijk, B., Van Ittersum, M. (2012). Agricultural Systems 108, 1-9

About me

Martin van Ittersum holds a PhD in Agricultural and Environmental Science from Wageningen University. He is a professor at the Plant Production Systems group of the same university.

His research and teaching focus on research concepts and methods for the analysis, design and integrated assessment of agricultural systems from field to farm, at regional and global levels. He applies these concepts to investigate opportunities for sustainable intensification of local and global food production. He (co-)developed and applied several of the concepts taught in this MOOC.

He is currently co-leading the Global Yield Gap Atlas project that aims to map where and how much food production can be increased on existing agricultural land. He is also involved in research on resource use efficiency and environmental effects of different agricultural systems.

Courses and Programs taught by Martin van Ittersum