Peer-reviewed Publications

Chiduwa M, Nyagumbo I, Omondi JO, Mkuhlani S, Masikati P, Malunga I, Mwila M, Simwaka P, Mapaure M, Banda A, Hougni DG, Ndour A, Fantaye K, Snapp S, Silva JV (2026) Agronomic levers to increase maize and soybean productivity across the Chinyanja Triangle, southern Africa. Agricultural Systems

Silva JV, Rijk B, Berghuijs HNC, de Wit AJW, Reidsma P, van Ittersum MK (2026) Agronomic management drives the wheat yield plateau in high-yielding environments of northwest Europe. Nature Food

Balog A, Martin K (2026) Comparison of soil-dwelling predatory arthropod activity density and diversity under annual and perennial cereal production in Europe. Journal of Applied Entomology

Aliyu KT, Kalala K, Simutowe E, MacLaren C, Mhlanga B, Ngoma H, Silva JV, Thierfelder C (2026) Flat planting of cassava is more productive, economic and labour-saving than in annual ridges in the high-rainfall environments of Northern Zambia. Field Crops Research

Opoku E, Dzomeku BM, Opata J, Adam AM, Rasche F (2026) Perennial legumes Pueraria phaseoloides and Leucaena leucocephala exhibit high potential for fertility restoration of degraded mined soils in Ghana. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Madaga L, Chamberlin J, Gebrekidan B, Mkondiwa M, Kuboja NM, Silva JV (2026) Predictive mapping of wholesale crop prices for rural areas in Tanzania. Q Open

Beruk H, Yoseph T, Cadisch G, Ayalew T (2026) Quantification of B-values and symbiotic efficiency of Bradyrhizobium-inoculated soybean varieties using the δ15N natural abundance method. Nitrogen

Opoku E, Dzomeku BM, Opata J, Adam AM, Rasche F (2026) Restoring productivity of degraded mined soils using legume leaf residues as organic amendments. Scientific Reports

Hussain K, Hilger T, Hakki EE, Ilyas A, Gezgin S, Wongleecharoen C (2026) Simulation of resources use and abiotic stress management in various maize-based cropping systems. Frontiers in Plant Science

Ibrahim A, Saito K, Silva JV, Aminou A, Tarfa AC, Kouadio L, Awio T, Dogo AS, Senthilkumar K (2026) Smaller fields, higher yields? Rethinking intervention strategies across field sizes in Nigerian rice production. Field Crops Research

Tirfessa D, Baudron F, Schut AGT, Silva JV, Sida TS, Gameda S, Giller KE (2026) Soil acidity in Ethiopia: Its causes, extent and management. Geoderma Regional

Dereje G, Wogi L, Desalegn T, Sida TS, Silva JV (2026) Soil amendments and phosphorus fertilizer improve maize yield and soil fertility in Southwest Ethiopia. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Adam AM, Adam M, Asch F, Boote KJ, Chimonyo VGP, Christina M, Corbeels M, Couëdel A, de Freitas M, Della Chiesa T, Ewert F, Falconnier GN, Fuchs K, Gaiser T, Giller KE, Hoogenboom G, Huth N, Jibrin MJ, Justes E, Kamara AY, Kermah M, Khongdee N, Koomson E, Kraus D, Lana M, Laub M, Lusiana B, Marohn C, Moreno-Cadena P, Nendel C, Pansak W, Pavan W, Pierre JF, Poffenbarger H, Rezaei EE, Ruane AC, Salmerón M, Scheer C, Seidel SJ, Simwaka P, Singh U, Six J, Srivastava AK, van Noordwijk M, Volk J, Yu J, Cadisch G (2026) The ongoing journey of modelling intercropping systems: A conceptual resource sharing intercomparison from model developers and expert users. Field Crops Research

Leonardo WJ, Silva JV, Nagarajan L, Singh U (2026) Unravelling the contribution of G × E × M interactions to maize productivity in Central Mozambique amid climate change. Experimental Agriculture

Silva JV, Ndour A, Assefa B, Desta G, Mesfin T, Ebrahim M, Abera W, Tamene L, Nayak HS, Sida TS, Tesfaye K (2026) Yield constraints in Ethiopia’s cereal production systems. Field Crops Research

Tadele Geremu, Girma Abera, Bekele Lemma, Frank Rasche (2025). Abundance and symbiotic efficiency of indigenous rhizobia nodulating faba bean and common bean in southern Ethiopia. Frontiers in Soil Science.

Benjamin Gutai, Carsten Marohn, Christian Adjogo Bateki, Folkard Asch (2025). Assessing impacts of crop area expansion and crop-livestock integration on ecosystem functions in African savannas using the coupled LUCIA and LIVSIM models. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment.

Hirut Getachew Feleke, Tesfaye Abebe Amdie, Frank Rasche, Sintayehu Yigrem Mersha, Christian Brandt (2025). Climate on the edge: Impacts and adaptation in Ethiopia’s agriculture. Sustainability.

Donald Nyamayevu, Isaiah Nyagumbo, Rui-qi Li, Wei-li Liang, João Vasco Silva (2025). Crop diversification as a pathway to achieve Sustainable Development Goals 1 (No Poverty) and 2 (Zero Hunger) among smallholder farms of Sub-Saharan Africa: A structured narrative review. Sustainable Development.

Isaac Kwadwo Mpanga, Eric Koomson (2025). Cropland, competing land use, and food security implications: Seven-decade case analysis of USA. Sustainability.

Ana Schön, Tilman Grünwald, Julia Pesl, Ralf Kölling, Daniel Einfalt (2025). Effect of diammonium phosphate (DAP) on fermentation dynamics in fruits from non-fertilized meadow orchards. European Food Research and Technology.

Wimon Phukongchai, Wanwipa Kaewpradit, Frank Rasche (2025). Enhanced nitrogen release from sugarcane straw in a sandy soil via microbial inoculants efficient in decomposing high C/N ratio organic matter. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition.

Adam Muhammad Adam, Ken E. Giller, Leonard Rusinamhodzi, Frank Rasche, Eric Koomson, Carsten Marohn, Georg Cadisch (2025). Enhancing the resilience of intercropping systems to changing moisture conditions in Africa through the integration of grain legumes: A meta-analysis. Field Crops Research.

Tadele Geremu, Girma Abera, Bekele Lemma, Frank Rasche (2025). Exploring the relationship between agricultural land use and soil quality: Insight from southern Ethiopia agro-ecologies. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators.

Rémi Cardinael, Georg Cadisch, Christian Dupraz, Bohdan Lojka, Maren Oelbermann (2025). Guidelines for improved quantification and reporting of carbon stocks and additional carbon storage in agroforestry systems. Agroforestry Systems.

Neeranuch Phiwdaeng, Wanwipa Kaewpradit, Frank Rasche (2025). Impact of land use change from paddy rice to sugarcane cropping on quantity and quality of soil organic carbon. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition.

Tadele Geremu, Girma Abera, Bekele Lemma, Frank Rasche (2025). Interplay of phosphorus and rhizobium inoculation on common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) across variable indigenous rhizobia soils in Southern Ethiopia. Agronomy.

Mekuria Wolde Assena, Jochen Schöne, Frank Rasche (2025). Legume-derived phenolic acids influence Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Strigae compatibility and biocontrol potential in a Striga push-pull system. Biological Control.

Tigist Yimer, Girma Aber, Sheleme Beyene, Shimelis Gizachew, Frank Rasche (2025). Maize-common bean intercropping effects on nitrogen fixation, nutrient uptake, and soil properties in southern Ethiopia. Soil Science Society of America Journal.

Lisa Pataczek, Tim Hakenberg, Thomas Hilger, Ramakrishnan M. Nair, Roland Schafleitner, Folkard Asch, Georg Cadisch (2025). Mungbean response to regulated deficit irrigation: A trade-off between productivity and adaptability? Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science.

Sulemana Issifu, Arval Viji Elango, Kristina Michl, Christophe David, Tomislav Cernava, Roland C. Wilhelm, Frank Rasche (2025). Perennial Kernza cropping promotes rhizosphere microbiome stability and endophyte recruitment compared to annual wheat. Environmental Microbiome.

Jorge L. Andrade-Piedra, Kalpana Sharma, Jürgen Kroschel, Kwame Ogero, Jan Kreuze, James P. Legg, P. Lava Kumar, David J. Spielman, Israel Navarrete, Willmer Perez, Elly Atieno, Karen A. Garrett (2025). Phytosanitary challenges and solutions for roots and tubers in the tropics. Annual Review of Phytopathology.

Isaac Kwadwo Mpanga, Russell Tronstad, Omololu John Idowu, Peteh Mehdi Nkebiwe, Eric Koomson (2025). Potato production in the United States: Two-decade update and future sustainable pathways. Agronomy Journal.

Moussa Gnissien, Kalifa Coulibaly, Eric Koomson, Jean-Marie Douzet, Laurent Cournac, Hassan Bismarck Nacro, Harun Cicek (2025). Soil properties and crop productivity under varying density of planted Piliostigma reticulatum (DC) Hochst in Burkina Faso. Agroforestry Systems.

Hans-Martin Krause, Stephane Saj, Johanna Rüegg, Ulf Schneidewind, Sina Lory, Marc Cotter, Wiebke Niether, Monika Schneider, Johannes Milz, Georg Cadisch, Laura Armengot (2025). Successional agroforestry promotes biomass carbon storage in cocoa production systems: Results from a long-term system comparison experiment on organic and conventional systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment.

Kristina Michl, Makoto Kanasugi, Alena Förster, Regina Wuggenig, Sulemana Issifu, Katarzyna Hrynkiewicz, Christoph Emmerling, Christophe David, Benjamin Dumont, Linda-Maria Dimitrova Mårtensson, Frank Rasche, Gabriele Berg, Tomislav Cernava (2025). The microbiome of a perennial cereal differs from annual winter wheat only in the root endosphere. ISME Communications.

Regina Roessler, Harun Cicek, Laurent Cournac, Moussa Gnissien, Julia Männle, Eric Koomson, Hassna Founoune-Mboup, Kalifa Coulibaly, Abdoul Aziz Diouf, Hadja Oumou Sanon, Georg Cadisch, Sophie Graefe (2025). Towards transdisciplinary identification of suitable woody perennials for resilient agro-silvopastoral systems in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa. Agroforestry Systems.