Associate Professor Organic Farming Systems
Study Coordinator

Qualifications

• 'Ingenieur', i.e. equivalent to MSc, in Field Crops' Sciences, Wageningen University, 1981
• 'Doctor', i.e. equivalent to PhD, in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, 1985 Thesis: Productivity of grasslands under continuous and rotational grazing

Career to date

• 1981-1984: Scientific officer at Wageningen University, financed by ZWO (the former Dutch Foundation for Scientific Research)
• 1984-1986: Assistent Professor Grassland Science, Wageningen University
• 1986-1991: Associate Professor Grassland Science, Wageningen University
• 1991-1999: Associate Professor Agroecology, Wageningen University
• 1999-present: Associate Professor Organic Farming Systems, Wageningen University

Ecophysiology of crops, plant nutrition, crop growth modelling, grassland management, stability of grass/clover mixtures, farming systems, measurement of biodiversity, nutrient cycling in agroecosystems and animal manure quality.

Possibilities for MSc-theses

Farming Systems 

• On-farm research at a biodynamic farm in Portugal (Serra de Estrela)

• Assessment of the suitability of a variety of organic crops on former tobacco land in Portugal
• Redesign of an organic estate in the Llanos Orientalis, Colombia
• Mental models and participatory research to redesign extension programming for organic weed management
• Contribution to the understanding of phenological development and growth of perennial weeds in organic farming systems
• Feasibility of commercial production of salt tolerant vegetables

Nutrient Cycling

• Assessment of the quality and quantity of pointed cabbage grown under different farmyard manure treatments
• Development of a mass-diffusion SIMILE model for predicting ammonia emission from cattle straw manure subjected to different storage conditions
• Development of a process-based ammonia emission model for solid manure systems
• Grass-clover in a farming system context: solution for N-shortages on organic arable farms?
• Cut-and-carry fertilizers as a replacer of animal manure
• Carbon sequestration for dairy farmers
• Supporting sustainable farming through innovative soil assessments

Publications

Peer reviewed publications Egbert Lantinga (from 2005) listed from the Wageningen University Library databases