Soil Physics and Land Management

Active

Water rights and conflict resolution for more productive flood-based livelihood systems

Zenebe, M. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & Fleskens, L. (Other)

7/07/18 → …

Project: PhD

Environmental risk assessment of macro- and micro-plastics in a terrestrial ecosystem. A case-study in Rwanda

Nkeshimana, G. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Baartman, J. (Other) & Riksen, J. (Other)

1/01/17 → …

Project: PhD

Long-term implications of soil and water conservation practices on the dynamics of erosion and hydrological functioning of watersheds in the highlands of Amhara, Ethiopia.

Afework, A. (PI), Keesstra, S. (CoI), Ritsema, C. (CoI), van der Zee, S. (CoI), Afework, A. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), van der Zee, S. (Promotor) & Keesstra, S. (Co-promotor)

6/10/16 → …

Project: PhD

Anticipating drainage systems in salt-affected lowlands: iDrain

van de Craats, D. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Stuyt, L. (Other) & van der Zee, S. (Other)

15/09/16 → …

Project: PhD

System-based approach to evaluation and impact of Climate Smart Agriculture - pathway towards enhanced food security in West Africa.

Jagustovic, R. (PI), Keesstra, S. (CoI), Kessler, A. (CoI), Ritsema, C. (CoI), Jagustovic, R. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & Kessler, A. (Co-promotor)

1/03/15 → …

Project: PhD

Pesticides Fate in Soil-Water-Plant Ecosystem and Related Environmental Risks in Some Vulnerable Areas of Bangladesh

Akter, M. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor), Huerta Lwanga, E. (Co-promotor) & Yang, X. (Co-promotor)

1/03/14 → …

Project: PhD

Integrated impact assessment of Water Harvesting Technologies for sustainable rural development

Abdeladhim, M. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Fleskens, L. (Other) & Kessler, A. (Other)

1/04/12 → …

Project: PhD

Finished

Quantifying and upscaling the impacts of diversification

Mancini Teixeira, H. (PI), Giller, K. (Project Leader), Reidsma, P. (CoI), Schulte, R. (CoI), Anten, N. (CoI), Baartman, J. (CoI) & Moinet, G. (CoI)

1/02/20 → 31/01/22

Project: PostDoc

Towards a Transformative Learning Ecology for Fostering Socio-ecological Stewardship among Smallholder Farmers and Children in Uganda

Misanya, D. (PhD candidate), Wals, A. (Promotor), Kessler, A. (Co-promotor) & Tassone, V. (Co-promotor)

1/12/19 → 9/04/25

Project: PhD

Analysing land cover changes, land degradation and the responses to restoration and conservation practices in the Manafwa watershed - Uganda

Opedes, H. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Baartman, J. (Co-promotor), Mücher, S. (Co-promotor) & Kessler, A. (Other)

1/11/19 → 3/06/24

Project: PhD

Combined effects of microplastics and pesticides in soil ecosystem

Ju, H. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor) & Yang, X. (Co-promotor)

15/10/19 → 1/05/24

Project: PhD

Exploring the potential of earthworms to reduce microplastic pollution in soils

Meng, K. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor) & Huerta Lwanga, E. (Co-promotor)

7/10/19 → 10/06/24

Project: PhD

Human exposure to pesticide residues in the soil-dust nexus: A case study from the North China Plain

Mu, H. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor) & Yang, X. (Co-promotor)

1/09/19 → 5/06/24

Project: PhD

Decision Support Tools for Risk-based Prioritization and Control of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (SUSPECt)

Rakonjac, N. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & Wipfler, L. (Co-promotor)

8/10/18 → 19/06/23

Project: PhD

Reuse of treated effluent for agriculture

Tang, D. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), van der Zee, S. (Promotor), Bartholomeus, R. (Co-promotor) & Leijnse, T. (Co-promotor)

15/03/18 → 4/07/22

Project: PhD

Response of soil phosphorus to fumigation in ginger production

Wang, Y. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor), Yang, X. (Co-promotor) & Yang, X. (Other)

1/02/18 → 2/11/22

Project: PhD

Fertilizer interactions with micronutrients in tropical volcanic soils

Fallas Corrales, R. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor), van der Zee, S. (Promotor) & Meeussen, H. (Co-promotor)

1/02/18 → 1/11/22

Project: PhD

Plastic mulch in agricultural field : effects on the soil-microorganisms plants system and potential synergies with pesticides

Beriot, N. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor) & Huerta Lwanga, E. (Co-promotor)

1/11/17 → 19/04/22

Project: PhD

Synergistic analysis of land restoration impacts on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Chen, H. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & Fleskens, L. (Co-promotor)

1/08/17 → 25/11/21

Project: PhD

Assessing risk and processes of particulate pesticide transport

Commelin, M. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor), Baartman, J. (Co-promotor) & Riksen, M. (Co-promotor)

1/06/17 → 3/09/24

Project: PhD

Microplastics in semiarid agricultural soils

Corradini, F. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor) & Huerta Lwanga, E. (Co-promotor)

15/05/17 → 26/01/21

Project: PhD

Soil quality assessment in different pedoclimate zones of China

Meng, F. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor) & Yang, X. (Co-promotor)

15/12/16 → 5/10/21

Project: PhD

Phosphorus fertilization and soil organic carbon stabilization

Qi, Y. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor) & Yang, X. (Co-promotor)

1/10/16 → 8/12/20

Project: PhD

Integrated modelling of impact of re-use of waste water in agriculture: iRe-Use

Cornelissen, P. (PhD candidate), van der Zee, S. (Promotor) & Leijnse, T. (Co-promotor)

12/09/16 → 1/04/22

Project: PhD

Soil quality app

Yang, X. (PI) & Ritsema, C. (PI)

1/05/16 → 30/04/20

Project: PostDoc

Interactions between soil, water, plant and atmosphere, with emphasis in the modelling of water fluxes and pesticide in macropore soils

Faundez Urbina, C. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & van Dam, J. (Co-promotor)

1/05/16 → 20/10/20

Project: PhD

Soil degradation and countermeasures in Nepal

Bhandari, G. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor) & Yang, X. (Co-promotor)

1/05/16 → 2/02/21

Project: PhD

Understanding the process of valley bottom gully formation and development to reduce reservoir sedimentation, The case of Northwest highlands of Ethiopia.

Amare, S. (PI), Keesstra, S. (CoI), Ritsema, C. (CoI), van der Ploeg, M. (CoI), van der Zee, S. (CoI), Amare, S. (PhD candidate), van Dijk, A. (Promotor), van der Zee, S. (Promotor), Keesstra, S. (Co-promotor) & van der Ploeg, M. (Co-promotor)

1/04/16 → 3/06/22

Project: PhD

Optimizing water availability with Sentinel 1 satellites

Carranza, C. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & van der Ploeg, M. (Co-promotor)

1/11/15 → 25/01/21

Project: PhD

Understanding Indigenous Knowledge, Practices and Worldviews on Ecosystem Services to Foster Participatory Land Use Planning

Ayaviri Matuk, F. (PhD candidate), Turnhout, E. (Promotor), Behagel, J. (Co-promotor) & Fleskens, L. (Co-promotor)

1/11/15 → 18/12/20

Project: PhD

Participatory Watershed Management, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security in Ethiopia

Heban, S. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Fleskens, L. (Co-promotor) & Kessler, A. (Co-promotor)

17/08/15 → 3/11/20

Project: PhD

Ecohydrological Effect of Climate Change in Human Driven Landscape of Bashilo River Catchment, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

Baye, S. (PhD candidate) & van der Zee, S. (Promotor)

17/08/15 → 11/12/20

Project: PhD

QuESSA (Quantification of ecological services for sustainable agriculture

Yalew, S. (PI), Rossing, W. (CoI), Bianchi, F. (CoI) & Fleskens, L. (CoI)

1/05/15 → 1/05/17

Project: PostDoc

Participatory integrated assessment on sustainability of medium-scale project of water reservoir construction

Singto, C. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Fleskens, L. (Co-promotor) & Vos, J. (Co-promotor)

1/02/15 → 30/11/20

Project: PhD

Pesticide residues in EU soils and related risks.

Felix da Graca Silva, V. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & Mol, H. (Co-promotor)

1/02/15 → 13/06/22

Project: PhD

Effect of Land Fragmentation on Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture

Cholo, T. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Fleskens, L. (Co-promotor) & Peerlings, J. (Co-promotor)

1/01/15 → 5/09/18

Project: PhD

Geohydrologic characterisation and analyses of Ketou and Abomey Plateaus in Oueme Valley Benin

Kpegli, R. (PhD candidate), van der Zee, S. (Promotor) & de Louw, P. (Co-promotor)

1/11/14 → 4/11/20

Project: PhD

From subsistence farming to entrepreneurship: investigating sustainable land management in Burundi from a market perspective

Mupfasoni, B. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Kessler, A. (Co-promotor) & Lans, T. (Co-promotor)

1/09/14 → 17/12/20

Project: PhD

Farmers’ investments in sustainable land management in Burundi

Ndagijimana, M. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Kessler, A. (Co-promotor) & van Asseldonk, M. (Co-promotor)

1/09/14 → 1/02/21

Project: PhD

Hydrology and agricultural production in coastal areas

Kroes, J. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Supit, I. (Co-promotor), Wesseling, J. (Co-promotor) & van Dam, J. (Co-promotor)

1/02/14 → 25/10/18

Project: PhD

Water related transport of silver nano particles in the soil-water ecosystem and related risks

Mahdi, K. (PhD candidate), Geissen, V. (Promotor), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Baartman, J. (Co-promotor) & Peters, R. (Co-promotor)

1/01/14 → 5/07/18

Project: PhD

Local best practices on the regional scale Ethiopia

Teka, M. (PhD candidate), Oosterveer, P. (Promotor) & Kessler, A. (Co-promotor)

25/10/13 → 12/06/19

Project: PhD

Quantifying Limitations in Sustainable Agricultural Production in Irrigated areas: The case of Gumselassa Irrigation Scheme, Tigray, Ethiopia

Yohannes, D. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor) & van Dam, J. (Co-promotor)

20/10/13 → 5/02/20

Project: PhD

Upscaling best soil and water conservation practices for sustainable land management in Lake Tana Region, Ethiopia

Lakew, W. (PI), Baartman, J. (CoI), Fleskens, L. (CoI), Ritsema, C. (CoI), van Beek, C. (CoI), Lakew, W. (PhD candidate), Ritsema, C. (Promotor), Baartman, J. (Co-promotor) & Fleskens, L. (Co-promotor)

15/08/13 → 18/09/18

Project: PhD