Julian Ramirez Villegas

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• 2025

  Integrating crop models and machine learning for projecting climate change impacts on crops in data-limited environments

  Alimagham, S., van Loon, M. P., Ramirez-Villegas, J., Berghuijs, H. N. C., Rosenstock, T. S. & van Ittersum, M. K., Aug 2025, In: Agricultural Systems. 228, 104367.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Subsaharan Africa 100%
  • Machine Learning 100%
  • Climate Change Impact 100%
  • Crop Models 100%
  • Climate Change 100%

• Model-based multi-genotype characterization of drought stress Target Population of Environments for the common bean in East Africa

  Jha, P. K., Beebe, S., Urban, M., Soto, J., Assefa, T. & Ramirez-Villegas, J., 2025, In: Crop Science. 65, 1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Common Bean 100%
  • Genotyping 100%
  • Cultivar 25%
  • Cropping System 25%
  • Beans 25%
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2024

  A new framework for predicting and understanding flowering time for crop breeding

  Deva, C., Dixon, L., Urban, M., Ramirez-Villegas, J., Droutsas, I. & Challinor, A., Jan 2024, In: Plants People Planet. 6, 1, p. 197-209

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Crop Breeding 100%
  • Anthesis 100%
  • Genotyping 50%
  • Common Bean 33%
  • Germplasm 33%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Climate change impact and adaptation of rainfed cereal crops in sub-Saharan Africa

  Alimagham, S., van Loon, M. P., Ramirez-Villegas, J., Adjei-Nsiah, S., Baijukya, F., Bala, A., Chikowo, R., Silva, J. V., Soulé, A. M., Taulya, G., Tenorio, F. A., Tesfaye, K. & van Ittersum, M. K., Apr 2024, In: European Journal of Agronomy. 155, 127137.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Cereal Crop 100%
  • Climate Change 100%
  • Cultivar 50%
  • Sorghum 12%
  • Panicum miliaceum 12%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Corrigendum to “Climate change impact and adaptation of rainfed cereal crops in sub-Saharan Africa”

  Alimagham, S., van Loon, M. P., Ramirez-Villegas, J., Adjei-Nsiah, S., Baijukya, F., Bala, A., Chikowo, R., Silva, J. V., Soulé, A. M., Taulya, G., Tenorio, F. A., Tesfaye, K. & van Ittersum, M. K., Nov 2024, In: European Journal of Agronomy. 161, 127390.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Letter to the editor › Academic

  Open Access

  • Subsaharan Africa 100%
  • Climate Change Impact 100%

• Daily bias-corrected weather data and daily simulated growth data of maize, millet, sorghum, and wheat in the changing climate of sub-Saharan Africa

  Alimagham, S., van Loon, M. P., Ramirez-Villegas, J., Berghuijs, H. N. C. & van Ittersum, M. K., Jun 2024, In: Data in Brief. 54, 110455.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Sorghum 100%
  • Panicum miliaceum 100%
  • Climate Change 100%
  • Subsaharan Africa 100%
  • Climate Change Impact 100%

• Decision support tools for agricultural adaptation in Africa

  Rosenstock, T. S., Joshi, N., Segnon, A. C., Cramer, L., Mwongera, C., Nowak, A. C., Njuguna, L., Dossou-Yovo, E. R., Steward, P. & Ramirez-Villegas, J., 5 Mar 2024, In: Nature Food. 5, 3, p. 186-188

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Enhanced policy adequacy facilitates national climate adaptation tracking across Africa

  Nowak, A. C., Njuguna, L., Ramirez-Villegas, J., Reidsma, P., Crumpler, K. & Rosenstock, T. S., 19 Jul 2024, In: Nature Climate Change. 14, p. 787-788 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Africa 100%

• Local food system and household responses to external shocks: the case of sustainable coffee farmers and their cooperatives in Western Honduras during COVID-19

  Rodriguez-Camayo, F., Lundy, M., Borgemeister, C., Ramirez-Villegas, J. & Beuchelt, T., 19 Mar 2024, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 8, 1304484.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Food systems 100%
  • Local Food 100%
  • Raw Food 42%
  • Food Security 28%
  • Food Insecurity 28%

• Opportunities to strengthen Africa’s efforts to track national-level climate adaptation

  Nowak, A. C., Njuguna, L., Ramirez-Villegas, J., Reidsma, P., Crumpler, K. & Rosenstock, T. S., Aug 2024, In: Nature Climate Change. 14, 8, p. 876-882 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Africa 100%
  • Global Goal 100%
  • Illustrates 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 2023

  Characterizing patterns of seasonal drought stress for use in common bean breeding in East Africa under present and future climates

  Jha, P. K., Beebe, S., Alvarez-Toro, P., Mukankusi, C. & Ramirez-Villegas, J., 15 Nov 2023, In: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 342, 109735.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Common Bean 100%
  • Inbreeding 100%
  • Beans 50%
  • Dietary Protein 25%
  • Phaseolus vulgaris L. 25%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Data-driven approaches can harness crop diversity to address heterogeneous needs for breeding products

  van Etten, J., de Sousa, K., Cairns, J. E., Dell'Acqua, M., Fadda, C., Guereña, D., van Heerwaarden, J., Assefa, T., Manners, R., Müller, A., Enrico Pè, M., Polar, V., Ramirez-Villegas, J., Øivind Solberg, S., Teeken, B. & Tufan, H. A., 4 Apr 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 14, e2205771120.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Crop Diversity 100%
  • Agricultural Research 12%
  • Decision Making 12%
  • Inbreeding 12%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Priority areas for investment in more sustainable and climate-resilient livestock systems

  Bonilla-Cedrez, C., Steward, P., Rosenstock, T. S., Thornton, P., Arango, J., Kropff, M. & Ramirez-Villegas, J., 29 Jun 2023, In: Nature Sustainability. 6, 10, p. 1279-1286

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Livestock Production 100%
  • Critical Control Points 100%
  • Climate Change 100%
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• Tailored Forecasts Can Predict Extreme Climate Informing Proactive Interventions in East Africa

  Funk, C., Harrison, L., Segele, Z., Rosenstock, T., Steward, P., Anderson, L., Coughlan de Perez, E., Maxwell, D., Endris, H. S., Koch, E., Artan, G., Teshome, F., Aura, S. M., Galu, G., Korecha, D., Anderson, W., Hoell, A., Damerau, K., Williams, E. & Ghosh, A. & 2 others, Ramirez-Villegas, J. & Hughes, D., Jul 2023, In: Earth's Future. 11, 7, e2023EF003524.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Climate Change 100%
  • Eastern Africa 100%
  • Early Warning System 100%
  • Decision Making 100%
  • Starvation 100%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• The development of a farmer decision-making mind map to inform climate services in Central America

  Giraldo, D., Clarkson, G., Dorward, P., Obando, D. & Ramirez-Villegas, J., 27 Oct 2023, In: Frontiers in Climate. 5, 1235601.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Food Security 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 2022

  A data-mining approach for developing site-specific fertilizer response functions across the wheat-growing environments in Ethiopia

  Abera, W., Tamene, L., Tesfaye, K., Jiménez, D., Dorado, H., Erkossa, T., Kihara, J., Ahmed, J. S., Amede, T. & Ramirez-Villegas, J., 11 Mar 2022, In: Experimental Agriculture. 58, e9.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Ethiopia 100%
  • Fertilizer Application 100%
  • Soil Organic Carbon 66%
  • Machine Learning 33%
  • Trace Element 33%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Applying agroclimatic seasonal forecasts to improve rainfed maize agronomic management in Colombia

  Ordoñez, L., Vallejo, E., Amariles, D., Mesa, J., Esquivel, A., Llanos-Herrera, L., Prager, S. D., Segura, C., Valencia, J. J., Duarte, C. J., Rojas, D. C., Obando, D. & Ramirez-Villegas, J., Dec 2022, In: Climate Services. 28, 100333.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Crop Models 100%
  • Sowing Date 100%
  • Crop Production 100%
  • Genotyping 100%
  • Planting Date 100%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Rice Management Decisions Using Process-Based Models With Climate-Smart Indicators

  Arenas-Calle, L. N., Heinemann, A. B., Soler da Silva, M. A., dos Santos, A. B., Ramirez-Villegas, J., Whitfield, S. & Challinor, A. J., 22 Jul 2022, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6, 873957.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Irrigation Management 100%
  • Greenhouse Gas 100%
  • Climate Smart Agriculture 100%
  • Climate-Smart Agriculture 100%
  • Greenhouse Gas Emission 75%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• State of ex situ conservation of landrace groups of 25 major crops

  Ramirez-Villegas, J., Khoury, C. K., Achicanoy, H. A., Diaz, M. V., Mendez, A. C., Sosa, C. C., Kehel, Z., Guarino, L., Abberton, M., Aunario, J., Al Awar, B., Alarcon, J. C., Amri, A., Anglin, N. L., Azevedo, V., Aziz, K., Capilit, G. L., Chavez, O., Chebotarov, D. & Costich, D. E. & 32 others, Debouck, D. G., Ellis, D., Falalou, H., Fiu, A., Ghanem, M. E., Giovannini, P., Goungoulou, A. J., Gueye, B., Ibn El Hobyb, A. I. E., Jamnadass, R., Jones, C. S., Kpeki, B., Lee, J. S., McNally, K. L., Muchugi, A., Ndjiondjop, M. N., Oyatomi, O., Payne, T. S., Ramachandran, S., Rossel, G., Roux, N., Ruas, M., Sansaloni, C., Sardos, J., Setiyono, T. D., Tchamba, M., van den Houwe, I., Velazquez, J. A., Venuprasad, R., Wenzl, P., Yazbek, M. & Zavala, C., 9 May 2022, In: Nature Plants. 8, p. 491-499

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Landrace 100%
  • Ex Situ Conservation 100%
  • Pea 10%
  • Common Bean 10%
  • Genetic Resource 10%
  39 Citations (Scopus)
• 2021

  A global meta-analysis of climate services and decision-making in agriculture

  Born, L., Prager, S., Ramirez-Villegas, J. & Imbach, P., 2021, In: Climate Services. 22, 100231.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Meta-Analysis 100%
  • Decision Making 100%
  • Demand Side 100%
  • Supply Side 100%
  • Docks 100%
  39 Citations (Scopus)

• Climate finance and peace-tackling the climate and humanitarian crisis

  Läderach, P., Ramirez-Villegas, J., Caroli, G., Sadoff, C. & Pacillo, G., Dec 2021, In: The Lancet Planetary Health. 5, 12, p. e856-e858

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Letter to the editor › Academic

  Open Access
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• The determinants of common bean variety selection and diversification in Colombia

  Botero, H., Barnes, A. P., Perez, L., Rios, D. & Ramirez-Villegas, J., Dec 2021, In: Ecological Economics. 190, 107181.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Common Bean 100%
  • Climate Change 33%
  • Seed Certification 11%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• The importance of food systems in a climate crisis for peace and security in the Sahel

  Laderach, P., Ramirez-Villegas, J., Prager, S. D., Osorio, D., Krendelsberger, A., Zougmore, R. B., Charbonneau, B., Van Dijk, H., Madurga-Lopez, I. & Pacillo, G., 1 Dec 2021, In: International Review of the Red Cross. 103, 918, p. 995-1028 34 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Global Warming 100%
  • Food systems 100%
  • Climate Variation 75%
  • Natural Resource 25%
  • Climate Change Impact 25%
  10 Citations (Scopus)