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Pablo Tittonell is Professor of Agroecology and Sustainable Landscapes at the University of Groningen, where he holds a WWF-endowed Chair on Resilient Landscapes for Nature and People at the Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences. He acts as Senior associate researcher at the French International Cooperation Centre for Agricultural Research and Development (CIRAD) and has been nominated Member (Hon.) of Argentina’s National Council for Science and Technology (CONICET) since 2017, formerly with a seat at the Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria(INTA), in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina.

In Argentina, he acted as national coordinator of the Natural Resources and Environment Program of the Ministry of Agriculture until 2018, coordinating the work of more than 1500 researchers nation-wide. He was Chair Professor of the Farming Systems Ecology Group at Wageningen University, in The Netherlands. He acts as external Professor at the Ecole Doctorale GAïA of the University of Montpellier, France and at the National University of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He is an agronomist by training and worked both in the private sector and in academic/research organisations. He holds a PhD in Production Ecology and Resource Conservation and his areas of expertise include agroecology, soil fertility, biodiversity and systems analysis. His recent areas of interest include human-nature interactions in multifunctional landscapes, and their adaptation to global change. He participated in a diversity of research, development and education projects around the world on design, resilience and adaptation of farming systems, with a focus on interacting social-ecological processes.

His international research career started at the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility (TSBF) Institute of CIAT in Nairobi, Kenya, and includes a period at the University of Zimbabwe. At CIRAD (Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement) in Montpellier, France he led an international research team on Systems Design and Evaluation with activities in La Réunion, Brazil, Vietnam, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Benin, Kenya and Zimbabwe.

Fluent in Spanish, English, French and Dutch, he is a member of the International Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification, contributing author of the IPBES (Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) report, serves as editor of several international journals, published more than 170 scientific articles (H-index 45), consults for the FAO, for international NGOs and for the CGIAR, trained a vast number of active young researchers, PhD students and postdocs with fieldwork in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa.

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Publications

Antimicrobial resistance dissemination associated with intensive animal production practices in Argentina: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Assessing farmer perceptions on livestock intensification and associated trade-offs using fuzzy cognitive maps: A study in mixed farming systems in the mid-hills of Nepal

Cassava root yield variability in shifting cultivation systems in the eastern Amazon region of Brazil

Exploring drivers and levels of technology adoption for ecological intensification of pastoral systems in north Patagonia drylands

Intégrer la notion de service écosystémique dans les politiques et les pratiques agricoles des pays du Sud

Limited yield penalties in an early transition to conservation agriculture in cotton-based cropping systems of Benin

Nutrient source, management system and the age of the plantation affect soil biodiversity and chemical properties in raspberry production

Regenerative agriculture—agroecology without politics?

Soil bacterial biodiversity characterization by flow cytometry: The bottleneck of cell extraction from soil

Urban, periurban and horticultural landscapes: Conflict and sustainable planning in La Plata district, Argentina

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Press/media

Sleutelen aan zaad - Wat zijn de argumenten en belangen van de voorvechters van genetische modificatie?

Natuurgedreven: Nieuwe mini-documentaireserie over Nederlandse eiwitboeren

Pablo Tittonell trekt volle zaal bij lezing Biowad

Opinie: Ga niet wéér twijfel zaaien: aan die stikstofdoelen valt echt niet te ontkomen

Podcast: Interview with Pablo Tittonell, expert in agroecology

Agroecology is about the whole system - In conversation with Pablo Tittonell

De grote gids voor de beginnende veganist

‘Crazy rich soil’

Agro-écologie - Intensification écologique pour une agriculture durable sur les Hautes terres

WNF sponsort leerstoel ‘agroecologie’ aan RUG

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