M P M Meuwissen
Biographic Data
| ID | 6315839 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M P M Meuwissen |
| GIVEN NAMES | M P M |
| FAMILY NAME | Meuwissen |
| SIGNATURE | MEUWISSEN M P M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wageningen University & Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6929-3743 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The economics of underutilized crops in Europe
Underutilized crops (UCs) represent a considerable number of crop varieties. Acknowledged as a source of biodiversity and food security in the global south, they could also contribute to crop diversity in Europe. This paper aims to review the scientific literature on the economic aspects of UCs at farm, value chain, and community levels in Europe. We find 55 papers. The literature gives only partial evidence on these economic aspects scattered ac…
Climate resilient development pathways for farmer producer organizations in semi-arid India
Small and marginal farmers in semi-arid India face vulnerabilities stemming from low agricultural productivity, degraded ecosystems, and market and climate uncertainties. Farmer producer organizations (FPOs) have emerged as collectives to address these challenges and enhance climate resilience. Despite their potential in promoting empowerment and inclusive decision-making, FPOs in India struggle to develop successful business plans and cope with …
Information practices for improved sustainability assurance in Vietnamese shrimp aquaculture
This paper explores the performance and embeddedness of information practices performed by smallholder farmers in Vietnamese shrimp aquaculture in response to private sustainability interventions. Using a social practice intervention framework, we analyse how existing information practices embedded in the wider social lives of farmers are affected by the adoption of both analogue and digital reporting methodologies prescribed by the Aquaculture S…
Actors and their roles for improving resilience of farming systems in Europe
Finding pathways to enhance the resilience of farming systems (FSs) in Europe is key, given the increasing challenges threatening them. FSs are complex socio-ecological systems in which social and ecological components are strongly linked. Social actors have the capacity to shape the FSs’ resilience, but there is a knowledge gap about how they can best do it. The aim of this paper is to analyse the roles played by the actors in FSs when dealing w…
Alternative systems and strategies to improve future sustainability and resilience of farming systems across Europe
According to stakeholders, many European farming systems are close to critical thresholds regarding the challenges they face (e.g., droughts, price declines), functions they deliver (e.g., economic viability, biodiversity and habitat) and attributes required for resilience (e.g., social self-organization). To accelerate a transition process towards sustainable and resilient agriculture, this study aimed to identify actor-supported alternative sys…
Mapping global research on agricultural insurance
With a global market of 30 billion USD, agricultural insurance plays a key role in risk finance and contributes to climate change adaptation by achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including no poverty, zero hunger, and climate action. The existing evidence in agricultural insurance is scattered across regions, topics and risks, and a structured synthesis is unavailable. To address this gap, we conducted a systematic review of 796 peer-…
Closing productivity gaps among Dutch dairy farms can boost profit and reduce nitrogen pollution
Agricultural productivity growth can simultaneously increase profit and reduce pollution. Yet, the impact of productivity growth on both has not been quantified. The objective of our study was to develop an approach to quantify the extent to which agricultural productivity growth can increase profit and reduce pollution. Focusing on nitrogen pollution, we applied the approach to a sample of 341 intensive Dutch dairy farms for the years 2006–2017.…
Participatory assessment of critical thresholds for resilient and sustainable European farming systems
Farming systems in Europe are experiencing multiple stresses and shocks that may push systems beyond critical thresholds after which system change is expected to occur. These critical thresholds may lie in the economic, environmental, social and institutional domain. In this paper we take a participatory approach with involvement of farming system stakeholders to assess the presence of critical thresholds in 11 European farming systems, and the p…
Actor analysis for sustainable soil management – A case study from the Netherlands
Soil quality is an important determinant of the productivity, environmental quality and resilience of agricultural ecosystems. In addition to the farmer, there are other actors who may have different interests in soil quality, hampering the implementation of sustainable soil management. To date, these actors have received surprisingly little attention. This study presents an inventory of actors involved in sustainable soil management, including f…
Participatory assessment of sustainability and resilience of three specialized farming systems
Paas, W., I. Coopmans, S. Severini, M. K. Van Ittersum, M. P. M. Meuwissen, and P. Reidsma. 2021. Participatory assessment of sustainability and resilience of three specialized farming systems. Ecology and Society 26(2):2. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12200-260202
From risk behavior to perceived farm resilience
Slijper, T., Y. De Mey, P. Poortvliet, and M. Meuwissen. 2020. From risk behavior to perceived farm resilience: a Dutch case study. Ecology and Society 25(4):10. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11893-250410
A framework to assess the resilience of farming systems
Agricultural systems in Europe face accumulating economic, ecological and societal challenges, raising concerns about their resilience to shocks and stresses. These resilience issues need to be addressed with a focus on the regional context in which farming systems operate because farms, farmers' organizations, service suppliers and supply chain actors are embedded in local environments and functions of agriculture . We define resilience of a far…
Inclusive environmental performance through ‘beyond-farm’ aquaculture governance
This paper examines the potential for improved environmental performance of smallholder aquaculture production through ‘beyond-farm’ governance. Smallholder aquaculture farmers face a range of systemic environmental risks related to disease and water quality that extend beyond the boundary of their farms. Yet most governance arrangements aimed at mitigating risks, such as certification, finance and insurance, are focused on the farm-level rather …
Institutions and the resilience of biobased production systems
Termeer, C. J. A. M., P. H. Feindt, T. Karpouzoglou, K. J. Poppe, G. J. Hofstede, K. Kramer, L. Ge, E. Mathijs, and M. P. M. Meuwissen. 2019. Institutions and the resilience of biobased production systems: the historical case of livestock intensification in the Netherlands. Ecology and Society 24(4):15. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11206-240415
Why we need resilience thinking to meet societal challenges in bio-based production systems
Benchmarking the sustainability performance of the Brazilian non-GM and GM soybean meal chains
Identifying Sustainability Issues for Soymeal and Beef Production Chains
Approach for a pro-active emerging risk system on biofuel by-products in feed
Actors and their roles for improving resilience of farming systems in Europe
Finding pathways to enhance the resilience of farming systems (FSs) in Europe is key, given the increasing challenges threatening them. FSs are complex socio-ecological systems in which social and ecological components are strongly linked. Social actors have the capacity to shape the FSs’ resilience, but there is a knowledge gap about how they can best do it. The aim of this paper is to analyse the roles played by the actors in FSs when dealing w…
Inclusive environmental performance through ‘beyond-farm’ aquaculture governance
This paper examines the potential for improved environmental performance of smallholder aquaculture production through ‘beyond-farm’ governance. Smallholder aquaculture farmers face a range of systemic environmental risks related to disease and water quality that extend beyond the boundary of their farms. Yet most governance arrangements aimed at mitigating risks, such as certification, finance and insurance, are focused on the farm-level rather …
Why we need resilience thinking to meet societal challenges in bio-based production systems
Participatory assessment of sustainability and resilience of three specialized farming systems
Paas, W., I. Coopmans, S. Severini, M. K. Van Ittersum, M. P. M. Meuwissen, and P. Reidsma. 2021. Participatory assessment of sustainability and resilience of three specialized farming systems. Ecology and Society 26(2):2. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12200-260202
From risk behavior to perceived farm resilience
Slijper, T., Y. De Mey, P. Poortvliet, and M. Meuwissen. 2020. From risk behavior to perceived farm resilience: a Dutch case study. Ecology and Society 25(4):10. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11893-250410
Information practices for improved sustainability assurance in Vietnamese shrimp aquaculture
This paper explores the performance and embeddedness of information practices performed by smallholder farmers in Vietnamese shrimp aquaculture in response to private sustainability interventions. Using a social practice intervention framework, we analyse how existing information practices embedded in the wider social lives of farmers are affected by the adoption of both analogue and digital reporting methodologies prescribed by the Aquaculture S…
Participatory assessment of critical thresholds for resilient and sustainable European farming systems
Farming systems in Europe are experiencing multiple stresses and shocks that may push systems beyond critical thresholds after which system change is expected to occur. These critical thresholds may lie in the economic, environmental, social and institutional domain. In this paper we take a participatory approach with involvement of farming system stakeholders to assess the presence of critical thresholds in 11 European farming systems, and the p…
Actor analysis for sustainable soil management – A case study from the Netherlands
Soil quality is an important determinant of the productivity, environmental quality and resilience of agricultural ecosystems. In addition to the farmer, there are other actors who may have different interests in soil quality, hampering the implementation of sustainable soil management. To date, these actors have received surprisingly little attention. This study presents an inventory of actors involved in sustainable soil management, including f…
Approach for a pro-active emerging risk system on biofuel by-products in feed
Identifying Sustainability Issues for Soymeal and Beef Production Chains
Benchmarking the sustainability performance of the Brazilian non-GM and GM soybean meal chains
Why we need resilience thinking to meet societal challenges in bio-based production systems
A framework to assess the resilience of farming systems
Agricultural systems in Europe face accumulating economic, ecological and societal challenges, raising concerns about their resilience to shocks and stresses. These resilience issues need to be addressed with a focus on the regional context in which farming systems operate because farms, farmers' organizations, service suppliers and supply chain actors are embedded in local environments and functions of agriculture . We define resilience of a far…
Inclusive environmental performance through ‘beyond-farm’ aquaculture governance
This paper examines the potential for improved environmental performance of smallholder aquaculture production through ‘beyond-farm’ governance. Smallholder aquaculture farmers face a range of systemic environmental risks related to disease and water quality that extend beyond the boundary of their farms. Yet most governance arrangements aimed at mitigating risks, such as certification, finance and insurance, are focused on the farm-level rather …
Institutions and the resilience of biobased production systems
Termeer, C. J. A. M., P. H. Feindt, T. Karpouzoglou, K. J. Poppe, G. J. Hofstede, K. Kramer, L. Ge, E. Mathijs, and M. P. M. Meuwissen. 2019. Institutions and the resilience of biobased production systems: the historical case of livestock intensification in the Netherlands. Ecology and Society 24(4):15. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11206-240415
From risk behavior to perceived farm resilience
Slijper, T., Y. De Mey, P. Poortvliet, and M. Meuwissen. 2020. From risk behavior to perceived farm resilience: a Dutch case study. Ecology and Society 25(4):10. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11893-250410
Mapping global research on agricultural insurance
With a global market of 30 billion USD, agricultural insurance plays a key role in risk finance and contributes to climate change adaptation by achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including no poverty, zero hunger, and climate action. The existing evidence in agricultural insurance is scattered across regions, topics and risks, and a structured synthesis is unavailable. To address this gap, we conducted a systematic review of 796 peer-…
Closing productivity gaps among Dutch dairy farms can boost profit and reduce nitrogen pollution
Agricultural productivity growth can simultaneously increase profit and reduce pollution. Yet, the impact of productivity growth on both has not been quantified. The objective of our study was to develop an approach to quantify the extent to which agricultural productivity growth can increase profit and reduce pollution. Focusing on nitrogen pollution, we applied the approach to a sample of 341 intensive Dutch dairy farms for the years 2006–2017.…
Participatory assessment of critical thresholds for resilient and sustainable European farming systems
Farming systems in Europe are experiencing multiple stresses and shocks that may push systems beyond critical thresholds after which system change is expected to occur. These critical thresholds may lie in the economic, environmental, social and institutional domain. In this paper we take a participatory approach with involvement of farming system stakeholders to assess the presence of critical thresholds in 11 European farming systems, and the p…
Actor analysis for sustainable soil management – A case study from the Netherlands
Soil quality is an important determinant of the productivity, environmental quality and resilience of agricultural ecosystems. In addition to the farmer, there are other actors who may have different interests in soil quality, hampering the implementation of sustainable soil management. To date, these actors have received surprisingly little attention. This study presents an inventory of actors involved in sustainable soil management, including f…
Participatory assessment of sustainability and resilience of three specialized farming systems
Paas, W., I. Coopmans, S. Severini, M. K. Van Ittersum, M. P. M. Meuwissen, and P. Reidsma. 2021. Participatory assessment of sustainability and resilience of three specialized farming systems. Ecology and Society 26(2):2. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12200-260202
Information practices for improved sustainability assurance in Vietnamese shrimp aquaculture
This paper explores the performance and embeddedness of information practices performed by smallholder farmers in Vietnamese shrimp aquaculture in response to private sustainability interventions. Using a social practice intervention framework, we analyse how existing information practices embedded in the wider social lives of farmers are affected by the adoption of both analogue and digital reporting methodologies prescribed by the Aquaculture S…
Actors and their roles for improving resilience of farming systems in Europe
Finding pathways to enhance the resilience of farming systems (FSs) in Europe is key, given the increasing challenges threatening them. FSs are complex socio-ecological systems in which social and ecological components are strongly linked. Social actors have the capacity to shape the FSs’ resilience, but there is a knowledge gap about how they can best do it. The aim of this paper is to analyse the roles played by the actors in FSs when dealing w…
Alternative systems and strategies to improve future sustainability and resilience of farming systems across Europe
According to stakeholders, many European farming systems are close to critical thresholds regarding the challenges they face (e.g., droughts, price declines), functions they deliver (e.g., economic viability, biodiversity and habitat) and attributes required for resilience (e.g., social self-organization). To accelerate a transition process towards sustainable and resilient agriculture, this study aimed to identify actor-supported alternative sys…
Climate resilient development pathways for farmer producer organizations in semi-arid India
Small and marginal farmers in semi-arid India face vulnerabilities stemming from low agricultural productivity, degraded ecosystems, and market and climate uncertainties. Farmer producer organizations (FPOs) have emerged as collectives to address these challenges and enhance climate resilience. Despite their potential in promoting empowerment and inclusive decision-making, FPOs in India struggle to develop successful business plans and cope with …
The economics of underutilized crops in Europe
Underutilized crops (UCs) represent a considerable number of crop varieties. Acknowledged as a source of biodiversity and food security in the global south, they could also contribute to crop diversity in Europe. This paper aims to review the scientific literature on the economic aspects of UCs at farm, value chain, and community levels in Europe. We find 55 papers. The literature gives only partial evidence on these economic aspects scattered ac…
Economics (15 works) · Business (14 works) · Environmental resource management (13 works) · Agriculture (11 works) · Geography (11 works) · Ecology (9 works) · Sustainability (9 works) · Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis (9 works) · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (7 works) · Natural resource economics (7 works)