Adamtey, N., Nderitu, E., Okoth, O.N., Bautze, D., Karanja, E., Musyoka, M., Matheri, F., Riar, A., Cotter, M., Gatinger, A., Fathenya, J.M. (2024) High input production system offers solutions for the sustainable use of agricultural lands and watershed management. Journal of International Soil and Water Conservation Research

Bautze, D., Karanja, E., Musyoka, M., Rüegg, J., Goldmann, E., Kiboi, M., Kampermann, I., Cotter, M., Riar, A., Matheri, F., Mwangi, E., Mucheru-Muna, M., Wambui, H., Anyango, J.J., Ndung’u, S., Tanga, C., Fiaboe, Mbaka, J., Muriuki, A., Kamau, D., Adamtey, N. (2024). Closing the crop yield gap between organic and conventional cropping systems in Kenya: Long-term trial data indicates agronomic viability. European Journal of Agronomy 

Nderitu, E., Ngamau, C.N., Wesonga, J.M., Karanja, E., Musoka, M., Matheri, F., Fiaboe, K.K.M, Bautze, D., Adamtey, N. (2024) Unlocking Sustainable Agricultural Development in Kenya: Phosphorus sorption in soils and the synergistic effect of compost in mitigating phosphorus sorption . Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 

Matheri, F., Ongeso, N., Bautze, D., Runo, S., Mwangi, M., Kambura, A., Karanja, E., Tanga, C., Kiboi, M. (2024). The Overlooked Decomposers: Effects of Composting Materials and Duration on the Mesofauna Mediating Humification. Sustainability, 16, 6534. Read more

Morales-Belpaire, I., Alfaro-Flores, A., Losantos-Ramos, K., Palabral-Velarde, O., Amurrio-Ordoñez, P., & Armengot, L. (2024). Soil quality indicators under five different cacao production systems and fallow in Alto Beni, Bolivia. Agroforestry Systems, 1-16. Read more

Mwende Munyoki, N., Muthomi, J., Kilalo, D., Bautze, D., Kiboi, M., Mwangi, E., Karanja, E., Matheri, F., Adamtey, N., 
Akutse, K. S., Cheseto, X. (2024). Scientific validation of plant extracts used by farmers in the management of bean flower thrips on French beans in Kenya. Journal of Applied Entomology, 00, 1–10. Read more

Orozco-Aguilar, L., Lopez-Sampson, A., Cerda, R. H., Casanoves, F., Ramirez-Argueta, O., Diaz Matute, J., Salazar Suarez, J.C., Rüegg, J., Saj, S., Milz, J., Schneidewind, U., Mora Garces, A., Baez Daza, E., Rojas Molina, J., Jaimes Suarez, Y., Agudelo-Castañeda, G.A., Deheuvels, Brito Sosa, E., ... & O. Somarriba, E. (2024). CacaoFIT: the network of cacao field trials in Latin America and its contribution to sustainable cacao farming in the region. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 8, 1370275. Read more

Riar, A., Goldmann, E., Bautze, D., Rüegg, J., Bhullar, G.S., Adamtey, N., Schneider, M., Huber, B., Armengot, L. (2024) Farm gate profitability of organic and conventional farming systems in the tropic. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 22:1. Read more

Armengot, L., Piccuci, M., Milz, J., Hansen Kehlet, J.,  Schneider, M., (2023) Locally-selected cacao clones for improved yield: A case study in different production systems in a long-term trial.  Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7: 1253063. Read more

Durot, C., Limachi, M., Naoki, K., Cotter, M., Bodenhausen, N., Marconi, L., Armengot, L. (2023) Complexity of cacao production systems affects terrestrial ant assemblages. Basic and Applied Ecology. 73: 80-87. Read more

Kampermann, I., Bautze, D., Mapili, M., Musyoka, M., Karanja, E., Fiaboe, K.K.M., Irungu, J., Adamtey, N. (2023). Insecticide contamination in organic agriculture: Evidence from a long-term farming systems comparison trial. Crop Protection. 177: 106529. Read more

Krause, H. M., Ono-Raphel, J. G., Karanja, E., Matheri, F., Lori, M., Cifuentes, Y., Glaeser, S. P., Gattinger, A., Riar, A., Adamtey, N., Mäder, P. (2023). Organic and conventional farming systems shape soil bacterial community composition in tropical arable farming. Applied Soil Ecology, 191, 105054. Read more

Matheri, F., Kambura, A.K., Mwangi, M., Karanja, E., Adamtey, N., Wanjau, K., Mwangi, E., Tanga, C.T., Bautze, D., Runo, S. (2023) Evolution of fungal and non-fungal eukaryotic communities in response to thermophilic co-composting of various nitrogen-rich green feedstocks. PLOS ONE 18(5). Read more

Pérez-Neira, D., Scheider, M., Esche, L., Armengot, L. (2023) Sustainability of food security in different cacao production systems: A land, labour, energy and food quality nexus approach. Resource, Conservation & Recycling, 190: 106874. Read more

Armengot, L., Pérez-Neira, D., & Jacobi, J. (2022). Editorial: Agroforestry, Food Sovereignty, and Value Chains for Sustainable Food Systems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6. Read more

Atandi, J. G., et al. (2022) Organic maize and bean farming enhances free-living nematode dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 327: 107846. Read more

Esche, L., Schneider, M., Milz, J., & Armengot, L. (2022). The role of shade tree pruning in cocoa agroforestry systems: agronomic and economic benefits. Agroforestry Systems, 1-11. Read more

Lori, M., Armengot, L., Schneider, M., Schneidewind, U, Bodenhausen, N., Mäder, P., Krause, H.M. (2022). Organic management enhances soil quality and drives microbial community diversity in cocoa production systems. Science of the Total Environment, 834: 155223. Read more

Marconi, L., Seidel, R. & Armengot, L.(2022) Herb assemblage dynamics over seven years in different cocoa production systems. Agroforest Syst 96, 873–884. Read more

Ripa L., M. & K. Naoki (Eds.) (2021) Historia Natural de Sara Ana: Estación Agroecológica de Alto Beni, Bolivia. Plural editores, La Paz, Bolivia. 340 pp. Read more

Schweizer, S. A., Graf-Rosenfellner, M., Bhat, N. A., Kayser, G., Sisodia, B. S., Kirchhof, G., Zikeli, S., Cadisch, G., & Bhullar, G. S. (2022). Responses of soil organic carbon, aggregate diameters, and hydraulic properties to long-term organic and conventional farming on a Vertisol in India. Land Degradation & Development, 1–13. Read more

Wainaina, S., Waititu, S., Salifu, D., Mwalili, S., Karanja, E., Adamtey, N., Tonnang, H., Matheri, F., Mwangi, E., Bautze, D., Tanga, C. (2022). Modeling the Incidence of Maize Spotted Stem-Borer (Chilo partellus) Infestation Under Long-Term Organic and Conventional Farming Systems. International Journal of Data Science and Analysis. Vol 8 (6): 169-181. Read more

Armengot, L. Beltrán, M.J., Schneider, M., Simón, X., and Pérez-Neira, D. (2021). Food-energy-water nexus of different cacao production systems from a LCA approach. Journal of Cleaner Production, 304: 126941. Read more

Campos, C., Domic, A., Seidel, R., Niether, W., Schneider, M., (2021). Caracteristicas morfométricas de tres especies de pacay (Inga spp) que afectan la calidad de la sombra en sistemas agroforestales de cacao (Theobroma cacao). Agro-ecologica 1 (1): 1-12. Read more

Lafuente Cartagena, I., Naoki, K., Rico Cernohorska, A.,  Guerra-Serrudo, F. and Pacheco, L.F. (2021). Diversidad de mariposas diurnas (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) en bosques y cultivos de cacao en un área de bosque amazónico basimontano en Bolivia . Ecologia Austral, 31: 225-241. Read more

Anyango, J.J., Bautze, D., Fiaboe, K.K.M., Lagat, Z. O., Muriuki, A. W., Stöckli, S., Riedel, J., Onyambu, G. K., Musoyoka, M. W., Karanja, E. N., Adamtey, N. (2020). The impact of conventional and organic farming on soil biodiversity conservation: a case study on termites in the long-term farming systems comparison trials in Kenya. BMC Ecol 20, 13. Read more

Armengot, L., Ferrari, L., Milz, J., Velasquez, F., Hohmann, P. and Schneider, M. (2020). Cacao agroforestry systems do not increase pest and disease incidence compared with monocultures under good cultural management practices. Crop Protection. Read more

Cicek, H.; Bhullar, G.S., Mandloi, L.S., Andres, C., Riar, A.S (2020). Partial Acidulation of Rock Phosphate for Increased Productivity in Organic and Smallholder Farming. Sustainability, 12, 607. Read more

Karanja, E. N., Fliessbach, A., Adamtey, N., Kambura, A. K., Musyoka M., Fiaboe, K. K. M., Mwirichia, R. (2020). Diversity and structure of prokaryotic communities within organic and conventional farming systems in central highlands of Kenya. PLOS One. Read more

Karanja, E. N., Fliessbach, A., Adamtey, N., Kambura, A. K., Musyoka M., Fiaboe, K. K. M., Mwirichia, R. (2020). Fungal diversity within organic and conventional farming systems in Central Highlands of Kenya. African Journal of Microbiology Research, 14(6): 242-258. Read more

Marconi, L., Armengot, L. (2020). Complex agroforestry systems against biotic homogenization: The case of plants in the herbaceous stratum of cocoa production systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 287 (106664). Read more

Mwangi, E. N., Ngamau, C. N., Wesonga, J. M., Karanja, E. N., Musyoka, M. W., Matheri, F., Fiaboe, K. K. M., Bautze, D., Adamtey, N. (2020). Managing Phosphate Rock to Improve Nutrient Uptake, Phosphorus Use Efficiency and Carrot Yields in Kenya. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. Read more

Niether, W., Jacobi, J., Blaser, W.J., Andres, C., Armengot, L. (2020) Cocoa agroforestry systems versus monocultures: a multi-dimensional meta-analysis. Environmental Research Letters 15, 10. Read more

Niether, W., Glawe, A., Pfohl, K., Adamtey, N., Schneider, M., Karlowsky, P., Pawelzik, E., (2020). The effect of short-term vs. long-term soil moisture stress on the physiological response of three cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) cultivars. Plant Growth Regulation: 1-12. Read more

Pérez-Neira, D., Schneider, M., Armengot, L. (2020). Crop-diversification and organic management increase the energy efficiency of cacao plantations. Agricultural Systems, 177 (102711). Read more

Riar, A., Mandloi, L.S., Sendhil, R., Poswal, R.S., Messmer, M.M., Bhullar, G.S. (2020). Technical Efficiencies and Yield Variability Are Comparable Across Organic and Conventional Farms. Sustainability, 12(10): 4271. Read more

Saavedra Agramont, F., Jordan, E., Schneider, M., Naoki, K., (2020). Effects of environmental variables and foliar traits on the transpiration rate of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) under different cultivation systems. Agroforest Systems: 1-11. Read more

von Arb, C., Bünemann, E.K., Schmalz, H., Portmann, M., Adamtey, N., Musyoka, M.W., Frossard, E., Fliessbach, A. (2020). Soil quality and phosphorus status after nine years of organic and conventional farming at two input levels in the Central Highlands of Kenya. Geoderma, 362: 114112. Read more

Anyango, J. J., Bautze, D., Fiaboe, K. K. M., Lagat, Z. O., Muriuki, A. W., Stöckli, J., Onyambu, G. K., Musoyoka, M. W., Karanja, E. N., Adamtey, N. (2019). Termite-Induced Injuries to Maize and Baby Corn under Organic and Conventional Farming Systems in the Central Highlands of Kenya. Insects, 10(10): 367. Read more

Musyoka, M.W., Adamtey, N., Bünemann, E.K., Muriuki, A.W., Karanja, E.N., Mucheru-Muna, M., Fiaboe, K.K.M., Cadisch,G. (2019). Nitrogen release and synchrony in organic and conventional farming systems of the Central Highlands of Kenya. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst, 113: 283. Read more

Musyoka, M.W., Adamtey, N., Muriuki, A.W., Bautze, D., Karanja, E.N., Mucheru-Muna, M., Fiaboe, K.K.M., Cadisch,G. (2019). Nitrogen leaching losses and balances in conventional and organic farming systems in Kenya. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst, 114: 237. Read more

Niether, W., Schneidewind, U., Fuchs, M., Schneider, M., Armengot, L. (2019). Below- and aboveground production in cocoa monocultures and agroforestry systems. Science of the Total Environment, 657: 558-567. Read more

Limachi, M., Naoki, K., Armengot, L. (2018). Diferentes sistemas de producción de cacao de 3-4 años afectan la composición de hormigas terrestres, pero no a la diversidad. Revista Ecología en Bolivia, 53 (2). Read more

Niether, W., Armengot, L., Andres, C., Schneider, M., and Gerold, G. (2018). Shade trees and tree pruning alter throughfall and microclimate in cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) production systems. Annals of Forest Science, 75:38. Read more

Schneidewind, U., Niether, W., Armengot, L., Schneider, M., Sauer, D., Heitkamp, F., Gerold, G. (2017). Carbon stocks, litterfall production, and pruning residues in monoculture and agroforestry cacao production systems. Experimentall Agriculture,  1-19. Read more

Atandi, J. G., Haukeland, S., Kariuki, G. M., Coyne, D. L., Karanja, E. N., Musyoka, M. W., Fiaboe, K. K. M., Bautze, D., Adamtey, N. (2017). Organic farming provides improved management of plant parasitic nematodes in maize and bean cropping systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 247: 265-272. Read more

Bhat, N .A., Riar, A., Ramesh, A., Iqbal, S., Sharma, M. P., Sharma, S. K. and Bhullar, G. S. (2017). Soil biological activity contributing to phosphorus availability in Vertisols under long-term organic and conventional agricultural management.Frontiers in Plant Science – Agroecology and Land Use Systems, 8: 1289. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01523. Read more

Jacobi, J., Bottazzi, P., Pilco, M., Schneider, M., Rist, S. (2017). Building Farm Resilience in a Changing Climate: Challenges, Potentials, and Ways Forward for Smallholder Cocoa Production in Bolivia. Identifying Emerging Issues in Disaster Risk Reduction, Migration, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, 231-247. Read more

Naoki, K., Gómez, M. I., Schneider, M. (2017). Selección de diferentes sistemas de producción de cacao (Theobroma cacao, Malvaceae) por aves en Alto Beni, Bolivia - una prueba de cafetería en el campo. Ecología en Bolivia 52 (2): 100-115. Read more

Musyoka, M. W., Adamtey, N., Muriuki, A. W. and Cadisch, G. (2017). Effect of organic and conventional farming systems on nitrogen use efficiency of potato, maize and vegetables in the Central highlands of Kenya. European Journal Of Agronomy, 86: 24-36. Read more

Niether, W., Schneidewind, U., Armengot, L., Adamtey, N., Schneider, M., Gerold, G. (2017). Spatial-temporal soil moistre dynamics under different cocoa production systems. CATENA, 158: 340-349. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2017.07.011. Read more

Niether, W., Smit, I., Armengot, L., Schneider, M., Gerold, G., Pawelzik, E. (2018). Environmental Growing Conditions in Five Production Systems Induce Stress Response and Affect Chemical Composition of Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) Beans. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, 65 (47): 10165-10173. doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.7b04490 Read more

Riar, A., Mandloi L. S., Messmer, M., Poswal, R. S., and Bhullar, G. S. (2017). A diagnosis of biophysical and socio-economic factors influencing farmers’ choice to adopt organic or conventional farming systems for cotton production. Frontiers in Plant Science – Agroecology and Land Use Systems, 8: 1289. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01289. Read more

Adamtey, N., Musyoka, M. W., Zundel, C., Cobo, J. C., Karanja, E., Fiaboe, K. M., et al. (2016). Comparison of conventional and organic farming systems in the sub-humid zones of the Central highlands of Kenya: Productivity and profitability of maize-based cropping systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 235: 61-79. Read more

Andres, C. and Bhullar, G.S. (2016). Sustainable intensification of tropical agro-ecosystems: need and potentials. Frontiers in Environmental Science, specialty section Agroecology and Land Use Systems, 4 (5). Read more

Andres, C., Mandloi L.S. and Bhullar, G.S. (2016) Sustaining the supply of White Gold: The case of SysCom innovation platforms in India. In: Dror, I., Cadilhon, J-J., Schut, M., Misiko. M., and Maheshwari, S. (Eds.) Innovation Platforms for Agricultural Development: Evaluating the mature innovation platforms landscape. Routledge, UK, chapter 8, pp. 133-150. Read more

Armengot, L., Barbieri, P., Andres, C., Milz, J., and Schneider, M. (2016). Cacao agroforestry systems have higher return on labor compared to full-sun monocultures. Agronomy for sustainable development, 36 : 70. Read more

Gramlich, A., Tandy, S., Andres, C., Chincheros Paniagua, J., Armengot, L., Schneider, M., and Schulin, R. (2016). Cadmium uptake by cocoa trees in agroforestry and monoculture systems under conventional and organic management. Science of the Total Environment, 580: 677-686. Read more

Helfenstein, J., Müller, I., Grüter, R., Bhullar, G.S., Mandloi, L., Papritz, A., Siegrist, M., Schulin, R. and Frossard, E. (2016) Organic Wheat Farming Improves Grain Zinc Concentration. PLOS ONE, 11 (8): e0160729. Read more

Schneider, M., Andres, C., Trujillo, G., Alcon, F., Amurrio, E., Perez, E., Weibel, F. and Milz, J. (2016) Cocoa and total system yields of organic and conventional agroforestry vs. monoculture systems in a long-term field trial in Bolivia. Experimental Agriculture, 53 (3): 351-374. Read more

Alfaro-Flores, A., Morales-Belpaire, I. and Schneider, M. (2015). Microbial biomass and cellulase activity in soils under five different cocoa production systems in Alto Beni, Bolivia. Agroforestry systems 89(2). Read more

Andres, C., Comoé, H., Beerlic, A., Schneider, M., Rist, S., Jacobi, J. (2015) Cocoa in monoculture and dynamic agroforestry. In: Lichtfouse, E. (Ed.) Sustainable Agriculture Reviews. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, chapter 3: 121-153. Read more

Jacobi, J., Schneider, M., Pillco, M., Huber, S., Weidmann, S., Bottazzi, P. and Rist, S. (2015) Farm resilience in organic and nonorganic cocoa farming systems in Alto Beni, Bolivia. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 39, 798-823. Read more

Jacobi, J., Schneider, M., Pillco, M., Huber, S., Weidmann, S. and Rist, S. (2015). La contribución de la producción del cacao orgánico a la resiliencia socio-ecológica en el contexto del cambio climático en el Alto Beni – La Paz. Acta Nova 6(4), 351-382. Read more

Jacobi, J., Schneider, M., Bottazzi, P., Pillco, M., Calizaya, P., et al. (2015). Agroecosystem resilience and farmers’ perceptions of climate change impacts on cocoa farms in Alto Beni, Bolivia. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems FirstView, 1-14. Read more

Jacobi, J., Andres, C., Schneider, M., Pillco, M., Calizaya, P. and Rist, S. (2014). Carbon stocks, tree diversity, and the role of organic certification in different cocoa production systems in Alto Beni, Bolivia. Agroforestry Systems, 1117 - 1132. Read more

Jacobi, .J, Schneider, M., Rist, S. (2014). Agroforstwirtschaft als ökologisch, ökonomisch und sozial nachhaltige Landnutzungsform: Fallbeispiel Kakaoanbau in Bolivien. Elemente der Naturwissenschaft 100, 4-25. Read more

Forster, D., Andres, C., Verma, R., Zundel, C., Messmer, M. and Mader, P. (2013). Yield and economic performance of organic and conventional cotton-based farming system - results from a field trial in India. Plos one 8(12). Read more

Forster, D., Adamtey, N., Messmer, M.M., Pfiffner, L., Baker, B., Huber, B., Niggli, U. (2012). Organic Agriculture – Driving Innovations in Crop Research. In: Agricultural Sustainability - Progress and Prospects in Crop Research. Bhullar G, Bhullar N (eds.). pp 21-46. Elsevier. Read more