‪João Vasco Silva

2.7k citations

56 papers · 1.7k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 22

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences top 0.2%
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices 19
- Agricultural Economics and Policy 6
Soil Science top 2%
- Agricultural risk and resilience 11
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 6
Agronomy and Crop Science top 2%
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems 10
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility 9
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics top 2%
- Climate change impacts on agriculture 22
Plant Science top 5%
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement 11

Co-authors: M.K. van Ittersum Pytrik Reidsma K.E. Giller Alice G. Laborte Frédéric Baudron Régis Chikowo G. Taulya Jens Andersson
Cited by: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Soil Science Agronomy and Crop Science
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 paper)Nature Communications (1 paper)The Science of The Total Environment (1 paper)
Partner nations: Netherlands Kenya Mexico

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‪João Vasco Silva

48 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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1	Rainfall forecasts, learning subsidies and conservation agriculture adoption: Experimental evidence from Zambia Climate Services ·Hambulo Ngoma,Esau Simutowe,‪João Vasco Silva,Isaiah Nyagumbo,Kelvin Kalala,Mukwemba Habeenzu,Christian Thierfelder	2025	0
2	Ensuring sustainable crop production when yield gaps are small: A data-driven integrated assessment for wheat farms in Northwest India European Journal of Agronomy ·Hari Sankar Nayak,‪João Vasco Silva,C.M. Parihar,M.L. Jat,Rajbir Singh,Rakesh Kumar,D.R. Sena,H.S. Jat,H.S. Sidhu,Timothy J. Krupnik,Tek B. Sapkota	2025	3
3	Poverty and yield effects of CGIAR maize varieties in smallholder farming systems of Zambia Hambulo Ngoma,P.S. Setimela,‪João Vasco Silva,Vijesh V. Krishna	2025	1
4	Data-driven strategies to improve nitrogen use efficiency of rice farming in South Asia Nature Sustainability ·Sam Coggins,Andrew J. McDonald,‪João Vasco Silva,Anton Urfels,Hari Sankar Nayak,Sonam Rinchen Sherpa,M.L. Jat,H.S. Jat,Timothy J. Krupnik,Virender Kumar,R. K. Malik,Tek B. Sapkota,A. K. Nayak,Peter Craufurd	2025	10
5	Heterogenous correlates of mechanization use and rural livelihoods in Zimbabwe: A quantile regression analysis Food Policy ·Hambulo Ngoma,Billy B. Mukamuri,‪João Vasco Silva,Frédéric Baudron	2025	0
6	Prospects for cereal self-sufficiency in sub-Saharan Africa Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·M.K. van Ittersum,Seyyedmajid Alimagham,‪João Vasco Silva,S. Adjei-Nsiah,Frederick Baijukya,Abdullahi Bala,Régis Chikowo,Patricio Grassini,H.L.E. de Groot,Aphrodis Nshizirungu,Abdelkader Mahamane Soulé,Timothy B. Sulser,G. Taulya,Fatima A. Tenorio,Kindie Tesfaye,Shen Yuan,Marloes P. van Loon	2025	2
7	Narrowing the ecological yield gap to sustain crop yields with less inputs Global Food Security ·M.K. van Ittersum,‪João Vasco Silva,Riccardo Bommarco,Renske Hijbeek,Ola Lundin,Romain Nandillon,Göran Bergkvist,Alexander Menegat,Ingrid Öborn,Annika Söderholm-Emas,Frederick L. Stoddard,Giulia Vico,Wytse J. Vonk,Christine Watson,Chloe MacLaren	2025	1
8	Food and nutrition security merits of intercropping maize, sorghum and millet with legumes on small farms in Southern Africa Food Security ·Isaiah Nyagumbo,Donald Nyamayevu,‪João Vasco Silva	2025	0
9	Soil acidity remediation in sub-Saharan Africa requires targeted investments Nature Food ·‪João Vasco Silva,Fernando Aramburu-Merlos,Frédéric Baudron,S. Gameda,Tesfaye Shiferaw Sida,Vicky Ruganzu,Joel Meliyo,Moti Jaleta,Jordan Chamberlin,Robert J. Hijmans	2025	0
10	The dawn of a legume revolution in Southern Africa: trends, drivers, and implications Food Security ·Hambulo Ngoma,Mazvita Chiduwa,Mitelo Subakanya,Brian P. Mulenga,P.S. Setimela,Urs Schulthess,Régis Chikowo,Blessing Mhlanga,‪João Vasco Silva,Jordan Chamberlin,Zachary Stewart,Innocent Pangapanga‐Phiri,Latha Nagarajan,Jonathan Odhong,Paswel Marenya,Sieglinde S. Snapp	2025	0
11	A crop-specific and time-variant spatial framework for characterizing rainfed wheat production environments in Ethiopia Agricultural Systems ·Habtamu Sewnet Gelagay,Louise Leroux,Lulseged Tamene,Meklit Chernet,Gerald Blasch,Degefie Tibebe,Wuletawu Abera,Tesfaye Sida,Kindie Tesfaye,Marc Corbeels,‪João Vasco Silva	2025	0
12	Flat planting of cassava is more productive, economic and labour-saving than in annual ridges in the high-rainfall environments of Northern Zambia Field Crops Research ·Kamaluddin T. Aliyu,Kelvin Kalala,Esau Simutowe,Chloe MacLaren,Blessing Mhlanga,Hambulo Ngoma,‪João Vasco Silva,Christian Thierfelder	2025	0
13	Do rotations and intercrops matter? Opportunities for intensification and diversification of maize-based cropping systems in Zambia Field Crops Research ·Mulundu Mwila,‪João Vasco Silva,Kelvin Kalala,Esau Simutowe,Hambulo Ngoma,Isaiah Nyagumbo,Mebelo Mataa,Christian Thierfelder	2024	6
14	Grain and nutritional yield merits of sustainable intensification through maize-legume rotations in land constrained smallholder farms of Malawi Field Crops Research ·Donald Nyamayevu,Isaiah Nyagumbo,Weili Liang,Ruiqi Li,‪João Vasco Silva	2024	4
15	Potential contribution of agronomic practices and conservation agriculture towards narrowing smallholders’ yield gaps in Southern Africa: lessons from the field Experimental Agriculture ·Isaiah Nyagumbo,Donald Nyamayevu,Lovemore Chipindu,Donald Siyeni,Domingos Dias,‪João Vasco Silva	2024	5
16	Tailoring interventions through a combination of statistical typology and frontier analysis: a study of mixed crop-livestock farms in semi-arid Zimbabwe Experimental Agriculture ·Frédéric Baudron,Sabine Homann-Kee Tui,‪João Vasco Silva,Irenie Chakoma,Dorcas Matangi,Isaiah Nyagumbo,Sikhalazo Dube	2024	3
17	Risk aversion, impatience, and adoption of conservation agriculture practices among smallholders in Zambia Heliyon ·Esau Simutowe,Hambulo Ngoma,Mark Manyanga,‪João Vasco Silva,Frédéric Baudron,Isaiah Nyagumbo,Kelvin Kalala,Mukwemba Habeenzu,Christian Thierfelder	2024	5
18	Two crops are better than one for nutritional and economic outcomes of Zambian smallholder farms, but require more labour Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment ·Christian Thierfelder,Blessing Mhlanga,Isaiah Nyagumbo,Kelvin Kalala,Esau Simutowe,Mazvita Chiduwa,Chloe MacLaren,‪João Vasco Silva,Hambulo Ngoma	2023	15
19	Small farms and development in sub-Saharan Africa: Farming for food, for income or for lack of better options?breakdown → Food Security ·K.E. Giller,Thomas Delaune,‪João Vasco Silva,Mark T. van Wijk,James Hammond,Katrien Descheemaeker,G.W.J. van de Ven,A.G.T. Schut,G. Taulya,Régis Chikowo,Jens Andersson	2021	169
20	The future of farming: Who will produce our food?breakdown → Food Security ·K.E. Giller,Thomas Delaune,‪João Vasco Silva,Katrien Descheemaeker,G.W.J. van de Ven,A.G.T. Schut,Mark T. van Wijk,James Hammond,Zvi Hochman,G. Taulya,Régis Chikowo,Sudha Narayanan,Avinash Kishore,Fabrizio Bresciani,Heitor Mancini Teixeira,Jens Andersson,M.K. van Ittersum	2021	323

About ‪João Vasco Silva

‪João Vasco Silva is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science and Agronomy and Crop Science, having authored 56 papers that have together received 1.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate change impacts on agriculture (22 papers), Agricultural Innovations and Practices (19 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (11 papers), Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement (11 papers), Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (10 papers), Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (9 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (6 papers) and Agricultural Economics and Policy (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences (515 citations), Soil Science (413 citations) and Agronomy and Crop Science (345 citations) ‪João Vasco Silva has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Kenya and Mexico. Frequent co-authors include M.K. van Ittersum, Pytrik Reidsma, K.E. Giller, Alice G. Laborte, Frédéric Baudron, Régis Chikowo, G. Taulya, Jens Andersson, James Hammond and A.G.T. Schut. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and The Science of The Total Environment.

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