Francisco Mondaca Duarte

Francisco Mondaca Duarte is a Researcher at Wageningen University & Research, focusing on agricultural water management and rootzone dynamics. His work spans irrigation optimization, drought exposure analysis, and sustainable growing media development.

• Key Research Areas: Irrigation Management, Evapotranspiration, Growing Media, Water Use, and Crop Resilience.
• Projects: Lead a PhD project on Optimal control in agriculture irrigation, addressing ideal water management under uncertainty.
• Collaborations: Worked with experts like C. Blok and E. J. van Henten on horticultural technology and circular agriculture initiatives.

His research highlights include innovative nitrate meter development (2024), uncertainty modeling in irrigation (2023), and wool-based crop resilience solutions (2023). Media coverage of his 3D model for substrate water flow (2023) underscores practical agricultural applications.