Juventia Stella

Juventia Stella is a postdoctoral researcher at the Lighthouse Farm Team of Wageningen University, specializing in diversified agricultural systems with a focus on strip cropping and biodiversity. Her work bridges ecological principles with practical farming solutions to enhance yield and sustainability.

• PhD Thesis: Designing Strip Cropping Systems in the Netherlands (2024), analyzing multi-year impacts on organic systems.
• Key Research Areas: Biodiversity conservation, agroecological design, organic farming, and policy-relevant sustainability metrics through projects like Designing Arable Fields Toward Greater Crop Diversification (2020–2024).

Her recent publications emphasize strip cropping as a tool for balancing biodiversity and productivity, with trends showing applications in organic cabbage systems, spatio-temporal planning, and global diversified farming. She has contributed to datasets like the Agrobiodiversity Index and a global database on diversified farming, highlighting her role in data-driven agricultural research.

Collaborations with researchers such as W. Rossing and D.F. van Apeldoorn underscore her integration into international agroecological networks. Her work has been cited 33 times (Scopus), with significant social media and media engagement.