Roos de Adelhart Toorop

Roos de Adelhart Toorop serves as Assistant Professor at Wageningen University & Research, affiliated with the PE&RC Graduate School and Land Systems Team. Her work bridges Dutch agricultural innovation and smallholder farming systems in India, focusing on systemic solutions for climate resilience and resource management.

Her research centers on sustainable agricultural transitions through three interconnected pillars: nature-inclusive farming practices addressing nitrogen and water challenges, drought resilience frameworks like the Walcheren 'Waterhouderij' collective storage model, and antifragility analysis of smallholder systems in Bihar, India. She employs mixed-method approaches combining modeling, focus groups, and field studies to examine cropping diversity, soil health, and nutritional outcomes.

Recent publications demonstrate consistent methodological evolution from case-specific analyses toward integrated modeling of cross-scale agricultural impacts. Her work increasingly connects biophysical constraints (water, soil) with socio-technical innovations in both European and Global South contexts.

Scientific Awards: No awards documented in source material

Advising and Grants:

• PhD Supervision: Co-promotor for Harris, B. (farm system redesign project) and Bartha, L. (drought mitigation modeling)
• Principal Projects:
  • UPWAS (2021-2025): Private/collective water storage solutions
  • Learning from Excellent Organic Farmers (2016-2021): Bio-vee integration models

Labs and Teams:

• Land Systems Team (Wageningen Environmental Research)
• PE&RC Graduate School network