Researcher

Chloe MacLaren

Institute: Swedish University of Agricultural Science
Other affiliation: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)
Research area: Agriculture rural development & food security
Research region: Africa
Open to collaboration with: Media, Other researchers, Practitioners and policy makers

About

Chloe's research focuses on harnessing interactions between plants to design more sustainable cropping systems. In her current project, she is investigating which crop diversification options are most beneficial on smallholder farms in southern Africa. Previously, she has worked on how ecological practices and farm inputs interact to determine crop productivity, and on non-chemical weed management.

Other experience

Lecturing and workshops
Statistical analysis

Featured work

Long-term evidence for ecological intensification as a pathway to sustainable agriculture

Publications

Two crops are better than one for nutritional and economic outcomes of Zambian smallholder farms, but require more labour

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Construction of a generalised farm typology to aid selection, targeting and scaling of onfarm research

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Climate change drives decline of Juniperus seravschanica in Oman

Journal of Arid Environments
Conservation of forest biodiversity and ecosystem properties in a pastoral landscape of the Ecuadorian Andes

Agroforestry Systems
Cover Crop Biomass Production Is More Important than Diversity for Weed Suppression

Crop Science
Livestock in diverse cropping systems improve weed management and sustain yields whilst reducing inputs

Journal of Applied Ecology
Management practices influence the competitive potential of weed communities and their value to biodiversity in South African vineyards

Weed Research
Seed‐Drill Opener Type and Crop Residue Load Affect Canola Establishment, but Only Residue Load Affects Yield

Agronomy Journal
Moving Away From Limiting Similarity During Restoration: Timing of Arrival and Native Biomass Are Better Proxies of Invasion Suppression in Grassland Communities

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
High nitrogen rates do not increase canola yield and may affect soil bacterial functioning

Agronomy Journal
An ecological future for weed science to sustain crop production and the environment. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development
Tillage practices affect weeds differently in monoculture vs. crop rotation

Soil and Tillage Research
Long-term evidence for ecological intensification as a pathway to sustainable agriculture

Nature Sustainability
Can the Right Composition and Diversity of Farmed Species Improve Food Security Among Smallholder Farmers?

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
A heteroskedastic model of Park Grass spring hay yields in response to weather suggests continuing yield decline with climate change in future decades

Journal of The Royal Society Interface
Predicting intercrop competition, facilitation, and productivity from simple functional traits

Field Crops Research