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Carsten Marohn

Affiliation / Function

Activity areas

  • Modeling of agroecosystems (landscape level)

Projects

Training / professional career

  • Since 2025 Collaborator at FiBL Switzerland
  • 2023 - 2025 Institute for Strategies and Technology Assessment, Julius Kühn Institute, Kleinmachnow, Germany
  • 2007 - 2022 Institute for Plant Production in the Tropics / Subtropics, University of Hohenheim, Germany
  • 2003 - 2012 Associate, terra fusca – Partnership corporation for soil protection and environmental consulting, Stuttgart, Germany
  • 1999 - 2002 Development cooperation, DED-Peru
  • 1992 - 1998 Diploma in Agrobiology
  • 1990 - 1992 Training as a landscape gardener

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive

Publications that are not in the Organic Eprints archive

Articles:

  • Adam A.M., Giller K.E., Rusinamhodzi L., Rasche F., Koomson E., Marohn C., Cadisch G. (2025). Enhancing the resilience of intercropping systems to changing moisture conditions in Africa through the integration of grain legumes: A meta-analysis. Field Crops Research, 321, art. no. 109663. DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2024.109663
  • Attia A., Marohn C., Shawon A.R., de Kock A., Strassemeyer J., Feike T. (2024): Do rotations with cover crops increase yield and soil organic carbon?—A modeling study in southwest Germany. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 375, art. no. 109167. DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2024.109167
  • Marohn C., Troost C., Warth B., Bateki C., Zijlstra M., Anwar F., Williams B., Descheemaeker K., Berger T., Asch F., Dickhoefer U., Birner R., Cadisch G. (2022): Coupled biophysical and decision-making processes in grassland systems in East African savannahs – A modelling framework. Ecological Modelling, 474, art. no. 110113. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110113
  • Tongkoom K., Marohn C., Piepho H.P., Cadisch G. (2021): Combining farmers' and scientists' tree species and soil fertility assessment for improved cropping decisions in swidden systems of Northern Thailand. Ecological Indicators, 127, art. no. 107719. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107719
  • Naranjo S., Rodrigues F.A., Jr., Cadisch G., Lopez-Ridaura S., Fuentes Ponce M., Marohn C. (2021): Effects of spatial resolution of terrain models on modelled discharge and soil loss in Oaxaca, Mexico. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25 (10), pp. 5561 – 5588. DOI: 10.5194/hess-25-5561-2021
  • Kibret K.S., Marohn C., Cadisch G. (2021): Improved food-insecurity prediction in smallholder-dominated landscapes using MODIS Enhanced Vegetation Index and Google Earth Engine: a case study in South Central Ethiopia. European Journal of Remote Sensing, 54 (1), pp. 624 – 640. DOI: 10.1080/22797254.2021.1999176
  • Balume Kayani I., Agumas B., Musyoki M., Nziguheba G., Marohn C., Benz M., Vanlauwe B., Cadisch G., Rasche F. (2021): Market access and resource endowment define the soil fertility status of smallholder farming systems of South-Kivu, DR Congo. Soil Use and Management, 37 (2), pp. 353 – 366. DOI: 10.1111/sum.12691
  • Agumas B., Balume I., Musyoki M.K., Benz M., Nziguheba G., Marohn C., Vanlauwe B., Cadisch G., Rasche F. (2021): Agro-ecology, resource endowment and indigenous knowledge interactions modulate soil fertility in mixed farming systems in Central and Western Ethiopia. Soil Use and Management, 37 (2), pp. 367 – 376. DOI: 10.1111/sum.12706
  • Warth B., Marohn C., Asch F. (2021): Improved simulation of plant-animal interactions in African savannas with the extended land use change model LUCIA. Ecological Modelling, 446, art. no. 109496. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109496
  • Muoni T., Koomson E., Öborn I., Marohn C., Watson C.A., Bergkvist G., Barnes A., Cadisch G., Duncan A. (2020): Reducing soil erosion in smallholder farming systems in east Africa through the introduction of different crop types. Experimental Agriculture, 56 (2), pp. 183 – 195. DOI: 10.1017/S0014479719000280
  • Warth B., Marohn C., Asch F. (2020): Modelling land use change effects on ecosystem functions in African Savannas – A review. Global Food Security, 26, art. no. 100421. DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100421
  • Koomson E., Muoni T., Marohn C., Nziguheba G., Öborn I., Cadisch G. (2020): Critical slope length for soil loss mitigation in maize-bean cropping systems in SW Kenya.Geoderma Regional, 22, art. no. e00311. DOI: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2020.e00311
  • Kibret K.S., Marohn C., Cadisch G. (2020): Use of MODIS EVI to map crop phenology, identify cropping systems, detect land use change and drought risk in Ethiopia–an application of Google Earth Engine. European Journal of Remote Sensing, 53 (1), pp. 176 – 191. DOI: 10.1080/22797254.2020.1786466
  • Yang X., Blagodatsky S., Marohn C., Liu H., Golbon R., Xu J., Cadisch G. (2019): Climbing the mountain fast but smart: Modelling rubber tree growth and latex yield under climate change. Forest Ecology and Management, 439, pp. 55 – 69. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.02.028
  • Nguyen T.T., Lippe M., Marohn C., Vien T.D., Cadisch G. (2019): Using farmer decision rules for mapping historical land use change patterns from 1954 to 2007 in rural northwestern Vietnam. Land, 8 (9), art. no. 130. DOI: 10.3390/land8090130
  • Liu H., Yang X., Blagodatsky S., Marohn C., Liu F., Xu J., Cadisch G. (2019): Modelling weed management strategies to control erosion in rubber plantations. Catena, 172, pp. 345 – 355. DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2018.08.041
  • Tongkoom K., Marohn C., Piepho H.P., Cadisch G. (2018): Ecosystem recovery indicators as decision criteria on potential reduction of fallow periods in swidden systems of Northern Thailand. Ecological Indicators, 95, pp. 554 – 567. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.061
  • Liu H., Yang X., Blagodatskiy S., Marohn C., Cadisch G. (2017): Mitigation of forest to rubber change impact on soil erosion and stream quality by integrated land management. River Sedimentation - Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, ISRS 2016, pp. 1353.
  • Kibret K.S., Marohn C., Cadisch G. (2016): Assessment of land use and land cover change in South Central Ethiopia during four decades based on integrated analysis of multi-temporal images and geospatial vector data. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 3, pp. 1 – 19. DOI: 10.1016/j.rsase.2015.11.005
  • Laso Bayas J.C., Ekadinata A., Widayati A., Marohn C., Cadisch G. (2015): Resolution vs. image quality in pre-tsunami imagery used for tsunami impact models in Aceh, Indonesia. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 42, pp. 38 – 48. DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.05.007
  • Lippe M., Marohn C., Hilger T., Dung N.V., Vien T.D., Cadisch G. (2014): Evaluating a spatially-explicit and stream power-driven erosion and sediment deposition model in Northern Vietnam. Catena, 120, pp. 134 – 148. DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2014.04.002
  • Laso Bayas J.C., Marohn C., Cadisch G. (2013): Tsunami in the Seychelles: Assessing mitigation mechanisms. Ocean and Coastal Management, 86, pp. 42 – 52. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2013.10.004
  • Marohn C., Schreinemachers P., Quang D.V., Berger T., Siripalangkanont P., Nguyen T.T., Cadisch G. (2013): A software coupling approach to assess low-cost soil conservation strategies for highland agriculture in Vietnam. Environmental Modelling and Software, 45, pp. 116 – 128. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.03.020
  • Marohn C., Distel A., Dercon G., Wahyunto, Tomlinson R., Noordwijk M.V., Cadisch G. (2012): Impacts of soil and groundwater salinization on tree crop performance in post-tsunami Aceh Barat, Indonesia. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, 12 (9), pp. 2879 – 2891. DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-2879-2012
  • Laso Bayas J.C., Marohn C., Dercon G., Dewi S., Piepho H.P., Joshi L., Van Noordwijk M., Cadisch G. (2011): Influence of coastal vegetation on the 2004 tsunami wave impact in west Aceh. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (46), pp. 18612 – 18617. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1013516108.
  • Ayanu Y.Z., Nguyen T.T., Marohn C., Koellner T. (2011): Crop production versus surface-water regulation: Assessing tradeoffs for land-use scenarios in the Tat Hamlet Watershed, Vietnam. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services and Management, 7 (3), pp. 231 – 244. DOI: 10.1080/21513732.2011.634836
  • Pansak W., Hilger T., Lusiana B., Kongkaew T., Marohn C., Cadisch G. (2010): Assessing soil conservation strategies for upland cropping in Northeast Thailand with the WaNuLCAS model. Agroforestry Systems, 79 (2), pp. 123 – 144. DOI: 10.1007/s10457-010-9290-2

Conferences:

  • Marohn, C., Birner, R., Troost, C., Zijlstra, M., Warth, B., Bateki, C., Descheemaeker, K., Dickhöfer, U., Berger, T., Asch, F., Cadisch, G. 2018. Rude awakening of a sleeping giant? Exploring costs and potentials of intensification options in African savannas. Presentation at FOOD 2030: Towards sustainable agri-food systems. 5-6 September 2018, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
  • Warth, B., Marohn, C., Asch, F. 2018. Grassland Functions Improve a Mechanistic Crop Model to Assess Savannah Crop Encroachment and Overstocking Impacts. Presentation at Tropentag Conference, Ghent, 17-19 September 2018.
  • Marohn, C., Weisshaidinger, R., Nicolay, G., Otinga, A., Pohl, A., Merckx, R., Njoroge, R., Koomson, E., Kerre, F., Wangaruro, J., Njogo, S., Munini, B., Cadisch, G. 2017. A Framework of Biophysical Measurements, Innovation Platforms and Modelling for Agricultural Stakeholders' Landscape-Scale Decisions. Presentation at Tropentag Conference, Bonn, 20-22 September 2017.

Book Chapters:

  • Marohn, C, Cadisch, G, Lusiana, B. 2013 Land Use Change impact Assessment. In: Van Noordwijk M, Lusiana B, Leimona B, Dewi S, Wulandari D, eds. 2013. Negotiation-support toolkit for learning landscapes. Bogor, Indonesia: World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) Southeast Asia Regional Program. Book Chapter.
  • Marohn, C., et al. (2013). Integrated Modeling of Agricultural Systems in Mountainous Areas. In: Fröhlich, H.L., Schreinemachers, P., Stahr, K. and G. Clemens. Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Southeast Asia: Innovations and Policies for Mountainous Areas, pp 367-432. Springer.