Publications

Cory Whitney, Thi Thu Giang Luu, Johannes Kopton, Eike Luedeling (2026). A decision-analysis framework for school garden investments in Vietnam: evaluating trade-offs for nutrition, biodiversity, and economic outcomes. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, (13), 1, pp. 580, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-07204-0.

Yao Fu, Jinlong Zhang, Aye Mya Mon, Yinxian Shi, Yingfeng Bi, Yanan Wang, Prateep Panyadee, Xuefei Yang, Cory W. Whitney (2025). Wild edible plants selection of tibetan and naxi people in northwest yunnan, china. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, (21), 1, pp. 74, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-025-00816-x.

L. Zimmermann, J. Kopton, C. Schmitz, C. Whitney, M. Balmer, E. Luedeling (2025). The carbon footprint of training system selection in apple production. Acta Horticulturae, 1425, pp. 449–456, https://doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2025.1425.58.

Christine Schmitz, Lars Zimmermann, Katja Schiffers, Cory Whitney, Martin Balmer, Eike Luedeling (2025). Model-based decision support for the choice of active spring frost protection measures in apple production. Agricultural Systems, (224), pp. 104255, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104255.

Hoa Do, Cory Whitney, Hugo Storm, Huong Nguyen, Nguyen La, Eike Luedeling (2025). Markets and incentives strongly drive agroforestry adoption: insights from ethnic minority smallholders in Son La, Vietnam. Agroforestry Systems, pp. 99:129, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-025-01199-4.

C. Schmitz, L. Zimmermann, C. Whitney, M. Balmer, E. Luedeling (2025). Decision support for selecting suitable frost protection methods for apricot orchards in Germany. Acta Horticulturae, 1425, pp. 231–238, https://doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2025.1425.30.

Lisa Biber-Freudenberger, Juliet Wanjiku Kamau, Cory Whitney, Brady Mattsson (2025). Comparing nature conservation policies using a Bayesian belief network: Modeling sequential effects on adoption, farming practices, and biodiversity. Conservation Science and Practice, pp. e70146, https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70146.

Cory Whitney, Gordon O'Brien, Vuyisile Dlamini, Ikhothatseng Jacob Greffiths, Chris Dickens, Eike Luedeling (2025). Balancing ecosystem sustainability and irrigated smallholder agriculture: A modeling approach for water resource management. Journal of Hydrology, (651), pp. 132560, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.132560.

Thi Thu Giang Luu, Eike Luedeling, Cory Whitney, Lisa Biber-Freudenberger (2024). Stakeholder engagement in agro-climate service planning. Climate Services, (33), pp. 100432, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2023.100432.

Wyclife Agumba Oluoch, Christian Borgemeister, Joao De Deus Vidal Junior, Tobias Fremout, Hannes Gaisberger, Cory Whitney, Christine B. Schmitt (2024). Predicted changes in distribution and richness of wild edible plants under climate change scenarios in northwestern Kenya. Regional Environmental Change, (24), 1, pp. 11, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-023-02175-3.

Bernou Zoe Van Der Wiel, Lars Caspersen, Cory Whitney, Corina Van Middelaar, Jan Weijma, Florian Wichern (2024). Participatory modelling of scenarios to restore nitrogen cycles in a nutrient-saturated area. Science of The Total Environment, pp. 170335, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170335.

Thi Thu Giang Luu, Eike Luedeling, Lisa Biber-Freudenberger, Cory Whitney (2024). How to bridge the last mile in agro-climate service adoption? The importance of farmers’ needs, attitudes and interpersonal relations in understanding impact pathways. Environment, Development and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-04388-2.

Hoa Do, Cory Whitney, Nguyen La, Hugo Storm, Eike Luedeling (2024). Adapting agroforestry to upland farming systems: narratives from smallholder farmers in Northwest Vietnam. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, (44), 2, pp. 17, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00954-8.

Wyclife Agumba Oluoch, Cory Whitney, Celine Termote, Christian Borgemeister, Christine B. Schmitt (2023). Indigenous communities’ perceptions reveal threats and management options of wild edible plants in semiarid lands of northwestern Kenya. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, (19), 1, pp. 13, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-023-00584-6.

Cory Whitney, Lisa Biber-Freudenberger, Eike Luedeling (2023). Decision analytical methods for assessing the efficacy of agroecology interventions. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, (4), 1, pp. 9, https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-023-00151-9.

Antonia Nyamukuru, Cory Whitney, John R. S. Tabuti, Josephine Esaete, Matthew Low (2023). Allometric models for aboveground biomass estimation of small trees and shrubs in African savanna ecosystems. Trees, Forests and People, pp. 100377, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2023.100377.

Oscar Burbano-Figueroa, Alexandra Sierra-Monroy, Cory Whitney, Christian Borgemeister, Eike Luedeling (2022). Profitability of farm-scale management strategies against the boll weevil in the tropics: case study from the Colombian Caribbean. Journal of Pest Science, (95), 2, pp. 931–947, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-021-01409-9.

John Robert Stephen Tabuti, Esther Patricia Adoch, Christopher Mawa, Cory Whitney (2022). Priority Species and Management Approaches for Woody Species: A Case Study of Awach Sub-county, Gulu District, Uganda. Human Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-022-00360-2.

Eduardo Fernandez, Hoa Do, Eike Luedeling, Thi Thu Giang Luu, Cory Whitney (2022). Prioritizing farm management interventions to improve climate change adaptation and mitigation outcomes—a case study for banana plantations. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, (42), 4, pp. 76, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-022-00809-0.

Eike Luedeling, Cory Whitney, Andreas Wilkes, Ermias Aynekulu, Todd S. Rosenstock (2022). Limitations of using simple indicators for evaluating agricultural emission reductions at farm level — evidence from Kenyan smallholder dairy production. Carbon Footprints, (1), pp. 21, https://doi.org/10.20517/cf.2022.11.

Wyclife Agumba Oluoch, Cory W. Whitney, Celine Termote, Christian Borgemeister, Christine B. Schmitt (2022). Integrated Participatory Approach Reveals Perceived Local Availability of Wild Edible Plants in Northwestern Kenya. Human Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-022-00370-0.

Marius Ruett, Laura Verena Junker-Frohn, Bastian Siegmann, Jan Ellenberger, Hannah Jaenicke, Cory Whitney, Eike Luedeling, Peter Tiede-Arlt, Uwe Rascher (2022). Hyperspectral imaging for high-throughput vitality monitoring in ornamental plant production. Scientia Horticulturae, (291), pp. 110546, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110546.

Oscar Burbano-Figueroa, Alexandra Sierra-Monroy, Adriana David-Hinestroza, Cory Whitney, Christian Borgemeister, Eike Luedeling (2022). Farm-planning under risk: An application of decision analysis and portfolio theory for the assessment of crop diversification strategies in horticultural systems. Agricultural Systems, (199), pp. 103409, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103409.

Thi Thu Giang Luu, Cory Whitney, Lisa Biber-Freudenberger, Eike Luedeling (2022). Decision analysis of agro-climate service scaling – A case study in Dien Bien District, Vietnam. Climate Services, (27), pp. 100313, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cliser.2022.100313.

Marius Ruett, Tobias Dalhaus, Cory Whitney, Eike Luedeling (2022). Assessing expected utility and profitability to support decision-making for disease control strategies in ornamental heather production. Precision Agriculture, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-022-09909-z.

Leonie Netter, Eike Luedeling, Cory Whitney (2022). Agroforestry and reforestation with the Gold Standard-Decision Analysis of a voluntary carbon offset label. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, (27), 2, pp. 17, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-021-09992-z.

Yvonne Tamba, Joshua Wafula, Cory Whitney, Eike Luedeling, Negusse Yigzaw, Aklilu Negussie, Caroline Muchiri, Yemane Gebru, Keith Shepherd, Ermias Aynekulu (2021). Stochastic simulation of restoration outcomes for a dry afromontane forest landscape in northern Ethiopia. Forest Policy and Economics, (125), pp. 102403, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2021.102403.

Naji Sulaiman, Andrea Pieroni, Renata Soukand, Cory Whitney, Zbynek Polesny (2021). Socio–Cultural Significance of Yerba Mate among Syrian Residents and Diaspora. Economic Botany, (75), 2, pp. 97–111, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-021-09523-6.

Naji Sulaiman, Andrea Pieroni, Renata Soukand, Cory Whitney, Zbynek Polesny (2021). Socio-Cultural Significance of Yerba Mate among Syrian Residents and Diaspora. Economic Botany, (75), 2, pp. 97–111, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-021-09523-6.

Naji Sulaiman, Andrea Pieroni, Renata Soukand, Cory Whitney, Zbynek Polesny (2021). Socio extendash Cultural Significance of Yerba Mate among Syrian Residents and Diaspora. Economic Botany, (75), 2, pp. 97–111, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-021-09523-6.

Issoufou Liman Harou, Cory Whitney, James Kung'u, Eike Luedeling (2021). Crop modelling in data-poor environments – A knowledge-informed probabilistic approach to appreciate risks and uncertainties in flood-based farming systems. Agricultural Systems, (187), pp. 103014, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.103014.

Gonzalo Rojas, Eduardo Fernandez, Cory Whitney, Eike Luedeling, Italo F. Cuneo (2021). Adapting sweet cherry orchards to extreme weather events – Decision Analysis in support of farmers' investments in Central Chile. Agricultural Systems, (187), pp. 103031, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2020.103031.

K. Schiffers, C. Urbach, E. Fernandez, Cory Whitney, E. Fadon, E. Luedeling (2021). A New Modelling Framework for Fruit and Nut Tree Phenology. Acta Horticulturae, 1327, pp. 405–412, https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2021.1327.54.

Juliet Wanjiku Kamau, Christian Shader, Lisa Biber-Freudenberger, Till Stellmacher, David Amudavi, Jan Landert, Johan Blockeel, Cory Whitney, Christian Borgemeister (2021). A holistic sustainability assessment of organic (certified and non-certified) and non-organic smallholder farms in Kenya. Environment, Development and Sustainability, pp. 38, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01736-y.

Aye Mya Mon, Yinxian Shi, Xuefei Yang, Pyae Phyo Hein, Thaung Naing Oo, Cory Whitney, Yongping Yang (2020). The uses of fig (Ficus) by five ethnic minority communities in Southern Shan State, Myanmar. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, (16), 5, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-020-00406-z.

Yingfeng Bi, Cory Whitney, Jianwen Li, Jingchao Yang, Xuefei Yang (2020). Spring Moisture Availability Is the Major Limitation for Pine Forest Productivity in Southwest China. Forests, (11), 4, pp. 446, https://doi.org/10.3390/f11040446.

Yingfeng Bi, Cory Whitney, Zenxin Fan, Jingchao Yang, Zhikun Wu, Wei Huang, Jianwen Li, Xuefei Yang (2020). Ring-widths of Abies at tree-line ecotone reveal three centuries of early winter season temperature changes in Yunnan, China. Climate Dynamics, (55), 3-4, pp. 945–959, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05303-5.

Eduardo Fernandez, Cory Whitney, Italo F. Cuneo, Eike Luedeling (2020). Prospects of decreasing winter chill in Chile throughout the 21st century. Climatic Change, (159), 3, pp. 423–439, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02608-1.

Marius Ruett, Cory Whitney, Eike Luedeling (2020). Model-based evaluation of management options in ornamental plant nurseries. Journal of Cleaner Production, (271), pp. 122653, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122653.

Issoufou Liman Harou, Cory Whitney, James Kung'u, Eike Luedeling (2020). Mapping Flood-Based Farming Systems with Bayesian Networks. Land, (9), 10, pp. 369, https://doi.org/10.3390/land9100369.

Aysajan Abdusalam, Yu Zhang, Maliyamu Abudoushalamu, Patiguli Maitusun, Cory Whitney, Xue-fei Yang, Yao Fu (2020). Documenting the heritage along the Silk Road: An ethnobotanical study of medicinal teas used in Southern Xinjiang, China. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, pp. 113012, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2020.113012.

Hoa Do, Eike Luedeling, Cory Whitney (2020). Decision analysis of agroforestry options reveals adoption risks for resource-poor farmers. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, (40), 3, pp. 20, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-020-00624-5.

Ricardo del Barrio, Eduardo Fernandez, Andrea S. Brendel, Cory Whitney, Jose A. Campoy, Eike Luedeling (2020). Climate change impacts on agriculture's southern frontier – perspectives for farming in North Patagonia. International Journal of Climatology, (41), 1, pp. 726–742, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6649.

Daniel F. McGonigle, Giulia Rota Nodari, Robyn L. Phillips, Ermias Aynekulu, Natalia Estrada-Carmona, Sarah K. Jones, Izabella Koziell, Eike Luedeling, Roseline Remans, Keith Shepherd, David Wiberg, Cory Whitney, Wei Zhang (2020). A Knowledge Brokering Framework for Integrated Landscape Management. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, (4), pp. 13, https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00013.

Negusse Yigzaw, John Mburu, Chris Ackello-Ogutu, Cory Whitney, Eike Luedeling (2019). Stochastic impact evaluation of an irrigation development intervention in Northern Ethiopia. Science of The Total Environment, (685), pp. 1209–1220, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.133.

Denis Lanzanova, Cory Whitney, Keith Shepherd, Eike Luedeling (2019). Improving development efficiency through decision analysis: Reservoir protection in Burkina Faso. Environmental Modelling and Software, (115), pp. 164–175, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.01.016.

Shem Kuyah, Cory Whitney, Mattias Jonsson, Gudeta W. Sileshi, Ingrid Oborn, Catherine W. Muthuri, Eike Luedeling (2019). Agroforestry delivers a win-win solution for ecosystem services in sub-Saharan Africa. A meta-analysis. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, (39), 5, pp. 39–47, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-019-0589-8.

Cory Whitney, Eike Luedeling, Oilver Hensel, John R. S. Tabuti, Michael Krawinkel, Jens Gebauer, Katja Kehlenbeck (2018). The role of homegardens for food and nutrition security in Uganda. Human Ecology, (46), 4, pp. 497–514, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-018-0008-9.

Cory Whitney, Denis Lanzanova, Caroline Muchiri, Keith D. Shepherd, Todd S. Rosenstock, Michael Krawinkel, John R. S. Tabuti, Eike Luedeling (2018). Probabilistic decision tools for determining impacts of agricultural development policy on household nutrition. Earth’s Future, (6), 3, pp. 359–372, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017EF000765.

Cory Whitney, Joseph Bahati, J. Gebauer (2018). Ethnobotany and agrobiodiversity; valuation of plants in the homegardens of southwestern Uganda. Ethnobiology Letters, (9), 2, pp. 90–100, https://doi.org/10.14237/ebl.9.2.2018.503.

C Whitney, K Shepherd, E Luedeling (2018). Decision Analysis Methods Guide; Agricultural Policy for Nutrition. World Agroforestry (ICRAF), (Working Paper series), 275, pp. 40, https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.5716/WP18001.PDF.

Cory Whitney, Eike Luedeling, John R. S. Tabuti, Antonia Nyamukuru, Oliver Hensel, Jens Gebauer, Katja Kehlenbeck (2018). Crop diversity in homegardens of southwest Uganda and its importance for rural livelihoods. Agriculture and Human Values, (35), 2, pp. 399–424, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-017-9835-3.

Cory Whitney, John R.S. Tabuti, Oliver Hensel, Ching-hua Yeh, Jens Gebauer, Eike Luedeling (2017). Homegardens and the future of food and nutrition security in southwest Uganda. Agricultural Systems, (154), pp. 133–144, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.03.009.

Cory Whitney, Sin Min Vang, Giang Le Hong, Vu Van Can, Keith Barber, Tran Thi Lanh (2016). Learning with elders; human ecology and ethnobotany explorations in northern and central Vietnam. Human Organization, (75), 1, pp. 71–86, https://doi.org/10.17730/0018-7259-75.1.71.

Jens Gebauer, Cory W. Whitney, John R. S. Tabuti (2016). First record of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in Uganda. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, (63), 5, pp. 755–762, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-016-0387-y.

Cory Whitney, (Meej Vaj) Min Vang Sin, Giang Le Hong, Can Vu Van, Keith Barber, Lanh Tran Thi (2014). Conservation and ethnobotanical knowledge of a Hmong community in Long Lan, Luang Prabang, Lao People’s Democratic Republic. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, (12), pp. 643–658, https://doi.org/10.17348/era.12.0.643-658.

Cory Whitney, J. Gebauer, M. Anderson (2012). A survey of wild collection and cultivation of indigenous species in Iceland. Human Ecology, (40), 5, pp. 781–787, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-012-9517-0.