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The knock-on effects of the INSA project are being seen, with three PhD students from Côte d'Ivoire being awarded complimentary scholarships. An aspiration of the H2020 RISE projects is that involvement will help participants when applying for other sources of funding. It is encouraging to see that students are benefitting from the positive environment provided by INSA.
Madina Doumbia and Adama Bakayoko, from University Felix Houphouet Boigny (UFHB), Côte d’Ivoire, currently on secondment at the Laboratoire d’Aérologie, Toulouse, will be heading to Montpellier from the 5-8 October to participate in the 2022 Désertif'actions meeting. The meeting will bring together NGOs, scientists, local authorities, international institutions, as well as actors from the private and public sectors to discuss land degradation through the prisms of desertification, protection of biodiversity, adaptation to climate change and its consequences in the North and in the South. The festival des Terres et des Graines, a day dedicated to sharing with the public, will be held on October 8. Madina and Adama will be joining the Les Petit.e.s Débrouillard.e.s d’Occitanie's (APDOC) Science Animation Truck, who will be presenting hands-on activities about nitrogen and its role in agriculture and the environment.
Recall that the objectives of the INSA project are to propose a synthesis of studies on nitrogen in Africa, and promote capacity building, skills strengthening and knowledge transfer between European and African experts on the topic of nitrogen in Africa. A project brief is available here together with a flyer about the project.
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New Paper Alert: “A shift from cattle to camel and goat farming can sustain milk production with lower inputs and emissions in north sub-Saharan Africa’s drylands”
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In their recent publication in Nature Food, Jaber Rahimi and co-authors find that shifting herd composition in north sub-Saharan Africa’s (NSSA) drylands can secure milk production while decreasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water usage and feed consumption. |
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INSA at the Festival of Science in Toulouse
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On Saturday 15 October, the Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees (OMP) in Toulouse, France, is opening its doors to the public for a day of workshops, demonstrations and mini-conferences that will allow people… |
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Nitrogen detectives, between air and soil, scientists recount…
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In February 2022, Alexandre Eissautier and Clem Samson, two scientific facilitators from Les Petit.e.s Débrouillard.e.s d’Occitanie (APDOC), a not-for-profit populaire science education organisation, interviewed eight women scientists about their careers.… |
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New Paper Alert: “Nitrogen budget and critical load determination at a Sahelian grazed grassland site”
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This recent publication by Claire Delon (LAERO, Toulouse) and co-authors includes new, rare, in situ measurements, and, for the first time, estimates a complete nitrogen (N) budget for a semi-arid Sahelian grazed grassland. |
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The nitrogen paradox explained to young people
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Adama Bakayoko, a PhD student at the University of Felix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB) and Physics and Chemistry teacher at Bingerville Modern College, was recently awarded a certificate of distinction from the… |
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Times are tough for visa applicants in Africa. Despite an ease of covid-related restrictions, secondees have faced on-going challenges acquiring visas and visa-appointments. None-the-less, thanks to the persistence of INSA participants the obstacles are being overcome and secondments are continuing, albeit at a slower pace than initially planned. The last 6 months has seen the debut of 7 new secondments (see below) and 8 are expected to begin in the next three months.
- The University of Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UPS) has welcomed four new secondees: Money Guillaume Ossohou, Adama Bakayoko and Madina Doumbia from UFHB, Côte d'Ivoire, and Venance Donnou from UCA, Benin.
- In May, Benjamin Nyilitya from the Ministry of Water & Irrigation (MWSI), Kenya began a 3-month secondment at Ghent University, Belgium.
- George Macharia, also from MWSI, recently arrived in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, for a 3-month secondment at the Institute of Meteorology and Climate research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (KIT - Campus Alpin).
- Adama Bakayoko, UFHB, Côte d'Ivoire, spent 1-month working with APDOC, Toulouse, developing his science communication and facilitation skills.
Click on the following links to read about some recently completed secondments. |
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Gent University Welcomes Benjamin Nyilitya
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Dr Benjamin Nyilitya, a Water Quality Specialist from the Water Research Division, Ministry of Water, Sanitation & Irrigation (MWSI), Nairobi in Kenya, recently spent 3 months (May – August 2022)… |
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Yelognisse Frédi Agbohessou returns to UPS
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Yelognisse Frédi Agbohessou, a PhD student from the Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Dakar, Senegal, returned to Toulouse in March 2022 for a second secondment as part of the… |
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UPS Welcomes Kassamba Mohamed Diaby
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Kassamba Mohamed Diaby, a PhD student at the University of Felix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB), returned to Toulouse in March 2022 to complete a second 6-month secondment at the Aerology Laboratory (LAERO,… |
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Ghent University Welcomes Samson Olanipekun
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In March 2022, Samson Olanipekun, a research scientist at the Institute of Agricultural Research & Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, Nigeria, arrived at Ghent University for a 3-month secondment as part of… |
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UPS Welcomes Kenneth K’oreje
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The University of Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier (UPS) recently welcomed Kenneth K’oreje, from the Kenyan Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation (MWSI), for a 3-month secondment as part of… |
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Dates to remember:
- Second INSA Workshop, October/November 2023, Kenya
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