Events

Second INSA workshop in Kenya

The second INSA workshop, held in Nairobi and Wundanyi, Kenya, in November 2023, focused on hydrological and gaseous fluxes of nitrogen in different systems in Africa. It brought together more than 35 people, including representatives of the INSA consortium, researchers, lecturers and students from Kenyan and other African and European universities, as well as stakeholders […]

Secondments

JLU Giessen welcomes Ali Zura Said and Mitchell Oketch

Earlier this year, Ali Zura Said and Mitchell Oketch from the Kenyan Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation (MWSI) spent two months on secondment in the Department of Landscape Ecology and Resources Management at Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) in Germany. Zura and Mitchell were hosted by Dr Suzanne Jacobs, but also worked with Prof. […]

Secondments

Geography, social science, statistics…  and nitrogen!

The Observatory Midi-Pyrenees laboratory Géosciences Environment Toulouse (GET), was a hive of INSA activity in June, hosting two researchers from Côte d’Ivoire and two researchers from Nigeria. Fabrice Gangneron (GET, Univ Paul Sabatier) and Mehdi Saqalli (GEODE, Univ Jean Jaures) welcomed Akoua Adayé and Kouadio Eugène Konan, geographers from the University Felix Houphouët Boigny (UFHB), […]

Events

APDOC take their school program to Kenya!

After a first trip to the Ivory Coast in 2022, the organisation Les Petit.e.s Débrouillard.e.s d’Occitanie (APDOC) returned to the African continent in September 2023. However, this time, Étienne and Zoé, their two facilitators, flew to Kenya where they stayed for 2 months!   This trip was part of the INSA (Integrated Nitrogen Studies in […]

Events

Science Café in Nairobi

In October 2023, the INSA coordination team together with colleagues from the Kenyan Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation participated in a Science Café about nitrogen at Alliance Française. The Science Café offered an oppportunity to raise the general public’s awareness about the nitrogen cycle and the important role nitrogen plays in our lives, as […]

Secondments

UPS welcomes Rose Ndango

The Aerology Laboratory (LAERO), University of Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier (UPS-UT3), recently welcomed Ms Rose Ndango, a laboratory manager at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (I.I.T.A.), Yaounde, Cameroon, and recently appointed I.I.T.A. representative for the INSA project. Rose spent one month working with Maria Dias Alves and Eric Gardrat in the Aerology Chemistry […]

Secondments

UPS welcomes Adou Niamien

The Aerology Laboratory (LAERO), University of Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier (UPS-UT3), recently welcomed Mr Adou Niamien, a PhD student from the University of Jean Lorougnon Guédé de Daloa (UJLoG), Côte d’Ivoire. Adou is also a member of the Laboratory of Environmental Sciences and Technology (LSTE) of Daloa and the Laboratory of Material Sciences, Environment […]

Secondments

Mamadou CISS returns to GET

Last November, the Geosciences Environment Toulouse (GET) laboratory welcomed back Dr Mamadou Ciss for a 1-month secondment as part of the INSA project. Mamadou Ciss is a research fellow in mathematical and statistical modelling at the Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA) in Dakar, Senegal, specializing in spatially explicit mathematical models for ecological systems. While […]

Secondments

Science Facilitation Upskilling for Researchers

An important component of the INSA program is communication and dissemination. To help meet these objectives, the INSA project includes amongst its collaborators the Les Petit.e.s Débrouillard.e.s d’Occitanie (APDOC), a French non-for-profit science popularisation organisation focused on facilitating the public to learn about science using hands on activities. In addition to organising workshops with school […]