The “Aux sciences Citoyen.ne.s” festival, organized by Les Petits Débrouillards d’Occitanie each September, this year focused on sol qui peut!, which directly translates as soil that can! Dr Claire Delon, CNRS research scientist and INSA project coordinator, presented the INSA project to the broader community at an evening dedicated to small discussion groups between invited […]
In June, the INSA coordination team, Claire Delon, Corinne Galy-Lacaux et Dominique Serça, visited Côte d’Ivoire to promote collaborations between the INSA project and local organisations, as well as squeeze in some fieldwork. The first week of their visit was dedicated to launching a collaboration with the African Centre of Excellence for Climate Change, Biodiversity […]
BBC has recently published a Future Planet article on greenhouse gas emissions from rivers. This insightful article uses work from INSA team member Pascal Boeckx’s group (Ghent University) on greenhouse gas emissions from the Cuenca river in Ecuador. In a recent study they found that deterioration in water quality can increase greenhouse gas emissions by […]
The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) recently published an insightful article on the challenges and solutions facing the use of fertilizers today. The transformation of nitrogen in the atmosphere to ammonia, a key ingredient in fertilizer, has been revolutionizing agricultural productivity since the beginning of the 20th century and gone a long way in combatting […]
The West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF) and the University Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier (UT3) have signed a memorandum of understanding paving the way for improved management and efficient use of nitrogen in Africa. Through the project INSA – Integrated Nitrogen Studies in Africa, both institutions would seek to […]