Dr Suzanne Jacobs, research associate at the Centre for International Development and Environmental Research at the Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) in Germany, recently spent a month on secondment at the Mazingira Research Center in Nairobi, Kenya. Mazingira is an environmental research and educational facility established by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Research at […]
After a first 10-day exploratory secondment in February 2022, Dr Fabrice Gangneron (GET) and Dr Mehdi Saqalli (GEODE) returned to Côte d’Ivoire in November to continue their research. This second secondment, lasting 3 weeks, was an opportunity to complete a second field mission, in the commune of Bodokro to the east of Bouaké. They had […]
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) at Ghent University, Belgium, as part of the INSA project. Benjamin was hosted by the Isotope Bioscience Laboratory (ISOFYS) in the Department of Green Chemistry, […]
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 H2020 MSCA-RISE INSA project. Frédi’s research looks to improve estimates of the carbon and nitrogen budget for Sahelian landscapes in Africa and greenhouse gas (GHG) […]
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, University Paul Sabatier) as part of the H2020 MSCA-RISE INSA project. Based in the Science of Matter, Environment and Solar Energy Laboratory (LASMES, UFHB), Mohamed […]
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 the H2020 MSCA-RISE INSA project. Samson is a crop agronomist with focus on crop yield improvement through the use of good agronomic practices such as […]
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 the H2020 MSCA-RISE INSA project. Kenneth is an experienced environmental and water resources management expert, with a focus on water quality management and pollution control, […]
After 6-months of fruitful collaboration, Arsène Ochou, a PhD postgraduate student from the Felix Houphouët-Boigny University (FHBU), Côte d’Ivoire, will soon be returning home. Arsène has been visiting Dr Corrine Galy-Lacaux at the Laboratory of Aerology (LAERO), CNRS/University of Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier (UPS), as part of the H2020 MSCA-RISE INSA project. Based in […]
Winnie Ntinyari, a Research fellow at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and PhD graduate student at Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya, recently began a 6-month secondment at Aarhus University, Denmark, as part of the H2020 MSCA-RISE INSA project. During her secondment, Winnie will be working on modelling nitrogen flows for smallholder farms in Kenya. […]