The INSA secondments continue to advance despite the additional hurdles linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Aerology Laboratory (LAERO) in Toulouse has recently welcomed two more colleagues from the University of Felix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire: Adama Bakayoko in October 2020, and Money Guillaume Ossohou in February 2021. Adama Bakayoko is a 3rd […]
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 […]
The INSA project secondments have resumed after a 6-month hiatus due to the Covid-19 epidemic. At the beginning of September, the project coordination team at the Aerology Laboratory (a joint research unit under the University Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier and the CNRS) made the decision to pick up activity, however at a much slower […]
The call for application for PASET RSIF PhD Scholarships is open. The Partnership for skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET) is an African-led initiative with the goal of strengthening skills in the Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology to further socio-economic transformation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (RSIF) is […]
INSA’s first secondment took place over the month of February. Fabrice Gangneron, an experienced researcher from Géosciences Environnement Toulouse laboratory (joint research unit under the Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier University, CNRS, IRD, and CNES) spent a month in the Sereer region, Senegal studying the nitrogen cycle in practice, its utilisation and fertilization strategies in […]