I defended my 'Habilitation to Direct #Research' (the highest #academic #degree in France) yesterday. Thank you to those who attended in person or online, & to my jury: L. Alletto, L. Vang Rasmussen, M. Valeix, J. Wery, N. Andrieu, B. Gérard, & P. Tittonell. @Cirad @umontpellier

🚨📢#JustPublished in @NatureFoodJnl by @CIMMYT @ucdavis @Cirad et al. Our study - led by Joao Silva - calls for careful consideration of location & #crop type in efforts to address #soil acidity in sub-Saharan #Africa. 👉 https://t.co/oaXBVmIbJ4

🚨📢#JustPublished by @CIMMYT @Cirad & @Rothamsted Our study led by @jcairns77 demonstrates that participatory #maize breeding trials in #Zimbabwe takes the diversity of smallholders into account, & highlights differences btw #women-headed households 👉 https://t.co/2XqnTJOo4G

De retour d'une fantastique semaine au #Cameroun. Au programme: visite de terrain à Ntui, soutien aux #étudiants en stage et formation #rstats. Merci à @HermineMahot et son équipe de l' @IRADCameroun & à Amelie d'Anfray & les collègues du bureau régional du @CIRAD pour l'accueil.

🚨📢 #JustPublished by @CIMMYT @Cirad & @UFSweb. Our study led by @EleanorMagwaza demonstrates the potential of identifying practices used by positive deviants to improve the performance of #crop-#livestock systems in #Zimbabwe. 👉 https://t.co/7cApB4XdIi

Earlier this week: training on #yield gap analysis of @oneacrefundRW & @RwandaAgriBoard staff in Karongi #Rwanda. (acknowledging @jvasco323 who taught me most of what I know on the subject).

🚨📢 #JustPublished by @Cirad @UZimbabwe et al. Our study led by @IllianaKwenda reveals that the benefits of #maize-cowpea #intercropping are maintained in conditions of high #water & #nitrogen stress in semi-arid #Zimbabwe. 👉 https://t.co/DtlTEi43vO

Intense week spent in #FrenchGuiana visiting #farmers, interviewing them & collecting samples to better understand the #cassava witches' broom #disease, an emerging disease in the region, through a project led by @Cirad & funded by @Agri_Gouv.

Great 2 weeks in #Congo #Brazzaville, supporting the 'Programme d'Utilisation Durable des Terres' funded by @CAFISecretariat & @AFD_France. Among other things, we collected data to develop an allometric model to estimate #cassava yield non-destructively. @Cirad @AidaDirecteur

🚨#JustPublished "Farm resilience to climatic risk. A review" in @ASD_INRAE with @Cirad and @PPS_Wur More comprehensive assessments are needed to measure farm #resilience, especially for #smallholders. For this, we are proposing 6 guidelines #OpenAccess👉 https://t.co/1ByaUmkNfM

A pleasure to be back in #Rwanda, to quickstart new research activities on #cassava-#legume #intercropping. Including three days well spent in the field visiting @oneacrefundRW stations in Kayonza & Karongi, & @CANALLS_Project trials in Kamonyi.

Can mechanisation transform rural livelihoods? Research through an #ACIAR-funded project in 🇿🇼 reveals that equitable mechanisation translate to: 📈 income 📈 land/labour ratios 📈 market access ✅post-harvest and irrigation equipment use More: https://t.co/K9lQ6pvG3J #SDG17

🚨📷#JustPublished by @CIMMYT @UZimbabwe & @Cirad in @_Food_Policy. We applied a quantile regression framework to understand what drives #mechanization by smallholders in #Zimbabwe and how it affects different #farm types. 👉 https://t.co/VDEjZFUl6j

📢📢 HOTP: (1) What drives mechanization use among smallholders? (2) How do the effects of mechanization use vary across farm categories? We address these in a new paper in @_Food_Policy w @FBaudron & @jvasco323 https://t.co/d3Ou1WKgke

#NowReading Inadequacy of nutrients in children’s diets across seasons along an agricultural intensification gradient in Ethiopia 📝 By Tibebu Moges, @FBaudron, Hanqi Luo, @IngeBrouwer, Roseline Remans, and Jeroen C. J. Groot. 🖱️ https://t.co/wFDeNvGIgu @CGIAR @IFPRI_Africa

Aujourd'hui à #Brazzaville #Congo: formation d'élèves de Master 1 & 2 de @umngcg à @kobotoolbox, dans le cas du Programme d'Utilisation Durable des Terres financé par @CAFISecretariat & @AFD_France. @Cirad @AidaDirecteur

The GAIA conducted an in-depth investigation into the the processes and interactions in acid soil, developed a workflow and an essential policy tool integrated into the Ethiopian National Soil Information System (NSIS). @Sieg_SAS @jvasco323 @FBaudron @luckywinner1 @rahel1208

Amazing that the government of #Ethiopia will now be using analytics developed by the project to guide investments in #acidsoil remediation nationally! Proud to have led this project when it started & to now witness such an impact. Congratulations to the team!

🚨📢#Published by @CIMMYT @RwandaAgriBoard & @Cirad earlier this year, but now with a #DOI Despite the prevalence of #acidsoils in #Rwanda, lime application by smallholders on staple crops (#maize & #bean) is not profitable without #subsidies. 👉 https://t.co/hUbT5XVQ71

Do co-designed #agroecological #farming practices in the #AgroecologyInitiative hold their promise of stable agronomic performance? The #agronomy assessment under way at @BiovIntCIAT_eng with @IITA_CGIAR @Cirad @CIFOR_ICRAF in #Kenya with @CSHEPKENYA and @DNRC2023 gives answers.