"The complex interactions in space and time in the face of climate variability and change that characterise contemporary farming systems research create a situation in which farming systems models are vital tools in interpreting and generalising research result"

How effective are policies in reducing the environmental impacts of agriculture? ourworldindata.org/effective-poli…

An El Niño-linked drought has impacted Southern Africa through the end of 2023 & first four months of 2024. Several parts of the region have received half or less of their typical rainfall, parching crops during a critical growth period. GEOGLAM Crop Monitor 🔗earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152711/…

#PhD alert. You have a MSc in e.g., #agronomy, #soil #science, etc & want to further your #education? #cassava seems like a fun crop to you & #Rwanda🇷🇼 is your dream for #field work? Apply for this great opportunity & join Corbeels Marc & I at Cirad! 👉ur-aida.cirad.fr/en/actualites/…

La prochaine #pandémie  ? Les animaux la vivent déjà. La #GrippeAviaire décime de nombreuses espèces Cirad Grease @PREZODE_Intl BCOMING theconversation.com/la-prochaine-p…

#crop modeller vs systems #agronomist

Frédéric Baudron crop model + agronomy 🤔

Was a great week at #ESA2024 congress at Rennes where i could present the first results from my #PhD! Nice to meet some people in real life for 1st time & catch up with old colleagues. Great discussions with scientists from all around the🌍FARE lab @AidaDirecteur RAIZ

We are looking for a PhD candidate to explore maize and sorghum comparative performances across sub-Saharan Africa, with the use of crop models: cirad.fr/content/downlo…

⭐️Vous êtes à la recherche d'un stage en #geomatique #télédétection #statistiques?⭐️ Cirad @AidaDirecteur propose un stage sur l'évaluation spatialisée de la précision des produits globaux d'occupation du sol en #Afrique SubSaharienne ➡️shorturl.at/OLrIe

🚨📷#JustPublished by CIMMYT Cirad ICRISAT Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT & ILRI.org. We applied an innovative method combining statistical typologies & stochastic frontier analysis to mixed #crop-#livestock systems in #Zimbabwe to target interventions. #OpenAccess 👉shorturl.at/pTmIx

Three PhD positions opened with Wageningen U&R and the Food Security Intelligence program Data science focus on healthy diets, sustainable smallholder farming in Africa and justice and governance for food security shorturl.at/qQdxV shorturl.at/LWUAK shorturl.at/22x1B

It's official! Souleymane DIOP successfully defended his PhD thesis. His knowledge, self-assurance, & fortitude were demonstrated throughout his PhD defense. We at RP-PCP consider it an honor to have supported his academic endeavors. Best wishes & congratulations, Souleymane DIOP.

🚨📷#JustPublished by CIMMYT UofZimbabwe & 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. 👉shorturl.at/OCfne

The GEOGLAM Crop Monitor February reports are out now! The Crop Monitor reports shows crop conditions around the world in both major exporting and food insecure countries. You can read the reports here👉cropmonitor.org

Another RAIZ supported new publication: Nyawasha, R.W. et al. 2025. Drivers of soil organic carbon stocks at village scale in a sub-humid region of Zimbabwe. Catena 252, 108843. doi.org/10.1016/j.cate…

Our paper examining how shocks affect the type of technologies adopted in agriculture is recently published in Food Policy . We find interesting results and provide policy-relevant heterogeneity analysis. Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.food…

🚨📢 #JustPublished by Cirad UofZimbabwe et al. Our study led by Illiana Kwenda reveals that the benefits of #maize-cowpea #intercropping are maintained in conditions of high #water & #nitrogen stress in semi-arid #Zimbabwe. 👉shorturl.at/WVdtJ

Great work by PPS colleagues: Intensifying legumes with phosphorus fertiliser and inoculants in smallholder fields increases yields and reduces weed pressure, enabling greater resilience to weeding delays and more flexible farm management shorturl.at/SnHYu