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A great postdoc opportunity to work with João Vasco Silva @unihohenheim.bsky.social on predictive #agronomy. Deadline: 9 January 2026.

A great postdoc opportunity with @stuartsoil.bsky.social to use 15N isotopes, coupled with techniques in microbial ecology and biogeochemistry, to understand how wheat with biological nitrification inhibition potential impacts the N cycle.

#HappeningNow in Vientiane, Lao 🇱🇦ASSET Project Final Regional Workshop #agroecology #foodsystems @cirad.bsky.social

If I am lucky enough, I still have 30 years of science ahead of me, and I will make sure they are as much enjoyable and enriching as were the past 10 years. I can't wait for the exciting new scientific collaborations to come and for the friendships to be made.

Exactly 10 years ago 🎂, on 27/11/2015, I was defending my PhD "Carbon storage and #soil organic matter dynamics under Mediterranean and temperate #agroforestry systems". Waouh 😲. I can not believe 10 years have gone so fast... Still very grateful to my supervisors.

theses.hal.science/tel-01306955/

Attending the #TARASA25 international workshop « Transitioning Towards #Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture: A Contribution to #FoodSystems Transformation » in Vientiane, Lao PDR 🇱🇦. @cirad.bsky.social

Full agenda here:
tarasa25.org

Here we are! The 4th cropping season of our rainfall manipulation long-term experiment University of Zimbabwe @cirad.bsky.social has started 🇿🇼! Well done Armwell Shumba Emmanuel Matimba Hope Mazungunye yélognissè frédi agbohessou ! Let’s hope for a good rainy season and good 🌽 yields. #climatechange

A day in the field in Cambodia 🇰🇭, to visit a trial were we compare CH4 and N2O emissions in alternate wet drying and conventional #rice 🌾cropping systems, and another one about #conservationagriculture & #covercrops in rice systems with a special focus on pesticide reduction @jdemenois.bsky.social

I just feel honored and humbled that almost 10 years after my PhD defense, the research I contributed to seems to be of interest for the scientific community. Nothing more. We do science not to be on a list, but because we believe this is useful for the society. And it is. #sciencematters

But personally, I believe these different lists mean nothing individually, they just reflect the research environment you evolve in, the level of funding you get, the quality of colleagues and students you work with, etc.

World's Top 2% Scientists Discover the world's leading researchers in Stanford University's Top 2% Scientists list, based on citation impact and bibliometric indicators.

So, I take this opportunity to share something less prestigious 😁 ^^. A few days ago, one of my PhD student informed me I was on the 2% list for 2025, big surprise, I had never heard about this list before 🤣!
topresearcherslist.com

It's the time of the year where you see a lot of colleagues sharing they are on the 2025 Highly Cited Researcher list from Clarivate, congrats to them 👏 .

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🚨 Job alert 🚨

Come work with us as a postdoc modelling the impacts of climate change on plant-soil interactions and C sequestration!

Apply here before the 3rd of December: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Check out this video of the project you will be working in: vimeo.com/1133112953?s...

Congrats to Rumbidzai Nyawasha 👏 who succesfully defended her PhD on 11/11/2025 at the University of Zimbabwe!

Thank you 🙏 to the examiners Cecile Gomez, Tiphaine Chevallier, Hatirarami Nezomba and to the other members of the jury!

Her work here:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ca...

Shifting dominant periods in extreme climate impacts under global warming - Nature Communications This work investigates changes in regularity of crop failure, heatwave and wildfire exposure for different future climate scenarios. Major shifts in dominant periods are observed when moving from pre-...

New study looks at changes in regularity of #CropFailure, #heatwave and #wildfire exposure for different future #climate scenarios and reports major shifts in dominant periods when moving from pre-industrial to current climate conditions. @pik-potsdam.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Aboveground biomass in Australian tropical forests now a net carbon source - Nature A transition from carbon sink to source for the aboveground woody biomass of moist tropical Australian forests has occurred, driven by increasingly extreme climate anomalies.

Bad news for large natural carbon sinks: "Our findings suggest the potential for a similar response to climate change by woody aboveground biomass in moist tropical forests globally, which could culminate in a long-term switch from carbon sinks to carbon sources."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Next #job hire: Our own PhD position within #MultiStress to be funded as KAAD scholarship @unituebingen.bsky.social is out: You're East African scholar interested in #maize #root & #rhizosphere traits +their response to #biotic & #abiotic stress? Ready to perform work in #Germany & #Kenya? APPLY NOW

Ouverture des journées annuelles du PEPR FairCarboN au Croisic, France

L’unité AIDA @cirad.bsky.social était à Kigali au 6ème congrès mondial d’ #agroforesterie🌳🌽🐄 et a participé activement à l’animation de sessions, aux présentations orales et posters, tout en apportant sa contribution au comité scientifique du congrès.
Plus d'infos ⬇️
ur-aida.cirad.fr/actualites/6...

Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data Applications for European research grants increased in 2025. Scientists say they’re feeling the competition.

Yes it is....

Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Some pictures of the field tour, visiting sites of the Green Gicumbi project #WCA2025 during the World Congress on #Agroforestry in Rwanda 🇷🇼. Tree planting in tea plantations, beautiful forests of « pegs » to grow climbing beans, made of branches from Grevillea robusta and other tree species.

Official opening of the World Congress on Agroforestry #WCA2025, about 700 attendees, 78% from Africa 👍!

Oral 2, Friday 24/10, 10:00am, Kigali Tent: Unpacking Global Agroforestry Diversity and Configurations: A Data-Driven Analysis for Natural Climate Solutions. @susancookpatton.bsky.social and others

Oral 1, Tuesday 21/10, 12:30pm, Smart Room 2: Agroforestry and soil organic carbon in the Latin American and Caribbean region, a meta-analysis. @jdemenois.bsky.social and others.

Poster 2: Towards Higher Quality Carbon Sequestration Studies in Agroforestry: Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers. About this recent article:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

If you are around and interested, I will be presenting 2 posters and giving 2 oral presentations:

Poster 1: Modeling soil and biomass carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems using DayCent. @johansix.bsky.social and others. About this recent article:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The 6th World Congress on #Agroforestry 🌳 🌽 🐄 #WCA2025 will start tomorrow in Kigali, Rwanda 🇷🇼 @cifor-icraf.org. Full programme here:
agroforestry2025.org/fr/

Looking forward to meeting again colleagues and friends!

Erosion is a big issue in Rwanda 🇷🇼. We visited a trial @canallsproject.bsky.social studying the impact of Fanya juu terraces, combining trenches, mounts and fodder grasses (+Grevillea robusta here) to reduce #erosion in cassava cropping systems, #intercropping with legumes, and manure addition.

A great day in the field in Rwanda 🇷🇼 visiting the Kayonza research station and on-farm experiments, especially on cassava-maize #intercropping @canallsproject.bsky.social @oneacrefund.bsky.social @cirad.bsky.social

Mitigation efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and meet the Paris Agreement have been offset by economic growth - Communications Earth & Environment Global carbon dioxide intensity declined from 2015 to 2024 following the Paris Agreement, but total emissions still increased due to economic growth, according to a global analysis of population, gros...

Good news: carbon intensity has declined

Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP

Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17%

Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%