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CaSA Network Policy Brief - for the COP25

The CaSA network published with the support of FAO a brief in French and English on the impact of land uses and soil carbon stocks in Africa, for COP25 decision makers and agriculture negotiators. This document is based on the conclusions of a book which will be published early next year.Post our Policy Brief and support our cause. We need... Read more

Thematic school : "Ecosystem services provided by soils"

Since 2014, the "Laboratoire des Radio – Isotopes" (LRI) of the University of Antananarivo, the UMR Eco&sols of the IRD and its partners organize each year a thematic school on “Ecosystem services provided by soils. Soil conservation and restoration of degraded soils».For 2019, the school will take place from 18 to 20 November in the... Read more

TropiC Farm Tool : an innovative tool to calculate carbon footprint of farms

Rakotovao Narindra, PhD student and member of CASA network, is greeted at the Laboratory of RadioIsotopes for her thesis entitled "Carbon Impact in agroecological practices in Itasy Region, Madagascar : Carbon Footprint, mapping and modeling." She is willing to share with us her innovative tool called “Tropic Farm Tool”, an easy, accessible and... Read more

Good Practice Guide

Appart from publishing the book on Soil Carbon for Sub-Saharah Africa, the network team also plans to publish a guide of good practice and methodologies to be used for the measurement of soil carbon. The guide will be a reference document for French researchers working on this topic. The editorial board, the overall drafts by chapter and the... Read more

Vacant position at INRA, Paris, France

Scientific Officer of the international research program on ‘Soils for Food Security and Climate’(2 years position, based at INRA, Paris, France)The global initiative ‘4 per mil. Soils for Food Security and Climate’ of the Lima-Paris Action Agenda(http://newsroom.unfccc.int/lpaa/agriculture/join-the-41000-initiative-soils-for-food-security-and-... Read more

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