News 2016

Gina gets the SFIAR Award

For her dissertation "The use of maize-pigeon pea intercropping to enhance organic phosphorus cycling and maize yields in Malawi" she gets the SFIAR award. Click external pagehere for more information.

2016 Highly Cited Researcher

Johan has made it again to external pageHighly Cited Researcher list of Thompson Reuter in 2016. The list focuses on contemporary research achievement and includes scientists worldwide who have written the greatest number of highly cited papers - ranking among the top 1% most cited for their subject field and year of publication in the Web of Science.

Article published in "Sight and Life"

our article on „Resilience in Food Systems“ in the magazine Sight and Life just got published.

Interview with PNAS Journal

Six and colleagues were interviewed by the Journal PNAS on the “Downloadcrucial role of soil biodiversity (PDF, 1.2 MB)” for agriculture, climate change and humans in general.

Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas

After 3 years of work, the Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas is out; you can download it external pagehere.

Johan going back to his root

an interview with one of the major news magazines in Belgium about the importance of protecting soils from "Downloadburn out (PDF, 835 KB)".

Viviana demos soil management techniques at the Climate Garden Exhibition

This year, the Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center will host a public experiment to engage in dialog with the public on the implications of climate change on our gardens in Switzerland. Viviana will show the importance of soil cover for trapping vital moisture in the soil. To read more, click Downloadhere (PDF, 119 KB).

Interview with Engil

Engil gave an excellent interview about our sweet potato project in Mozambique. Check it out external pagehere

Charlotte gave interview for ETH Globe

Charlotte is featured in ETH Globe with an excellent interview about her project on sustainable basmati rice production in India. Check out p 30-31 in issue 1/2016 that can be found here.