Unit members
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The unit employs more than 80 people (permanent and fixed-term contracts, post-doctoral fellows and PhD students on CIRAD research grants), who are attached to the management team or to one of the research teams. They are based in Montpellier and a dozen other sites. The files below present the unit's permanent members and give access to their publications.
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François Affholder
Habilitation to supervise research, researcher in agronomy, agroclimatology and modelling of cropping and production systems
Maputo
Mozambique
Assigned to the Eduardo Mondlane University, he works on the integrated assessment of the sustainability of agricultural systems, in interdisciplinary collaboration with the social sciences and ecosystem sciences.
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Patrice Autfray
Agronomy researcher specialising in soil science, cropping system design and participatory approaches
Montpellier
France
His work focuses on plant-soil interactions, participatory experimentation and the capitalisation of local knowledge through research projects and expertise.
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Sandrine Auzoux
Data science research engineer
Saint-Denis
Reunion Island
Its work focuses on capitalising on and exploiting data from agroecology studies, incorporating an open science approach that involves making data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable & Reusable).
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Sabrina Azouni
Prose team assistant
Montpellier
France
She assists and supports the team in administrative, human resources and budgetary management. She is responsible for cross-disciplinary activities within the unit (IT asset management, security correspondent, representative of the college of assistants on the Unit Council, staff representative).
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Bruno Bachelier
PhD in biology and agronomy, geneticist, cotton sector correspondent and assistant to the unit director
Montpellier
France
He works on the improvement of African cotton sectors, particularly on varietal and seed issues. He is involved in several research and training projects. He co-manages the cotton sector at CIRAD.
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Anouchka Bardot
Agricultural engineer
Montpellier
France
She works on the mechanisation of agro-ecological cropping systems.
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Frédéric Baudron
PhD, agronomy researcher
Montpellier
France
He works on root and tuber agronomy, agroecology and the impact of agriculture on biodiversity.
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David Berre
PhD, agronomy researcher
Montpellier
France
His work focuses on interdisciplinary modelling of agricultural production systems at different scales (plot, farm, territory) in order to quantify the levers and constraints of the agroecological transition in the South.
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Céline Blitz-Frayret
Montpellier
France
A member of UMR Eco&Sol, she is hosted by Aïda unit.
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Stéphane Boulakia
Researcher in agronomy of field crop systems, specialising in direct seeding over plant cover, co-leader of the TAPAGE team.
Montpellier
France
He works on the design, development and performance and impact assessment of Conservation Agriculture-based cropping and production systems.
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Thierry Brévault
Habilitation to supervise research, entomology researcher, co-leader of the PROSE team
Nairobi
Kenya
He is an entomologist specialising in crop pest management.
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Guillaume Bruelle
PhD, agronomy researcher
Harare
Zimbabwe
His work focuses on assessing the impact of agroecological innovations at farm level.
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Rémi Cardinael
HDR, chercheur en sciences du sol et en agronomie
Harare
Zimbabwe
l travaille sur la dynamique du carbone des sols, les émissions de gaz à effet de serre et les modifications de l'albédo de surface dues aux pratiques agricoles dans le contexte du changement climatique.
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André Chabanne
Agronomy researcher
Montpellier
France
He works on the design of innovative cropping systems based on the use of service plants and direct seeding.
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Nathalie Choty
Information Systems Research Support Manager
Montpellier
France
She works on data structuring, management and enhancement. As manager of the Aïda Dataverse, she trains and assists employees with their repositories. She oversees the identification and sharing of scientific field equipment.
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Mathias Christina
PhD, researcher in ecophysiology and crop modelling
Montpellier
France
He works on understanding the processes governing interactions between crops, service plants and weeds in multi-species cover crops.
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Marc Corbeels
Habilitation to supervise research, agronomy researcher, co-leader of the ESTIME team
Nairobi
Kenya
He works on agro-ecological intensification of cropping systems and their adaptation to climate change.
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Antoine Couëdel
PhD, researcher in mathematical modelling of complex systems
Montpellier
France
He works on evaluating the performance of agro-ecological cropping systems.
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Amélie D'Anfray
Agronomy engineer
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
She works on the coordination of major projects.
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Lucile Delatouche
PhD, researcher in the design of cropping systems for the agroecological management of pests and diseases
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Her work involves redesigning cropping systems to manage pests and reduce the use of pesticides.
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Julien Demenois
Engineer, researcher in functional ecology, co-leader of the ESTIME team
Montpellier
France
He works on carbon sequestration in agricultural and forest soils.
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Dany Deurveilher
Assistant de recherche senior
Saint-Pierre
La Réunion
Il travaille sur l’extraction d’information en télédétection satellitaire, plus précisément, sur la construction et l’application des modèles de prévision des rendements des cultures.
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Katheryn Isabelle Diblar
Administrative assistant
Saint-Denis
Reunion Island
In Reunion Island, she supports the teams at La Bretagne and La Ligne Paradis in the administrative management of their activities.
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Julie Dusserre
Habilitation to supervise research, ecophysiology researcher, co-leader of the PROSE team
Montpellier
France
She currently works on 1) the development of tools for diagnosing and assessing the functioning of cropping systems, 2) varietal evaluation and research into adaptation traits, and 3) crop associations as a means of agroecological intensification of sorghum-based cropping systems.
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Leticia Dzido
ESTIME Team Assistant
Montpellier
France
Assisting the team with administrative management (assignments, orders, budget monitoring). Specialising in "Hosting" - acting as the unit's point of reference for the specific administrative procedures involved in hosting partners, PhD students, trainees and fixed-term contracts.
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Gatien Falconnier
PhD, agronomy researcher
Harare
Zimbabwe
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Gérard Gawrysiak
Textile engineer
Montpellier
France
He works on fibre quality and spinning for varietal improvement, settings and maintenance of laboratory equipment. Expert in preserving fibre quality in industrial cotton ginning plants.
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Edward Gérardeaux
Habilitation to supervise research, agronomy and ecophysiology researcher, deputy director of the unit
Montpellier
France
He works on the analysis and modelling of genotype x tropical annual cropping system interactions for adaptation to climate change.
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Michel Giner
Computer engineer
Montpellier
France
He is mainly involved in work on plant growth modelling and the management and assessment of related data, as well as a project to assess economic value chains.
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François-Régis Goebel
Habilitation to supervise research, entomology and crop protection researcher
Montpellier
France
He works on agro-ecological crop protection and understanding the factors that regulate pests in agrosystems.
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Jean-Paul Gourlot
Habilitation to supervise research, cotton technology researcher
Montpellier
France
He works on cotton quality measurement.
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Eric Gozé
PhD in mathematical hydrology, biometric researcher
Montpellier
France
He works on the application of statistics to the planned collection and modelling of data, the statistical exploration of complex models and meta-modelling.
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Benjamin Heuclin
Statistical engineer
Montpellier
France
He works on the design and analysis of sampling and experimentation plans. He also works on the analysis of data acquired by remote sensing and on the sensitivity analysis and predictive quality of crop models.
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Willy Hoarau
Polyvalent worker
Saint-Denis
Reunion Island
He sets up and monitors various trials (canes, weeds, etc.).
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Olivier Husson
Habilitation to supervise research, agronomy researcher
Montpellier
France
He works on understanding the processes governing soil/plant/micro-organism/animal systems and the engineering ((e)co-design) of cropping systems in regenerative agriculture for a 'single health' approach based on the dynamic and spatialised maintenance of pH-redox potential balances.
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Janine Jean
Research assistant
Montpellier
France
She works on the management of crop pests using different techniques to reduce the use of pesticides.
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Patrice Kouakou
PhD, researcher in agronomy for agro-ecological transition in savannah zones
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
He works on the co-design of annual cereal/legume/cotton cropping systems in Sudanian and Sudano-Sahelian zones.
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Juliette Lairez
PhD, agronomy researcher specialising in integrated, multi-criteria evaluation of cropping systems
Montpellier
France
Her work focuses on the change of scale, from the plot to the farm, to assess the performance of cropping systems (on-farm systems, farm modelling and indicators).
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Marie-Elyse Lapeyre
Physical materials analysis technician
Montpellier
France
She works on measuring cotton quality.
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Jean-Baptiste Laurent
Information Technology Project Manager
Montpellier
France
He implements web platforms for decision support and mobile applications for entering field data. He is an expert in spatial component databases.
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Lionel Le Mezo
Agronomy engineer
Saint-Pierre
Reunion Island
He works on agronomy and geomatics for decision support in agriculture.
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Quentin Legros
Entomology researcher
Montpellier
France
He works on modelling the effect of management strategies on the population dynamics of cotton pests.
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Louise Leroux
Geographic researcher, specialist in remote sensing for monitoring tropical agriculture
Nairobi
Kenya
Her work focuses on the remote sensing assessment and characterisation of the agronomic and environmental performance of tropical cropping systems at different spatial and temporal scales.
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Philippe Letourmy
Biostatistician researcher
Montpellier
france
He works on data collection methods and statistical analysis, including meta-analysis, in particular linear mixed models.
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Pascal Lienhard
Agronomist and researcher, specialising in the design and evaluation of agro-ecological cropping systems
Phu Tho
Vietnam
His work focuses on assessing the performance and impact of agro-ecological systems, and on studying the levers for scaling up the most promising systems.
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Romain Loison
PhD, agronomy researcher
Cotonou
Benin
He works on the adaptation of cotton-based cropping systems in sub-Saharan Africa to climate change.
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Ana Lopez Llandres
PhD, entomology researcher
Cotonou
Benin
She works on the phytosanitary protection of crops. Research activities focus on tri-trophic interactions between plants, phytophagous insects and natural enemies, with a view to developing alternatives to the use of pesticides and agro-ecological management strategies for crop pests.
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José Martin
Agricultural engineer, R&D researcher in agro-malherbology and phytotechnics for cotton, groundnuts and sugar cane
Montpellier
France
He reports on his experience and participates remotely in the first herbicide residue hunt in the cotton-growing area of Cameroon.
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Pierre Martin
PhD in computer science
Montpellier
France
Development of knowledge based system applied to agroecological crop protection and pesticidal plants.
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Cyrille Ahmed Mindigoyi
PhD in agronomy, master's degree in computer science
Montpellier
France
He is in charge of CIRAD's Interdisciplinary Soil-Crop-Tree Modeling Laboratory (LIMA). He organizes, facilitates and supports the design, construction, operational implementation and technical and scientific performance evaluation of soil-crop-tree models at CIRAD.
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Krishna Naudin
Habilitation to supervise research, agronomy researcher, unit manager
Montpellier
France
He works on the agroecological intensification of annual crops.
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Louis Emmanuel Paulin
Research assistant in geo-localized field data acquisition
Saint-Denis
Reunion Island
He is involved in "Functional Biodiversity", "Carbon Stock Measurement" and "Water Quality Measurement" (meteorological data, water quality, land use change, carbon stock, insect collections, and surveys of farming practices), in the management and implementation of environmental monitoring systems (sampling, management and maintenance of field equipment) and in providing field support to researchers and students working with farmers.
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Anne Perinelle
PhD, systems agronomy researcher
Antsirabe
Madagascar
She works on the co-design of rice cropping systems in flooded environments.
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Raphaël Pilloni
Ecophysiology researcher, specialist in multi-species agrosystems
Montpellier
France
He works on the optimisation of multi-species cane cropping systems (crops/service plants/weeds).
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Christophe Poser
PhD in geography, researcher in agronomy, economist, engineer specializing in tropical crop production and correspondent for the sugarcane industry.
Montpellier
France
He performs functions related to research and experimentation, leadership, project development and management, team leadership, studies and expert appraisals.
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Louis-Marie Raboin
PhD in genetics and plant breeding, researcher
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
He works on the diversification of sorghum-based cropping systems in the Sudano-Sahelian zone.
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Lalaina Ranaivoson
PhD, researcher in agronomic sciences
Cotonou
Bénin
She works on the design of legume-based cropping systems.
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Alain Ratnadass
Habilitation to supervise research, researcher in tropical agricultural entomology specializing in agroecological crop protection
Saint-Pierre
Reunion Island
He studies cultural levers or biocontrol solutions that promote the electrochemical homeostasis of cultivated plants against pests and diseases.
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Aude Ripoche
PhD, researcher in agronomy and crop system modeling for performance evaluation (agronomic, environmental, economic)
Saint-Denis
La Réunion
She works on the interactions between weeds and crops in different types of systems to better understand the effects of weeds on cropping systems and vice versa.
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Marion Schwartz
Weed science research engineer
Saint-Denis
La Réunion
She studies the biology of tropical weeds.
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Eric Scopel
PhD, researcher in agroecology
Brésil
He works on the co-design of sustainable and productive annual cropping systems based on agroecology principles.
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Mathilde Sester
PhD in agronomy, researcher specializing in agroecological crop protection, co-leader of the TAPAGE team
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
She works on pests and diseases in agroecological rice-growing systems in Cambodia.
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Pierre Silvie
PhD, entomology researcher
Montpellier
France
An IRD researcher seconded to CIRAD, he works on biocontrol of bioaggressors.
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Coralie Siméon
Executive Assistant
Montpellier
France
She supports the management team in administrative and financial management, coordinates the unit's team of assistants, monitors recruitment and mobility, organizes events and participates in cross-functional projects.
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Pablo Tittonell
Habilitation to supervise research, PhD in Production Ecology and Resource Conservation
Montpellier
France
He works in agroecology and sustainable development, with a focus on biodiversity-society interactions (author of the IPBES report).
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Nathalie Troalen
Administrative assistant
Montpellier
France
She provides administrative support for the Tapage team: purchasing and supplies, organising travel, monitoring the budget, welcoming doctoral students, interns and partners, and helping to set up projects.
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Pierre-André Waite
Agricultural researcher in tropical agroforestry systems
Montpellier
France
He is responsible for developing experimental approaches aimed at understanding the processes involved in tree/crop associations and how they evolve as a function of cultivation practices and climate.
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Pierrot Lionel Yemadje
Agronomist, specialist in the participatory design of agroecological cropping systems
Cotonou
Benin
He works on designing prototypes of cotton-based cropping systems (cotton, maize, soya, cover crops) and testing these prototypes with farmers in order to obtain information on their performance under farming conditions.
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