Philippe Tixier (Cirad)

Researcher in tropical agronomy and ecology @CIRAD

[Philippe Tixier (Cirad) @PhTixier]

Deforestation to grow maize is massive in Xieng Kouang #Laos. In PRCC-coffee north project funded by @AFD_France, @Cirad and partners develop #Agroforestry systems with #coffee #banana and shade #trees to protect #forest & #soil and to provide #ecosystems_services.

[Philippe Tixier (Cirad) @PhTixier]

Nice paper on how local heterogeneity of ecosystems affects ecological functions. This is inspiring for designing agricultural systems.

[Philippe Tixier (Cirad) @PhTixier]

The first harvest is the best! Tea trees cultivated in #Agroforestry in Xieng Kouang in #Laos start to produce again. Leaves harvested in dry season are the most precious ones. In @ASSETProjectSEA, we decypher how shade trees support ecosystem services @Cirad @dp_Asea @Inter_dPs

[ASSET Project @ASSETProjectSEA]

ASSET Flagship Meeting in Xiengkhouang, #Laos 🇱🇦 on Jan 18-19, 2024. Our partners reviewed insights from the past year & planned 2024 activities. The event combined extensive discussions & a field visit showcasing innovative #agroecology practices like coffee/tea intercropping.

[Philippe Tixier (Cirad) @PhTixier]

We have a permanent position in soil ecology open in my team based in Martinique. If you want to participate to the agroecological transition of tropical agriculture at CIRAD, in a young multidisciplinary team, you are very much welcome to postulate here https://t.co/cv0NLXJokT

[Francois Roger @Francois_Roger]

Protection de l’environnement : « Le concept d’espèce utile ou nuisible est scientifiquement dépassé » – via @lemondefr https://t.co/2g3ny3CNmA

[ASSET Project @ASSETProjectSEA]

In #Xiengkhouang 🇱🇦, 400+ farmers were trained in #agroecology 🌾practices. Mrs. Sodsouda adopted Integrated #PestManagement (IPM) right after the training.

🔗Read her story: https://t.co/FBjv94tP90

[Philippe Tixier (Cirad) @PhTixier]

Découvrez les superbes vidéos du projet #Ecophyto #Banamosaic sur la gestion territoriale des bioagresseurs des bananiers en #Martinique, associant le #Cirad #Banamart #bananefrancaise #InstitutTechniqueTropical IT2 et Presta'SCIC https://t.co/vPVekzIKX7

[Francois Roger @Francois_Roger]

With @PhTixier and Hoa Tran Quoc form @Cirad @Inter_dPs

[Francois Roger @Francois_Roger]

.#Agroecology and Safe Food System Transitions: PhD days @ASSETProjectSEA @Inter_dPs @Cirad

[Philippe Tixier (Cirad) @PhTixier]

Does #agroecology makes farmers happy? A good question to address in the #dp_asea. We can believe it does, when looking at the luxuriant #banana #coffee papaya & pigeon pea associations tested by @Cirad and PAFO teams in #Laos inside the #ASSETproject in Xing Kuang province

[Philippe Tixier (Cirad) @PhTixier]

@AudeRipoche @Inter_dPs Yes, weeds are part of the system, higher strata should help keeping them at their right place, hope so 😅

[Philippe Tixier (Cirad) @PhTixier]

With the support of #ASSETProject and #dp_asea @inTeR_dPs, the Ban Poa research station of PAFO in #Laos is demonstrating the potential of agroforestry systems. After banana, tea trees, fruit trees and much more will be planted this year.

[Philippe Tixier (Cirad) @PhTixier]

Interesting visit of intercropping experiment trials carried out by Lao teams inside #Aciar #TR4 project. Does a mix of banana, maizes, beans will help regulating foc TR4? Nice perspectives of collaborations of #Cirad with Australian, Lao, Filipino, Malaysian, Indonesian research

[Pierre_Ferrand @PierreFerrand6]

#InternationalTeaDay2023 in Lao PDR! Produced by smallholder family farmers, traditionally wild crafted & cultivated in forest or through agroforestry, building upon thousands of years of ethnic traditions & indigenous knowledge, Lao tea is truly unique!

[Dr James Borrell @James_Borrell]

*** New species of Ensete ***

Considered endangered, and found at a handful of sites in Nepal. Known as Ban kera (वन केरा) or Bhuin kera (भुइँ केरा) in Nepali language.

https://t.co/TgMB9O9Ifv

[Philippe Tixier (Cirad) @PhTixier]

Promising future collaboration of @Cirad with the Plant Protection group of the Faculty of Agriculture of Nabong from National University of #Laos (NUoL). The team of Dr Phouthasone Sibounnavong would be a great partner for #dp_asea @inTeR_dPs in #agroecology and Crop Protection!

[Philippe Tixier (Cirad) @PhTixier]

Excellent visit by EU representatives of the diversified cropping systems designed in the #ASSETProject in #Laos in the province of Xieng Khouang. A fine example of #agroecology carried out in #dp_asea @inTeR_dPs by @Cirad with Pafo, Dafo, Dalam.

[Mathilde Sester @MathildeSester]

#dp_asea scientific days, with Jean-Paul Laclau, head of persyst department @Cirad, continue by a great field visit at Bos Khnor experimental station #cardec Cambodian #Conservation_Agriculture Research for Development Center. @Inter_dPs @AidaDirecteur

[Philippe Tixier (Cirad) @PhTixier]

Great paper on the effects of organic agriculture on natural ennemies at the landscape scale.