Valentin Pret

PhD candidate in Agronomy - Cirad - Wageningen University -
@RAIZ_project

[Valentin Pret @valentin_pret]

🚨#JustPublished "Farm resilience to climatic risk. A review" in @ASD_INRAE with @Cirad and @PPS_Wur

More comprehensive assessments are needed to measure farm #resilience, especially for #smallholders. For this, we are proposing 6 guidelines

#OpenAccess👉https://t.co/1ByaUmkNfM

[AgronomySustainDev @ASD_INRAE]

Pret, V., Falconnier, G.N., Affholder, F. et al. Farm resilience to climatic risk. A review. Agron. Sustain. Dev. 45, 10 (2025).
https://t.co/djDpVPtbsC

[Valentin Pret @valentin_pret]

Great work by PPS colleagues: Intensifying legumes with phosphorus fertiliser and inoculants in smallholder fields increases yields and reduces weed pressure, enabling greater resilience to weeding delays and more flexible farm management

https://t.co/FBl0bI6sdb

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

🚨📢 #JustPublished by @Cirad @UZimbabwe et al.

Our study led by @IllianaKwenda reveals that the benefits of #maize-cowpea #intercropping are maintained in conditions of high #water & #nitrogen stress in semi-arid #Zimbabwe.

👉https://t.co/DtlTEi43vO

[Kelvin Mulungu @kmulungu]

Our paper examining how shocks affect the type of technologies adopted in agriculture is recently published in @_Food_Policy . We find interesting results and provide policy-relevant heterogeneity analysis. Read more here:
https://t.co/4OzW63XRbF

[RAIZ @RAIZ_project]

Another @RAIZ_project supported new publication: Nyawasha, R.W. et al. 2025. Drivers of soil organic carbon stocks at village scale in a sub-humid region of Zimbabwe. Catena 252, 108843. https://t.co/H0dikOtUhQ

[Harvest @HarvestProgram]

The @GEOCropMonitor February reports are out now!

The Crop Monitor reports shows crop conditions around the world in both major exporting and food insecure countries. You can read the reports here👉https://t.co/x7vxxsXZ7o

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

🚨📷#JustPublished by @CIMMYT @UZimbabwe & @Cirad in @_Food_Policy.

We applied a quantile regression framework to understand what drives #mechanization by smallholders in #Zimbabwe and how it affects different #farm types.

👉https://t.co/VDEjZFUl6j

[RP-PCP @rp_pcp]

It's official! @Enamyeluos94 successfully defended his PhD thesis. His knowledge, self-assurance, & fortitude were demonstrated throughout his PhD defense. We at @rp_pcp consider it an honor to have supported his academic endeavors. Best wishes & congratulations, Souleymane DIOP.

[Valentin Pret @valentin_pret]

Three PhD positions opened with @WUR and the Food Security Intelligence program
Data science focus on healthy diets, sustainable smallholder farming in Africa and justice and governance for food security

https://t.co/QiV3W86zXY

https://t.co/IPwdVaGP4m

https://t.co/9gz8vbZJQ8

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

🚨📷#JustPublished by @CIMMYT @Cirad @ICRISAT @BiovIntCIAT_eng & @ILRI.

We applied an innovative method combining statistical typologies & stochastic frontier analysis to mixed #crop-#livestock systems in #Zimbabwe to target interventions.

#OpenAccess 👉https://t.co/PT2hnPEeof

[Leroux Louise @LerouxLouise4]

⭐️Vous êtes à la recherche d'un stage en #geomatique #télédétection #statistiques?⭐️ @Cirad @AidaDirecteur propose un stage sur l'évaluation spatialisée de la précision des produits globaux d'occupation du sol en #Afrique SubSaharienne ➡️https://t.co/PDRxobyhs0

[Gatien Falconnier @gatien_falc]

We are looking for a PhD candidate to explore maize and sorghum comparative performances across sub-Saharan Africa, with the use of crop models:

https://t.co/yFXbCwbP3C

[Abderrahim BOUHENACHE @BouhenacheA]

Was a great week at #ESA2024 congress at Rennes where i could present the first results from my #PhD! Nice to meet some people in real life for 1st time & catch up with old colleagues. Great discussions with scientists from all around the🌍@FARE_Reims @AidaDirecteur @RAIZ_project

[Valentin Pret @valentin_pret]

@FBaudron crop model + agronomy 🤔

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

#crop modeller vs systems #agronomist

[Valentin Pret @valentin_pret]

@FBaudron crop model + agronomy 🤔

[Francois Roger @Francois_Roger]

La prochaine #pandémie  ? Les animaux la vivent déjà. La #GrippeAviaire décime de nombreuses espèces @Cirad @Grease_Network @PREZODE_Intl @BcomingEU https://t.co/4RiQkz5Jcj

[Frédéric Baudron @FBaudron]

#PhD alert. You have a MSc in e.g., #agronomy, #soil #science, etc & want to further your #education?

#cassava seems like a fun crop to you & #Rwanda🇷🇼 is your dream for #field work?

Apply for this great opportunity & join @CorbeelsM & I at @Cirad!

👉https://t.co/RujjkrRvxP

[Harvest @HarvestProgram]

An El Niño-linked drought has impacted Southern Africa through the end of 2023 & first four months of 2024. Several parts of the region have received half or less of their typical rainfall, parching crops during a critical growth period. @GEOCropMonitor
🔗https://t.co/H9TJ3gaQh6

[Valentin Pret @valentin_pret]

How effective are policies in reducing the environmental impacts of agriculture?

https://t.co/GZAYlUe81L