Projects
Novel stable isotope techniques to unravel differences in water use efficiency of cassava cultivars. A key to intensify cassava productivity in Sub-Sahara Africa KU Leuven
Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz, Euphorbiaceae) is an important cash and food crop of resource-limited farmers in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Cassava is principally a smallholder crop and is grown as an intercrop with other main food crops. This PhD research fits within the project African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI), a 5 year Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation project funded in 5 countries in Africa (Nigeria, ...
Adapted management and maintenance and small-scale measures in streams. University of Antwerp
Influence of surface roughness on flow and mass exchange across the soil surface KU Leuven
General objective is to improve the understanding of evaporation processes from structured soils with rough surfaces. The tasks involve experimental work using weighted lysimeters to investigate evaporation from fine textured soils with different surface structure under natural meteorological conditions. In order to monitor the evaporation process, surface temperatures will be monitored using infrared cameras, unilateral NMR scans will be ...
Closing loops at farm and regional levels to mitigate GHG emissions and environmental contamination – focus on carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in agro‐ecosystems. University of Antwerp
Investigation of the potential of denitrification in shallow groundwater to mitigate nitrate concentrations in Flemish surface water bodies. KU Leuven
Despite extensive efforts, nitrate concentrations in the surface water continue to rise in some regions in Flanders, suggesting additional knowledge is necessary to reach future targets. In this context, fundamental insight in the relation between groundwater and surface water is becoming increasingly important. One relatively unknown and promising factor is denitrification in the groundwater. In this project, the potential of denitrification ...
Study soil research. KU Leuven
Development of the methodology and application on some preliminary overview maps and thematic maps.
Lacquer profiles / monoliths for soil education KU Leuven
Use of lacquer profiles and monoliths in university education in which undisturbed soil is extracted from a profile well and then consolidated with resin or polymer.
Detecting, connecting and characterising drainage ditches from airborne LiDAR data KU Leuven
Artificial drainage networks sculpt landscapes as they result from the constant efforts of farmers adjusting landscapes to the needs and constraints imposed by agriculture. As structural landscape elements, they play a role in flood control and biogeochemical cycles. Furthermore, they are ecological hotspots and enhance connectivity within the landscape. Spatially distributed process models that estimate rainfall-runoff, predict flood levels ...