Projet INSA (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Staff Exchanges
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The overall objective of the INSA (Integrated Nitrogen Studies in Africa) project is to work on different aspects of the nitrogen budget in Africa, with interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary competences, based on a network of scientists from Europe and Africa. An essential output of this project will be to create an interoperable platform on N topics to a large public including academics and stakeholders, and to increase the awareness of challenges, risks and chances for a better N management in Africa. According to the “Melbourne Declaration on Responsible Nitrogen Management for a Sustainable Future” (December 2016), “Nitrogen management should strive to simultaneously improve the efficiency of nitrogen use, increase farm productivity, enhance soil health, conserve resources and reduce losses of reactive nitrogen to the environment”. The INSA network will bring its contribution to this great subject of study, and participate to drive the development of a preliminary N assessment in Africa. Many international networks of scientists already exist between countries inside and outside Africa. However, for the first time, it is proposed to link these activities in a large and sustainable network to enhance high quality and multidisciplinary research focused on nitrogen in Africa. This network will gather scientists from Europe and Africa working on ecology, atmospheric chemistry, water quality, soil science, biogeochemistry, agriculture and livestock. The interdisciplinary competences of the groups involved in INSA will help in developing innovative aspects of research on targeted questions, to sustain a dialogue between different communities of researchers, to transfer information to the public and to reinforce educational activities. Education and information sharing with a large public will help to disseminate the message of how a sustainable use of nitrogen in our environment is the key action to mitigate harmful impacts while assuring food security.

Mots clés : nitrogen, flows and contents, africa, hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere

Participants :
- University of Giessen (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 64400.0 €
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 105800.0 €
- Ghent University (Belgique) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 78200.0 €
- Aarhus University (Danemark) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 50600.0 €
- Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (Sénégal) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé (Côte d'Ivoire) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Les petits debrouillards occitanie (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 78200.0 €
- IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 41400.0 €
- Ministry of water and sanitation (Kenya) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (Côte d'Ivoire) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Toulouse (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 823400.0 €
- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (Nigeria) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- North-West University (Afrique du Sud) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université d'Abomey-Calavi (Bénin) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- International Livestock Research Institute (Kenya) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €