The project team
Meet the project team
Wageningen University & Research
Wageningen University & Research is a collaboration between Wageningen University and Wageningen Research with three core areas of research carried out internationally: 1) food, feed & biobased production, 2) natural resources & living environment and 3) society & well-being.
Contact
Frank van Weert
Project manager at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation
LSC Hubs project role: Project manager, Advisor institutional embedding of hub in AKIS in Rwanda
Pascal Debons
Project manager at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation
LSC Hubs project role: Project manager
Herman Snel
Rural Innovation and Livelihoods Advisor at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation
LSC Hubs project role: Advisor institutional embedding of hub in AKIS in Ethiopia
Esther Koopmanschap
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Advisor at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation
LSC Hubs project role: Strategic advisor for Communications and PMEAL
Eunice Likoko
Policy advisor Gender and Nutrition at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation
LSC Hubs project role: Advisor institutional embedding of hub in AKIS in Kenya
Flo Dirks
Agro-economic Advisor at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation
LSC Hubs project role: Advisor financial sustainability hubs
Hermine ten Hove
Advisor Seed Sector and digitalization in agriculture
LSC Hubs project role: Responsible for PMEAL
Arnab Gupta
Advisor Seed Sector and digitalization in agriculture
LSC Hubs project role: Strategic advisor on digitalization in AKIS
Aad Kessler
Researcher sustainable land management at Wageningen Environmental Research
LSC Hubs project role: Work Package 5 researcher
Hanneke Heesmans
Scientific researcher at Wageningen Environmental Research
LSC Hubs project role: Work package 5 leader
Carlos Brazao Vieira Alho
Researcher in Sustainable Land Use at Wageningen Environmental Research
LSC Hubs project role: WP5 focal point Ethiopia
Mark van der Poel
Sustainable Farming Systems Researcher at Wageningen Environmental Research
LSC Hubs project role: WP5 focal point Kenya
ISRIC - World Soil Information
ISRIC - World Soil Information is an independent foundation and a custodian of global soil information which they produce, gather, compile and serve together with our partners at global, national and regional levels.
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André Kooiman
Senior sustainable land management expert at ISRIC
LSC Hubs project role: Scientific coordinator
Zhanguo Bai
Senior soil and land degradation assessment expert at ISRIC
LSC Hubs role: Input in soil and water conservation use case
Luis Calisto
Database development expert at ISRIC
LSC Hubs role: Support for spatial data infrastructure, in task 3.4 and Task 3.5.
Betony Colman
Junior GIS Technician at ISRIC
LSC Hubs role: Support in LSC mapping in task 3.2 and 3.3
Giulio Genova
Digital soil mapping expert at ISRIC
LSC Hubs role: Task leader 3.1 Data compilation, support mapping in task 3.2
Paul van Genuchten
Spatial data infrastructures expert at ISRIC
LSC Hubs project role: Support for spatial data infrastructure, PMEAL dashboard in Task 3.1, Task 3.4 and Task 3.5.
Bas Kempen
Senior digital soil mapping expert at ISRIC
LSC Hubs project role: Digital Soil Mapping, input in Task 3.2, Task 3.3, Task 3.4 and Task 3.6
Johan Leenaars
Soil science expert at ISRIC
LSC Hubs project role: Input in soil fertility use case
Laura Poggio
Senior digital soil mapping and remote sensing expert at ISRIC
LSC Hubs project role: Task leader 3.2 LSC mapping and task leader 3.3 Soil Functional mapping
Maria Ruperez Gonzalez
Digital soil mapping and GIS expert at ISRIC
LSC Hubs project role: Support in LSC mapping in task 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3
Silvana Summa
Communications manager at ISRIC
LSC Hubs project role: Communications coordinator
Ulan Turdukulov
Senior spatial data infrastructures expert at ISRIC
LSC Hubs project role: Task leader 3.4 Architectural Design, and task leader 3.5 System building
Judy Willems
Secretary at ISRIC
LSC Hubs project role: Secrectary, coordination support
Thaïsa van der Woude
Project coordinator at ISRIC
LSC Hubs project role: Work package 3 coordinator/lead
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works for better lives through livestock in developing countries. ILRI is a CGIAR research centre, co-hosted by Kenya and Ethiopia, and provides global research partnership for a food-secure future.
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John Recha
Participatory Action Research
LSC Hubs project role: Project manager at ILRI
Dawit Solomon
Regional program leader
LSC Hubs project role: Work-packages scientific coordinator
Brook Tesfaye Makonnen
Communications and Knowledge Management Lead
LSC Hubs project role: Communication support
Maren Radeny
Science Officer
LSC Hubs project role: Needs assessment and LSC-hub design and use at national level in Rwanda
Abonesh Tesfaye
Senior Research Associate
LSC Hubs project role: Needs assessment and LSC-hub design and use at national level in Ethiopia
Gebermedihin Ambaw
Research Associate
LSC Hubs project role: Needs assessment and LSC-hub design and use at national level in Kenya
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)
As a national research institute, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) aspires to see improved livelihood of all Ethiopians engaged in agriculture, agro-pastoralism, and pastoralism through market-competitive agricultural technologies.
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Girma Mamo
Principal investigator
Dejene Abera
Researcher
Agronomy and soil fertility
Temesgen Desalegn
Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO)
Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) is a corporate body created under the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Act of 2013 to establish a framework for coordination of agricultural research in Kenya that is dynamic, innovative, responsive and well-coordinated.
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Michael Okoti
Senior Researcher at KALRO
Environment and Sustainability
Elizabeth Adobi Okwuosa
Soil Scientist at KALRO
Boniface Akuku
CTO/IT Director at KALRO
Information systems, open data, open science and knowledge management
Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB)
The Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) champions the Rwandan agriculture sector into a knowledge-based, technology-driven and market-oriented industry, using modern methods in crop, animal, fisheries, forestry and soil and water management.
Contact
Dr Pierre Celestin Ndayisaba
Soil health and Nutrition senior research fellow
LSC Hubs project role: Rwanda coordinator
Dr Florence Uwamahoro
Deputy Director General in Charge of Agriculture Development
LSC Hubs project role: Overseeing Manager at RAB Senior Management level
Partners
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. By harnessing the experience, resources and reach of its more than 1,400 Member organisations and the input of some 15,000 experts, IUCN is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.
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Charles Karangwa
Jules Rutebuka
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)
The German Space Agency undertakes statutory tasks in the space sector on behalf of the German Federal Government. Within the scope of the tasks effectively assigned, they implement the space strategy of the Federal Government, develop and manage the national space programme, and represent the interests of the Federal Republic of Germany in space-related international bodies in accordance with the tasks assigned.
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Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA)
ASARECA is a not-for-profit inter-governmental sub-regional organization. ASARECA comprises 14 member countries: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
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Blaise Amony
Program Officer, Capacity Development at ASARECA
LSC Hubs project role: Coordination and Capacity Development support
Genevieve Apio
Communication Officer at ASARECA
LSC Hubs project role: Communication support
Annet Wanyana
Interim Head of Finance
LSC Hubs project role: Finance suppor
Moses Odeke
Interim Head of Programs
LSC Hubs project role: Technical Support
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
World Agroforestry is a centre of science and development excellence that harnesses the benefits of trees for people and the environment.
Contact
Ermias Betemariam
Land Health Scientist
LSC Hubs project role: Project lead
Weullow, Elvis
Senior Soil laboratory Enterprise Manager
LSC Hubs project role: Support project implementation particularly in the capacity building
Ann Wavinya
Communication assistant at ICRAF
LSC Hubs project role: Communicate project activities
Leigh Winowiecki
Leader, Land Health Decisions
LSC Hubs project role: Technical advisor