Research projects

Projects

Current projects

Improving home garden soil fertility management to enhance nutritional security among rural homesteads in Vhembe (Limpopo, South Africa)

Quantification of consequences of soil compaction on water transport through a soil (Belgium)

Quantification of coarse dust emissions in the Ghent Canal Zone and the Port of Antwerp (Belgium)
Physical quality of subsoil of grass and artificial turf courts (Belgium)
Sustainable Management of Marginal Drylands (SUMAMAD)
Environmental impact and agronomic potential of termite mounds in the metalliferous zone of the Katanga (Congo)
Research capacity building project: Center of Technical Knowledge for Crop Production Modelling (Thailand)
Technology development for improving soil fertility, crop yields and food security on small-scale farms in Western Kenya
Implementing novel technologies for the spatial inventory of soil quality (Sri Lanka)
Soil organic matter management for improving the agricultural production of degraded soils around Kisangani (Congo)

Past projects

PROSENSOLS (Protect our soils): Sensibilisation of the broader public on soil degradation and the development of measures to protect agricultural soils

Current doctoral research

Multi-tracer methods to determine soil redistribution in function of soil conservation, sustainable production and environmental protection (Belgium) (Nick Ryken, Ann Verdoodt, Pascal Boeckx)

Vulnerability of tropical crater lakes to water-quality loss: a natural experiment in western Uganda (Wannes De Crop, Dirk Verschuren, Ann Verdoodt)
Strategic erosion control in Rwanda: regional soil erosion risk assessment and integrated, participatory assessment of soil conservation strategies (Jules Rutebuka, Ann Verdoodt, Désiré Kagabo Mbarushimana)

Revealing urban soil properties and their spatial patterns to optimize urban soil management (Belgium) (Nele Delbecque, Ann Verdoodt)

Past doctoral research

Influence of Acacia plantations on soil properties, soil water balance and ecosystem services in arid lands (Tunisia) (Maarten De Boever, Wim Cornelis, Donald Gabriëls)
Modeling hydraulic properties for sustainable soil-water management in Syria (Muhammed Khlosi, Wim Cornelis, Donald Gabriëls)
Evaluating soil properties for assessing the soil structure quality under tropical and temperate conditions (Belgium, Venezuela) (Mansonia Pulido, Wim Cornelis, Donald Gabriëls)
Erosion processes and physical quality of loamy soils as affected by reduced tillage (Belgium) (Jan Vermang, Wim Cornelis, Donald Gabriëls)

Carbon sequestration and ecosystem health in a restored tropical rangeland: Assessing the effects of enclosures and grazing management (Kenya) (Stephen Mureiti, Eric Van Ranst, Ann Verdoodt)