Souleymane Kone, from Mali, is a agricultural engineer with a Master's degree in Integrated Soil Fertility Management. He is an assistant to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
Agroforestry practices have been adopted by West African farmers for a long time, but research support is needed to evaluate their contribution and/or to propose the best densities, by woody species, for optimal production. Currently, he is a PhD student of the SustainSahel Project on Work Package 4: Shrub based farming systems design at the IPR/IFRA - Rural Polytechnic Institute in Katibougou, Mali.
His doctoral research explores the effect of Faidherbia albida plantation density on the bio-physical-chemical properties of the soil and the productivity of sorghum and cowpea at the IPR/IFRA station. Recently, the Institute has been training Masters and Doctors in addition to Engineers, Licentiates and Senior Technicians, these new training courses require the presence of professors of advanced university level. He sees the acquisition of knowledge through this PhD as a great plus for me and the Institute in order to provide the best quality education for now and into the future.
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