France’s INRAE and CIRAD are offering a PhD focusing on modelling “multiple pests in rice crops for agroecological rice protection in Cambodia”. The PhD should help tackle the excessive use of pesticides in Cambodian rice crops, where up to 13 treatments are used each cropping season, leading to some European exports being refused because of excess residues.
The PhD directors note: “A better characterization of the main drivers of biotic stresses will permit to limit useless treatments and to adapt cropping practices to production situations, especially to the local biodiversity.
“The aim of the PhD will be the design of a dynamic model to evaluate the risk of yield and quality loss in a specific situation of biotic constraints, as a function of the cropping system.”
Specifically, the PhD will tackle the following main research questions:
The directors add: “For this interdisciplinary project, we look for an enthusiastic person with an appropriate MSc degree in agronomy, with strong analytical skills and interest in participatory research with farmers and other stakeholders. Experience with experimental work and/or modelling is an advantage. An interest in research for development and living in an Asian country is necessary.”
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