Bernard Vanlauwe
Deputy Director General for Research for Development at IITA
Bernard Vanlauwe is the Deputy Director General for Research for Development of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). While leading the development and implementation of the research portfolio at IITA, his own research focuses on the development and scaling of Integrated Soil Fertility Management options for smallholder farmers in key farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa.
He recently led the establishment of the Regional Hub for Fertilizer and Soil Health for West Africa and the Sahel, a key component of the Lome Roadmap for Fertilizer and Soil Health, adopted by West African Heads of State in 2023. He has published over 250 papers in peer-reviewed journals and (co-) supervised over 40 PhD students.
Bernard obtained his PhD in 1996 in Applied Biological Sciences from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium and has published over 200 papers in scientific journals and (co-) supervised over 40 PhD students.
