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Head at FAO/IAEA - Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Laboratory
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Since 1992 Gerd Dercon (born in Belgium) has been working as a soil and crop scientist for national and international organizations and universities based in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. In the last 20 years his work has been continuously focussed on how research can trigger development, in particular in the field of land, water and crop management. His research interest is related to the interaction of geomorphological, hydrological, atmospheric, soil and crop/vegetation dynamics in response to climate change and human intervention, under different ecological conditions (from the Equator to the polar regions) and at different geographical scales.
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