Cargelle Masso

I am a soil scientist working for the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). I am working in the area of quality control of fertilizers and supplements including bio-fertilizers since 2008. Since 2012, I am leading a project on the institutionalization of quality control and scaling up profitable bio-fertilizer and bio-pesticide technologies in sub-Saharan Africa. I am also the Director of the Africa Regional Centre of the International Nitrogen Initiative (ARC-INI); ARC-INI has a particular focus on biological nitrogen fixation. Before joining IITA, I had worked in Canada as a regulatory officer in the Fertilizer Section of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and post-doctoral fellow at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. I hold a Ph.D. in Soil and Environmental Science (Université Laval in Québec, Canada); an M.Sc. in Environmental Science (Université de Sherbrooke in Québec, Canada); an M.Sc. and B.Sc. in soil chemistry and plant nutrition from the Zhejiang (Agriculture) University in Hangzhou (China). I also hold a Certificate in Project Management (Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada). My scientific publications are mainly in the area of soil analysis, soil improvement, (bio)fertilizer quality, and sustainable agriculture intensification.