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and interest are on C and N dynamics and residue
management in agricultural soils, integrated soil fertility and agroecological management, appropriate fertilizer uses in agriculture, agronomic micronutrient
fortification and mineral nutritive quality of food crops,
site-specific fertilizer recommendations and innovative
and cost-effective soil testing methods, and soil chemistry. Currently, she serves as a secretary general for the
Soil Science Society of East Africa (SSSEA) and also
chaired East Africa Fertilizers and Soil Conditioners of
the Agriculture and Agrochemicals Technical
Committee. She has supervised 17 graduate students
and published 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, chapters in books, and extension
manuals. She is a recipient of the Fulbright Scholar
Award, Margaret MacNamara Memorial Fund Award,
and NORAD Sponsorship Award.
Lars Olav Eik is a professor at the Norwegian
University of Life Sciences (NMBU) specialized in
animal nutrition and small ruminant production systems. After graduating from NMBU, he joined Sokoine
University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania, working on
dry season feeding of ruminants and introduction of
dairy goat keeping in Tanzania. After this assignment,
he returned to NMBU and completed his PhD based on
work with dairy goats in Norway.
Since 2005, he has coordinated three major research
programs in collaboration with SUA. He has also participated in research projects in Ethiopia, Malawi, and
South Africa. Often working together with farmers and
private sector, his main interest is developing multifunctional production systems and value chains for
small ruminants, both in tropical and temperate regions.
He has supervised a number of PhD students,
particularly from East Africa. His teaching covers small
ruminant nutrition and production systems and tropical
animal husbandry and aquaculture.
Bishal K. Sitaula, PhD is a professor at the Norwegian
University of Life Sciences, where he earned his PhD
degree. His program focuses on various institutional
collaboration programs in higher education and
research in South Asia, Africa, and Western Balkan. His
international collaboration experiences in diverse environmental and development issues, in inter- and multidisciplinary framework, mainly focus on ecological
Editors Biographies
and interest are on C and N dynamics and residue
management in agricultural soils, integrated soil fertility and agroecological management, appropriate fertilizer uses in agriculture, agronomic micronutrient
fortification and mineral nutritive quality of food crops,
site-specific fertilizer recommendations and innovative
and cost-effective soil testing methods, and soil chemistry. Currently, she serves as a secretary general for the
Soil Science Society of East Africa (SSSEA) and also
chaired East Africa Fertilizers and Soil Conditioners of
the Agriculture and Agrochemicals Technical
Committee. She has supervised 17 graduate students
and published 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, chapters in books, and extension
manuals. She is a recipient of the Fulbright Scholar
Award, Margaret MacNamara Memorial Fund Award,
and NORAD Sponsorship Award.
Lars Olav Eik is a professor at the Norwegian
University of Life Sciences (NMBU) specialized in
animal nutrition and small ruminant production systems. After graduating from NMBU, he joined Sokoine
University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania, working on
dry season feeding of ruminants and introduction of
dairy goat keeping in Tanzania. After this assignment,
he returned to NMBU and completed his PhD based on
work with dairy goats in Norway.
Since 2005, he has coordinated three major research
programs in collaboration with SUA. He has also participated in research projects in Ethiopia, Malawi, and
South Africa. Often working together with farmers and
private sector, his main interest is developing multifunctional production systems and value chains for
small ruminants, both in tropical and temperate regions.
He has supervised a number of PhD students,
particularly from East Africa. His teaching covers small
ruminant nutrition and production systems and tropical
animal husbandry and aquaculture.
Bishal K. Sitaula, PhD is a professor at the Norwegian
University of Life Sciences, where he earned his PhD
degree. His program focuses on various institutional
collaboration programs in higher education and
research in South Asia, Africa, and Western Balkan. His
international collaboration experiences in diverse environmental and development issues, in inter- and multidisciplinary framework, mainly focus on ecological
Editors Biographies