Prof. Dr. Lindsey Norgrove

Vice President of Swiss Forum on International Agricultural Research (SFIAR)

BFH-HAFL representative for Agrinatura

Board member of SYSCOM (FIBL)

MSc Life Sciences (BFH-HAFL)

BSc International Agriculture (BFH-HAFL)

MSc double degree in International Management of Forest Industries with Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences

MSc in Life Sciences, a cooperative venture offered by four Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences

scientific writing

soil science

intercropping

ecology

tropical crops

field course (meadow - forest boundaries)

systematic reviews

agroforestry

applied ecology, soil science, invasive species, soil fauna, agroforestry, shifting cultivation, tropical forestry, biocontrol

Valuation of non-Timber Forest Products in tropical production: a systematic review of existing research (with Jürgen Blaser, HAFL). Precious Forests Foundation, CH.

Assessing long-term changes in soil and plant community dynamics in agroforestry systems. Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation through a Marie-Heim Vögtlin Fellowship. 257'643 Swiss Francs

Canopy dynamics of two „climate-smart“ cassava varieties under drought in SW Nigeria (MSc work, S Ojo). Part of African Cassava Agronomy Initiative at IITA, a 5 year Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded project in 5 countries in Africa (Nigeria, Tanzania, DRC, Ghana and Kenya) aiming to increase the availability of appropriate and affordable technologies to sustainably improve short and long-term agricultural productivity in cassava in the target countries. http://acai-project.org/, iita.org

ERA-ARD (EC FP6) Impacts of tropical land use conversion to Jatropha on rural livelihoods & ecosystem services in India and Mexico. (co-written by B Muys, KU Leuven, Belgium) 565023 €

Taking stock of carbon along a land-use gradient in the Javanese Highlands (MSc J van der Poel) .In collaboration with L Probst, BOKU Vienna, Austria and Arini, Yogyakarta University, Indonesia, MSc thesis HAFL. In English. Erasmus+ project Food Security and Climate Change, coordinated by BOKU Austria and UGM Indonesia

CABI Development Fund. Adaptation to Climate Change. 42557 GBP

Optimising nutrient management in Bolivian horticultural systems. MSc L Kuonen

CABI Development Fund. Developing Partnerships: Invasive Species. 22143 GBP

Edge effects on natural enemies of insect pests in vineyards in California and Switzerland. (MSc R C Phelps)

Hart Energy Consulting. Bioenergy Land Use Change Review (with J Vos, CABI) 19000 GBP

How shade and nutrient management treatments interact and affect pest and disease dynamics in Ecuadorian coffee systems (MSc K Piato)

CABI Development Fund. Biofuels and Climate Change. 24911 GBP

A longitudinal study on farmer management and yields of cacao agroforests in Cameroon from 2001-2018. Blomme S - KUL with B Muys

Robert Bosch Foundation, Germany. Understanding land degradation and developing rehabilitation techniques for degraded landscapes. 406000 Euros

Reassessing the role of remnant trees in shifting cultivation systems in the tropics. MSc A Davatgar.

Mars Masterfoods, USGS, USAID, USA. Cacao agroforestry (Sustainable Tree Crops Programme of IITA) 300000 USD

Canet M 2005 Effets du substrat (sol ou excréta) et de sa gestion sur la croissance et la germination de laitue et piment. ENSHAP, Angers, France 2005

Pavese A Agroforesterie au sud-Cameroun. Ecole Forestière de Meymec, France. 51 pp 2006

Yonghachea P F Farmers’ perceptions of Imperata cylindrica and Chromolaena odorata fallows in the North West, South West and Littoral Provinces of Cameroon. Universitaet Hohenheim, Germany. with R Schultze-Kraft 2005

Dux J Impact of Leaf Residues of Imperata cylindrica, Chromolaena odorata and Phyllanthus discoideus on Soil Enzyme Activity 86 pp. Co-supervised with J Zeitz, B Wick. Humboldt University, Germany 2005

Tieche B Estimations de biomasse d’ Inga edulis par l’allometrie. DEA, Université de Yaoundé I, Cameroun. 2005

Ndzana T Effet des facteurs abiotiques sur la croissance des arbres en zone de contact foret-savane au Cameroun. Dschang University, Cameroon. J-P Donjang (co-supervisor) 2005

Gounes J Impact de quelques facteurs mesologiques sur la dynamique des peuplements de Terminalia spp en zone de contact foret-savane au Cameroun. Dschang University, Cameroon. J-P Donjang (co-supervisor) 2006

Gorim L Y Preliminary evaluation of legumes for their potential to suppress Imperata cylindrica. Universitaet Hohenheim, Germany. cosupervised with R Schultze-Kraft 2006

Coenen H Plant development and allometry of the biofuel crop Jatropha curcas along an ecological gradient in Mexico. KULeuven. cosupervised with B Muys 2011

Minguely C Phyllocoptes gracilis, the eriophyoid mite: its intraplant distribution on Rubus idaeus and testing of potential fungal biocontrol agents in the laboratory. BFH.. Cosupervised with C Baroffio 2018

Blomme S A longitudinal study on farmer management and yields of cacao agroforests in Cameroon from 2001-2018. KUL with B Muys 2019

Van der Poel J Taking stock of carbon along a land-use gradient in the Javanese Highlands. (BFH). With L Probst (BOKU), Arini (U Yogyakarta) 2019

Davatgar A Reassessing the role of remnant trees in shifting cultivation systems in the tropics (BFH) 2019

Ojo S Canopy dynamics of two „climate-smart“ cassava varieties under drought in SW Nigeria. (BFH) 2020

Phelps R C Edge effects on natural enemies of insect pests in vineyards in California (BFH) in progress

Kuonen L Optimising nutrient management in Bolivian horticultural systems (BFH) 2020

Piato K Optimising shade and nutrient management in Ecuadorian coffee systems in the Amazon. (BFH) With C Subia (INIAP) 2020

Murad M Monitoring the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, in Switzerland using citizen science and assessing biocontrol options (with T Haye, CABI, Switzerland) in suspension

Allen T Suitability of the parasitoid Eiphosoma laphygmae as a classical biocontrol agent of the fall armyworm. With M Kenis (CABI Switzerland) in progress

Lehmann L Suitability of Chelonus insularis as a classical biocontrol agent for Spodoptera frugiperda. With M Kenis (CABI, Switzerland) in progress

De Samblanx F Are wind turbines harnful for earthworms? KULeuven. With B Muys, KULeuven in progress

Rossi J Development of a biological control programme against the invasive Comstock mealybug in the Swiss Valais in progress

Tueche J R (PhD thesis) Relationship between soil physical properties and crop yields in different cropping systems in southern Cameroon. cosupervised with G Cadisch, S Hauser. 2014