Raphaël MARICHAL

Ph.D.

Agroecologist - soil ecologist

Researcher at CIRAD - Agricultural research for development

I-SITE MUSE

key word

soil ecology
soil biodiversity
earthworms
ecosystem functions and services
perennial crops
agroforestry
agri-environmental assessment

Affectation

Persyst: Scientific department Performance of Tropical Production and Processing Systems

UPR 34: Performance of perennial cropping systems

Address

CIRAD
UR Systèmes de Pérennes
TA B-34 / 02, Avenue Agropolis
34398 Montpellier Cedex 5
France

Email

raphael.marichal[at]cirad.fr

Education

Ph.D. in Ecology, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) - Sorbonne Université, Ecole doctorale Diversité du Vivant, France (2011).Thesis advisor: Pr. Patrick Lavelle.

Master degree in Ecology, Biodiversity, Evolution, Université Paris-Sud (Paris-Saclay), France (2007).

Degree of Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS-Ulm), Biology, France (2007).

Current and past projects (2013 - present)

Biofunctool®: a new framework to assess the impact of land management on soil quality

Environmental Assessment of Oil Palm Plantations: LCA and agri-environmental indicators (2017 - 2019). CIRAD-PT SMART project (Coordinator with Cécile Bessou). Assessment and indicators of soil quality, Assessment and indicators of nitrogen losses, Life Cycle Assessment

SPOP (2013-2016): Sustainable Palm Oil Production, ANR project.

Palminet (2013): International Network on Sustainability Indicators for Palm Oil

Smart Nutrition+ (2013-2015): Impacts of practices on the soil biota and subsequent comprehensive soil fertility beneath mature oil palms. CIRAD-PT SMART Project.

Member of the steering comitee of Lénaïc Pardon (Agroparistech) 2014-2017: Improving the modelling nitrogen losses in oil palm plantations to reduce uncertainty in environmental impact assessment