Gottlieb Basch

Background

About Gottlieb Basch

Gottlieb Basch holds a Doctorate degree in Agricultural Sciences from Georg-August-University Göttingen/Germany. His PhD studies in Portugal introduced him to the area of alternative land use and soil management systems. Since its foundation in 1991, he is member of the “Institute of Mediterranean Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (ICAAM)” (University of Évora/Portugal) working on soil conservation and soil carbon dynamics. From October 2013 until May 2015 he was the coordinator of the research group of ICAAM named ‘Soil, Water and Climate’ and since 2008 he is the vice-director of this research institute. Since 2009 he is director of the PhD course in Agricultural Sciences of the University of Évora. His main interests are in sustainable land use and in the implementation of Conservation Agriculture systems and the study of the impact of the adoption of Conservation Agriculture principles has been the core of his research work and publication activity. He is the author and co-author of more than 40 publications in international journals and of several book chapters. Currently he is also involved in two international projects under the programs H2020 and ERAfrica. Gottlieb Basch has been president of the European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF) between 2002 and 2008, and is it again since 2011. Since 2015 he is also Member of the International Conservation Agriculture Advisory Panel (ICAAP) for Africa.