{"id":9146,"date":"2026-04-13T15:02:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/?page_id=9146"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:05:10","slug":"roel-merckx","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/board-members\/roel-merckx\/","title":{"rendered":"Roel Merckx"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9146\" class=\"elementor elementor-9146\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e3af116 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1e3af116\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1940cf4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1940cf4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f41eaaf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f41eaaf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57da601 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57da601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pr\u00e9sident du conseil<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b5c7b4c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b5c7b4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"e-image-base e-152580ce-012dfa2\" data-interaction-id=\"152580ce\" id=\"8594\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Roel.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Roel.jpg 200w, https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Roel-150x150.jpg 150w\" alt=\"\"\/>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d1e03e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d1e03e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Roel Merckx<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45eb1735 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"45eb1735\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-222f93d3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"222f93d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d37bf72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d37bf72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Roel Merckx est titulaire d'un doctorat en sciences agricoles de la Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven). Jusqu'\u00e0 sa retraite en octobre 2022, il \u00e9tait professeur en fertilit\u00e9 du sol \u00e0 la facult\u00e9 d'ing\u00e9nierie des bio-sciences de la KU Leuven. \u00c0 la KU Leuven, il a \u00e9galement occup\u00e9 le poste de chef du d\u00e9partement des sciences de la Terre et de l'environnement et a repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 l'universit\u00e9 au conseil du VLIR-UDC (Conseil interuniversitaire flamand pour la coop\u00e9ration au d\u00e9veloppement universitaire). Avant de rejoindre la KU Leuven, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 chercheur scientifique \u00e0 l'Institut de recherche ITAL, Wageningen, aux Pays-Bas, et scientifique invit\u00e9 au C.S.I.R.O., Division des sols, Ad\u00e9la\u00efde, Australie.<\/p><p>Roel Merckx a supervis\u00e9 des projets de recherche collaboratifs avec l'IITA depuis 1987 sur les syst\u00e8mes de gestion \u00e9quilibr\u00e9e des nutriments pour les syst\u00e8mes agricoles bas\u00e9s sur le ma\u00efs et a \u00e9t\u00e9 un partenaire du CIALCA (Consortium pour l'am\u00e9lioration des moyens de subsistance agricoles en Afrique centrale) o\u00f9 l'IITA, Bioversity et TSBF-CIAT \u00e9taient les centres impliqu\u00e9s du CGIAR.<\/p><p>Actuellement, il est Professeur \u00c9m\u00e9rite avec des missions sp\u00e9cifiques. Il a si\u00e9g\u00e9 \u00e0 plusieurs conseils d'administration avec des fonctions \u00e9ditoriales ou de gestion, dont le plus pertinent est le Conseil d'administration de l'IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria (entre 2011 et 2017) en tant que pr\u00e9sident du comit\u00e9 des programmes, puis du comit\u00e9 de gouvernance.<\/p><p>En tant que p\u00e9dologue, ses principaux centres d'int\u00e9r\u00eat de recherche ont port\u00e9 sur le transfert sol-plante des nutriments et\/ou des contaminants et sur la dynamique de la mati\u00e8re organique du sol. Au fil des ann\u00e9es, cet axe s'est d\u00e9plac\u00e9 vers les probl\u00e8mes de fertilit\u00e9 des sols en Afrique subsaharienne.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Board Chair Roel Merckx Roel Merckx holds a PhD in Agricultural Sciences from the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven). 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