Fernando Bamba
Summary
An activist committed to promoting climate-smart, regenerative agriculture using a bottom-up approach through research, education, capacity building, and youth outreach using social media content. Founder of the Agroecology Training and Innovation Center (ATIC). Local partner of the Congo Biogeochemistry Observatory.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Research assistant and Junior Lecturer
Institut Supérieur de Technique de Développement (ISTD)
01.2017 - Current
- Biogeochemistry; landscape management; remote sensing and GIS practical assignments
- Fieldwork and laboratory assistant in the Soil laboratory: Have worked on 3 research projects: Tropical Soil Organic Carbon (TROPSOC), Forest Monitoring in Congo (FORMONCO), and Forest Sediments in Congo (FORSEDCO)
- Have contributed to publishing 4 articles
Mandela Washington Fellow trainee
Globalstratos, Inc.
NC
01.2023 - 03.2023
- Piloted local soil data collection around mining sites of the eastern part of the DR Congo (Kabare, South Kivu)
- Designed and implemented a project regarding developing a soil health assessment and a composting program for local farmers involved in coffee production around mining sites of the DR Congo
- This project has impacted the harvests of 2150 coffee smallholder farmers in Kabare
Soil sampling and processing consultant
Tetra Tech/World Coffee Research
09.2017 - 10.2020
- Planned the sampling campaign for coffee fields of South Kivu using remote sensing and GIS
- Conducted the sampling campaign and laboratory sample preparation
Volunteer Trainer
Agro-ecology Training Center
South-Kivu
12.2022 - Current
- Have volunteered to Train more than 3000 students and smallholder farmers in agroecology
Education
Taught Master's - Agroforestry and Food Security, Tropical Agroforestry
Bangor University
01.2025
Bachelor - Agriculture, Soil Science, regenerative agriculture
Université Catholique de Bukavu
10.2016
Skills
- Microsoft Excel
- Powerpoint
- Graphic designing
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Prima Pro
- Geographic Information Systems
- Q-GIS
- Arc GIS
- Landscape Land Use Diagram
- Canva
- Lifelong learner
- Critical thinker
- Creative thinker
- Analytical thinker
- Ideator
- Leadership
- Networking
- Communication
- Project management
- Resilient
- Flexible
- Emotional intelligence
Websites
Computingskills
- Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint
- Graphic designing (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Prima Pro)
- Geographic Information Systems (Q-GIS, Arc GIS)
- Landscape Land Use Diagram (Canva)
Professionalassets
- Lifelong learner
- Critical, creative, analytical thinker, and ideator
- Excellent leadership, networking, communication, and project management skills
- Resilient and flexible
- Value emotional intelligence
Languages
- Kiswahili, Native speaker
- English, Full proficiency
- French, Full proficiency
Awards
- Chevening Scholarship, 09/01/24, The flagship scholarship program of the United Kingdom(UK). Dedicated to worldwide outstanding leaders to achieve a master’s course in a UK university of choice.
- Leveraging Innovations in New Communities (LINC) Grant I and II, 2023-2024, Training of trainers in agroecology: Trained lead farmers on 'How to make Organic fertilizers and bio-pesticides; how to integrate agroforestry practices. Impacted 1500 farmers in Rwamagana, Rwanda.
- Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, 07/01/22, A US Department of States Exchange Program that gathers 700 Young Sub-Saharan African Leaders every year to learn about leadership, refine communication skills, and develop a critical understanding of the global sustainable development trade-offs.
- Partner of the Congo Biogeochemistry Observatory, TROPSOC, 04/01/17, A research platform that regroups researchers conducting experiments on nutrient cycling in the Congo Basin: Have participated in 4 research projects that have produced 6 PhDs.
Publications
- Weak Connection of Soil Redistribution and Soil Organic Carbon in the Wet Tropics of Africa, Reichenbach, M., Doetterl, S., Van Oost, K., Wilken, F., Muhindo, D., Bamba, F., and Fiener, P., https://ssrn.com/abstract=4937121
- Organic matter cycling along geochemical, geomorphic, and disturbance gradients in forest and cropland of the African Tropics – project TropSOC database version 1.0, Doetterl, S., Asifiwe, R. K., Baert, G., Bamba, F., Bauters, M., Boeckx, P., Bukombe, B., Cadisch, G., Cooper, M., Cizungu, L. N., Hoyt, A., Kabaseke, C., Kalbitz, K., Kidinda, L., Maier, A., Mainka, M., Mayrock, J., Muhindo, D., Mujinya, B. B., Mukotanyi, S. M., Nabahungu, L., Reichenbach, M., Rewald, B., Six, J., Stegmann, A., Summerauer, L., Unseld, R., Vanlauwe, B., Van Oost, K., Verheyen, K., Vogel, C., Wilken, F., and Fiener, P., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4133-2021
- Contrasting nitrogen fluxes in African tropical forests of the Congo Basin, Bauters, M., H. Verbeeck, T. Rütting, M. Barthel, B. Bazirake Mujinya, F. Bamba, S. Bodé, F. Boyemba, E. Bulonza, E. Carlsson, L. Eriksson, I. Makelele, J. Six, L. Cizungu Ntaboba, and P. Boeckx., https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1342
- TROPSOC Soil Database V1.0 and V1.1, 2021, https://www.congo-biogeochem.com/data
Training
Globalstratos, Inc., NC, North Carolina, USA, 01/01/23, 08/31/23, Remote training by Lauri Elliott, CEO of Globalstratos: focused on developing large-scale, regenerative, landscape projects in communities where small-scale miners and farmers co-exist.
Communityandvolunteerwork
Agro-ecology Training Center, South-Kivu, DR Congo, 12/01/22, Present, Have volunteered to train more than 3000 students and smallholder farmers in agroecology.
Timeline
Mandela Washington Fellow trainee
Globalstratos, Inc.
01.2023 - 03.2023
Volunteer Trainer
Agro-ecology Training Center
12.2022 - Current
Soil sampling and processing consultant
Tetra Tech/World Coffee Research
09.2017 - 10.2020
Research assistant and Junior Lecturer
Institut Supérieur de Technique de Développement (ISTD)
01.2017 - Current
Taught Master's - Agroforestry and Food Security, Tropical Agroforestry
Bangor University
Bachelor - Agriculture, Soil Science, regenerative agriculture
Université Catholique de Bukavu
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