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Mawe, G. I., Landu, E. L., Dujardin, E., Imwangana, F. M., Bielders, C., Hubert, A., Michellier, C., Nzolang, C., Poesen, J., Dewitte, O., & Vanmaercke, M. (2025). Mapping urban gullies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nature, 644(8078), 952-959. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09371-7 (Original work published 2025)

Kagisye, A., Nibasumba, A., Nduwayo, G., & Bielders, C. (2025). What agronomic and environmental factors drive coffee yield in Burundi? A country-wide study. European Journal of Agronomy, 171, 127788. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2025.127788 (Original work published 2025)

Clément, T., Bielders, C., Degré, A., Manssens, G., Foucart, G., Pigeon, O., Blondel, A., & Huyghebaert, B. (2025). Suitability of Strip‐Tillage and Undersowing in Maize Crops to Control Runoff, Soil Erosion and Herbicide Loss: Field Trials and Modelling. Hydrological Processes, 39(7). https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70170 (Original work published 2025)

Bagri Bouraima, M., Bielders, C., Sikirou, R., Ezin, V. A., Ahohuendo, B. C., & Achigan‐Dako, E. G. (2025). Do agroecological practices control “Ralstonia solanacearum” wilt on solanaceous crops? A meta‐analysis. Plant Pathology : a record of current work on plant diseases and pests. Published. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.14000 (Original work published 2025)

Bagri Bouraima, M., Sikirou, R., Zohoungbogbo, H. P. F., Sakiti, C., Awe, E. V., Ahohuendo, B. C., Bielders, C., & Achigan-Dako, E. G. (2025). Participatory evaluation of tolerant tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum) genotypes in naturally contaminated fields by Ralstonia solanacearum species complex in Benin. European Journal of Plant Pathology. Published. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-025-03084-3 (Original work published 2025)

Herpoel, M., Bielders, C., Baert, P., Michez, A., Meersmans, J., & Degré, A. (2025). Field patterns as game changers of the sediment connectivity. Geomorphology, 477, 109679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2025.109679 (Original work published 2025)

Ouédraogo, R. A., Kambiré, F. C., Cournac, L., & Bielders, C. (2025). Urban Market Gardening Improves Soil Health: A Case Study in Burkina Faso. Soil Systems, 9(2), 59. https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems9020059 (Original work published 2025)

Zanutel, M., Lefebvre, A., Garré, S., & Bielders, C. (2024). Does century-old biochar affect soil interrill erodibility on cropland soils? A study on pre-industrial kiln sites. Soil & Tillage Research, 240, 106091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2024.106091 (Original work published 2024)

Mawe, G. I., Landu, E. L., Imwangana, F. M., Hubert, A., Dille, A., Bielders, C., Poesen, J., Dewitte, O., & Vanmaercke, M. (2024). What controls the expansion of urban gullies in tropical environments? Lessons learned from contrasting cities in D.R. Congo. CATENA, 241, 108055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2024.108055 (Original work published 2024)

Allakonon, M., Tovihoudji, P., Akponikpè, P. B. I., & Bielders, C. (2024). Optimizing deficit irrigation and fertilizer application for off-season maize production in Northern Benin. Field Crops Research, 318, 109613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2024.109613 (Original work published 2024)

Clement, T., Bielders, C., & Degré, A. (2024). How much do conservation cropping practices mitigate runoff and soil erosion under Western European conditions: A focus on conservation tillage, tied ridging and winter cover crops. Soil Use and Management, 40(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.13047 (Original work published 2024)

Zanutel, M., Garré, S., Sanglier, P., & Bielders, C. (2024). Biochar modifies soil physical properties mostly through changes in soil structure rather than through its internal porosity. Vadose Zone Journal. Published. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20301 (Original work published 2024)

Maki, J.-C. M., Dewitte, O., & Bielders, C. (2024). Living with landslides: Land use on unstable hillslopes in a rural tropical mountainous environment in DR Congo. Science of the Total Environment, 171624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171624 (Original work published 2024)

Lutete Landu, E., Ilombe Mawe, G., Makanzu Imwangana, F., Bielders, C., Dewitte, O., Poesen, J., Hubert, A., & Vanmaercke, M. (2024). The potential of runoff retention structures as a strategy to control urban gullying in tropical cities. International Soil and Water Conservation Research. Accepted/in-press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2024.11.002 (Original work published 2024)

Maki, J.-C. M., Bielders, C., Monsieurs, E., Depicker, A., Smets, B., Tambala, T., Bagalwa Mateso, L., & Dewitte, O. (2023). Characteristics and causes of natural and human-induced landslides in a tropical mountainous region: the rift flank west of Lake Kivu (Democratic Republic of the Congo). Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 23(2), 643-666. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-643-2023 (Original work published 2023)

Ramahaimandimby, S. Z., Randriamaherisoa, A., Vanclooster, M., & Bielders, C. (2023). Driving Factors of the Hydrological Response of a Tropical Watershed: The Ankavia River Basin in Madagascar. Water, 15(12), 2237. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15122237 (Original work published 2023)

Zanutel, M., & Bielders, C. (2023). Contrasted effects of biochar application on interrill erosion depending on age, application rate and soil type. Geoderma Regional, 34, e00706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2023.e00706 (Original work published 2023)

Lutete Landu, E., Ilombe Mawe, G., Makanzu Imwangana, F., Bielders, C., Dewitte, O., Poesen, J., Hubert, A., & Vanmaercke, M. (2023). Effectiveness of measures aiming to stabilize urban gullies in tropical cities: Results from field surveys across D.R. Congo. International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 11(1), 14-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2022.10.003 (Original work published 2023)

Clement, T., Bielders, C., Degré, A., Manssens, G., & Foucart, G. (2023). Soil pitting mitigates runoff, erosion and pesticide surface losses in maize crops in the Belgian loess belt. Soil & Tillage Research, 234, 105853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2023.105853 (Original work published 2023)

Matthews, F., Verstraeten, G., Borrelli, P., Vanmaercke, M., Poesen, J., Steegen, A., Degré, A., Rodríguez, B. C., Bielders, C., Franke, C., Alary, C., Zumr, D., Patault, E., Nadal-Romero, E., Smolska, E., Licciardello, F., Swerts, G., Thodsen, H., Casalí, J., et al. (2023). EUSEDcollab: a network of data from European catchments to monitor net soil erosion by water. Scientific Data, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02393-8 (Original work published 2023)

Alonso, A., Froidevaux, M., Javaux, M., Laloy, E., Mattern, S., Roisin, C., Vanclooster, M., & Bielders, C. (2023). Fine-resolution profile-scale data to depict the impact of tillage treatment and machine traffic on agricultural soil structure and hydrologic properties. Data in Brief, 51, 109759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109759 (Original work published 2023)

Chuma, G. B., Mondo, J. M., Ndeko, A. B., Bagula, E. M., Lucungu, P. B., Bora, F. S., Karume, K., Mushagalusa, G. N., Schmitz, S., & Bielders, C. (2022). Farmers’ knowledge and Practices of Soil Conservation Techniques in Smallholder Farming Systems of Northern Kabare, East of D.R. Congo. Environmental Challenges, 7, 100516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2022.100516 (Original work published 2022)

Alonso, A., Froidevaux, M., Javaux, M., Laloy, E., Mattern, S., Roisin, C., Vanclooster, M., & Bielders, C. (2022). A hybrid method for characterizing tillage-induced soil physical quality at the profile scale with fine spatial details. Soil & Tillage Research, 216, 105236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2021.105236 (Original work published 2022)

Sanogo, M., Gaspart, F., Kaboré, D., Taonda, J.-B., Sermé, I., Kestemont, M.-P., & Bielders, C. (2022). Farmers perceptions of fertilizer micro-dosing adoption and continued use in Burkina Faso. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 18(11), 907-918. https://doi.org/10.5897/ajar2022.16086 (Original work published 2022)

Ouedraogo, Y., Taonda, J.-B. S., Sermé, I., Tychon, B., & Bielders, C. (2022). Drivers of sorghum response to fertilizer microdosing on smallholder farms across Burkina Faso. Field Crops Research, 288, 108709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2022.108709 (Original work published 2022)

Ramahaimandimby, S. Z., Randriamaherisoa, A., Jonard, F., Vanclooster, M., & Bielders, C. (2022). Reliability of Gridded Precipitation Products for Water Management Studies: The Case of the Ankavia River Basin in Madagascar. Remote Sensing, 14(16), 3940. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14163940 (Original work published 2022)

Maki Mateso, J.-C., Dewitte, O., Bielders, C., & et al. (2022). Living on landslides: land use on unstable slopes in a rural environment of the Rift flanks west of Lake Kivu (DR Congo). EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria.

Zanutel, M., Garré, S., & Bielders, C. (2021). Long-term effect of biochar on soil physical properties of agricultural soils with different textures. Published. EGU General Assembly 2021, www. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-8588

Maki Mateso, J.-C., & Bielders, C. (2021). Characteristics, distribution and susceptibility of natural and human-induced landslides in a tropical mountainous region: the Rift flank west of Lake Kivu (DR Congo). Published. EGU General Assembly 2021, www. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-13380

Alonso, A., Bielders, C., froidevaux, M., Javaux, M., laloy, E., Mattern, S., Roisin, C., & Vanclooster, M. (2021). Depicting the effect of tillage treatments and vehicle traffic on the agricultural soil physical quality with a high level of spatial details. JORNADAS INTERNACIONALES DE INVESTIGACIÓN by the Institute for Innovation & Sustainable Development in Food Chain, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/241166

Ilombe Mawe, G., Lutete Landu, E., Makanzu Imwangna, F., Nzolang, C., Wazi Nandefo, R., Poesen, J., Bielders, C., Dewitte, O., & Vanmaercke, M. (2021). Quantifying the impacts of urban gullying at the scale of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Published. EGU General Assembly 2021, www. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-8831

Lutete Landu, E., Ilombe Mawe, G., Bielders, C., Makanzu Imwangana, F., Dewitte, O., Poesen, J., & Vanmaercke, M. (2021). Understanding the effectiveness of measures aiming to stabilize urban gullies in Congolese cities: a systematic analysis based on field surveys. Published. EGU General Assembly 2021, www. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-7832

Frankl, A., De Boever, M., Bodyn, J., Buysens, S., Rosseel, L., Deprez, S., Bielders, C., Degré, A., & Stokes, A. (2021). Report on the effectiveness of vegetative barriers to regulate simulated fluxes of runoff and sediment in open agricultural landscapes (Flanders, Belgium). Land Degradation & Development. Published. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4048 (Original work published 2021)

Nibasumba, A., Jassogne, L., VanAsten, P., Nduwayo, G., Nkurunziza, C., Bielders, C., & Delvaux, B. (2021). Coffee-banana systems in transition: Resource allocation and crop interactions in smallholder farms of Burundi. Journal of Agricultural and Crop Research, 9(11), 250-263. https://doi.org/10.33495/jacr_v9i11.21.167 (Original work published 2021)

Vanmaercke, M., Panagos, P., Vanwalleghem, T., Hayas, A., Foerster, S., Borrelli, P., Rossi, M., Torri, D., Casali, J., Borselli, L., Vigiak, O., Maerker, M., Haregeweyn, N., De Geeter, S., Zgłobicki, W., Bielders, C., Cerdà, A., Conoscenti, C., de Figueiredo, T., et al. (2021). Measuring, modelling and managing gully erosion at large scales: A state of the art. Earth - Science Reviews, 218, 103637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103637 (Original work published 2021)

Heri-Kazi, A. B., & Bielders, C. (2021). “Cropland characteristics and extent of soil loss by rill and gully erosion in smallholder farms in the KIVU highlands, D.R. Congo”. Geoderma Regional, 26(*), e00404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2021.e00404 (Original work published 2021)

Nibasumba, A., Jassogne, L., Nduwayo, G., Ngayempore, E., Simbashizubwoba, C., Van Asten, P., & Bielders, C. (2021). Status and management of coffee plantations in Burundi: Reasons to worry. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 17(9), 1180-1191. https://doi.org/10.5897/ajar2021.15494 (Original work published 2021)

Zanutel, M., Garré, S., & Bielders, C. (2021). Long‐term effect of biochar on physical properties of agricultural soils with different textures at pre‐industrial charcoal kiln sites in Wallonia (Belgium). European Journal of Soil Science. Published. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13157 (Original work published 2021)

Bielders, C. (2021). Adaptez votre maison aux inondations. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/113180

Bielders, C. (2021). Désigner les agriculteurs comme seuls responsables des inondations est un raisonnement simpliste. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/107703