Koutika, Lydie Stella: - Lydie-Stella Koutika is a soil scientist working at Research Centre on Productivity and Sustainability of Industrial Plantations (CRDPI) at Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo. She is a member of Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) of the '4 per 1000' "Soils for food security and climate Initiative" since 2016. She is a laureate of 'African Union Kwame Nkrumah Regional Scientific Award for Women' (2014) and The World Academy of Science (TWAS) -Al-Kharafi Prize (2018). She has published >45 peer-reviewed journal papers and some book chapters.