Dr. Ntsiva Andriatsitohaina

Associated Senior Researcher

Portrait of Ntsiva

Part of the region

Kenya & Madagascar

Kenya & Madagascar

Dr. Ntsiva Andriatsitohaina

Associated Senior Researcher

Part of the region

Kenya & Madagascar

Kenya & Madagascar
Dr. Ntsiva Andriatsitohaina is a senior research scientist associated to RT Land Systems, and the Challenge Owner of Wyss Academy's Solutionscape in Madagascar (East Africa Hub) in partnership with Laboratoire de Recherches Appliquées (LRA). Having a PhD in natural resources management and development, her research research focuses on the interactions that local communities have with natural resources, in terms of the rules, values and knowledge that influence their decisions.

Their impact

  • Improving land governance

    April 1, 2024

    Project

    From Mahalevona to Fizoana—a 10km walk through forest and cultivated land, where rice fields and fish farms intersect with the forest’s edge, reflecting the close connection between nature and livelihoods in Madagascar.
    Improving land governance
  • Wyss Academy Dialogue on the True Value of Forests

    January 15, 2023

    Project

    Experts work to combine existing scientific and traditional knowledge to support and enhance sustainable forest solutions in Maroantsetra, Madagascar.
    Wyss Academy Dialogue on the True Value of Forests
  • Co-designing knowledge for environmental justice in Masoala

    March 17, 2022

    Project

    Local agent Juldo Belalahy at the Mahalevona community center teaches farmer Juliano Razafindrabaka how to research poultry diseases on the internet.
    Co-designing knowledge for environmental justice in Masoala
  • Innovations for stimulating nature-positive livelihoods

    March 17, 2022

    Project

    Be Marie Wilvinah, president of the artisan women’s group working in Mahalevona, prepares raffia stems by stripping them into fibers for weaving.
    Innovations for stimulating nature-positive livelihoods