Mira Word Ries
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| Country | United States |
| Organizations: | Global Locust Initiative, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation at Arizona State University, Arizona State University |
| Titles: | Project Coordinator |
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As project coordinator for the Global Locust Initiative, Mira's role is to collaborate with stakeholders and GLI Network members to develop and activate projects, events, and research. She manages multiple projects for the GLI and is passionate about educational outreach and making resources transparent and free for all. Mira is an alumnus of GLI Labs and did her graduate work in Senegal where she studied plant-soil-insect-farmer interactions. Mira's interests are rooted in understanding how soil care and land-use practices can create sustainable alternatives to locust/grasshopper management, and more recently, how humanities and art can lead to new perspectives on human and other-than-human relationships.
Mira is the facilitator of HopperLink, the Global Locust Initiative Network's private professional community. If you need help troubleshooting anything to do with HopperLink or wish to join one of the World's Best Practices for Orthoptera Management working groups. Please contact her at [email protected].
Resources by this author
| Name | Year published | Resource link | Author |
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| USAID Bay Sa Waar Communities for Sustainable Agriculture project summary | 2021 | United States Agency for International Development, The French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development, Global Locust Initiative, Gaston Berger University, Directorate of Plant Protection, United Nations AGRHYMET Regional Center, Le Centre National de Lutte Antiacridienne, National Desert Locust Control Center, National Network of Agriculture Chambers of Niger, Office de la Protection des Végétaux, The International Committee of the Red Cross, Mira Word Ries |
Select publications from this author
- Le Gall, M., Word, M.L., Beye, A., Cease, A.J., 2021. Physiological status is a stronger predictor of nutrient selection than ambient plant nutrient content for a wild herbivore. Current Research in Insect Science 1:100004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cris.2020.100004
- Le Gall, M., Word, M.L., Thompson, N., Manneh, B., Beye, A., Cease, A.J., 2020. Linking land use and the nutritional ecology of herbivores: A case study with the Senegalese locust. Functional Ecology 34:167–181. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13466
- Le Gall, M., Word, M.L., Thompson, N., Beye, A., Cease, A.J., 2020. Nitrogen fertilizer decreases survival and reproduction of female locusts by increasing plant protein to carbohydrate ratio. Journal of Animal Ecology 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13288
- Word, M.L., Hall, S.J., Robinson, B.E., Manneh, B., Beye, A., Cease, A.J., 2019. Soil-targeted interventions could alleviate locust and grasshopper pest pressure in West Africa. Science of The Total Environment 663:632–643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.313