Dr. Kader is an Associate Professor in soil science with a PhD in Applied Biological Science from Ghent University, Belgium, and currently works at the Agriculture and Food Technology Discipline, The University of the South Pacific. He has more than 25 years of teaching and research experience, mainly in the field of Soil Fertility, Soil Organic Matter, and Nitrogen Availability to plants in different universities in Asia, Europe, and the Pacific. His current research focuses on different aspects of soil management in the South Pacific Island countries, including composting and nutrient cycling in taro-based cropping systems, in addition to his main research interest in soil organic matter and N dynamics in agro-ecosystems.