MEHOU, Raymond

GIZ, Niger, technical assistant in agricultural economy, advisor of the GIZ Agricultural Program in Niger regarding development of strategies of value links promotion, economical analysis of agricultural production and the agricultural enterprise promotion.

I am agricultural socio-economist. Since October 2012 I am working as a Technical Assistant in Agricultural Economy for the GIZ Agricultural Program in Niger. I advise the Program in the development of strategies of value links promotion, economical analysis of agricultural production and in the agricultural enterprise promotion.

I participated for one year in the International Leadership Training (2011-2012) in Germany with GIZ. This training is entitled “Rural Development Management” and included six principal themes: Regional Development Management, Value Links Management, Project Management, Change Management, Rural Organization Management, Training and Moderation approches.

From 2008 – 2011 I was assistant project manager in a GTZ-IS project for “plan foncier rural” (rural land information system) realisation in the department of Alibori (Bénin).

I also worked for three years in a consulting firm (Afrique Etudes) where I participated as an associated consultant in several socio-economic studies in Benin such as: economic evaluation of protected areas in Benin, economic analysis of four value chains of Shea in Benin ..etc