Ayi Fructueux H. M. Victor DEGNIMON

I am an Agri-food Data Analyst and a Ph.D. researcher in food sustainability, Agri-food systems and food security. At the International level, I have been selected as one of the eight finalists of the Transformative Research Challenge (TRC) of the 2022 World Food Forum in Rome, Italy. I have more than six years of experience in land governance, land tenure security, environmental management and climate change. Over the past three years, I have developed many research and analytical skills by conducting some field researches in the area of land governance, climate change, biodiversity conservation and tenure security. At the global Level, I have been a consultant in Agri-food Systems and Land Tenure Security for various World Bank Studies with the NRMC Center for Land Governance in India. At the regional level in Africa, I have worked during two months as the PSDFD/ABEE Regional West and Central Africa Consultant with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. At the national level in Cameroon, I have been a consultant at the Integrated Program for the Valuation and Transformation of Agricultural and Agri-Food products. I have also worked at the National Level as the Country Representative Officer of YILAA in Cameroon. Youth Initiative for Land in Africa (YILAA) is an African Regional Organization which has many representation Offices in many African countries. With the help of some fellowship programs like the UNEP/UNESCO/BMUZ International Postgraduate Course on Environmental Management, the NELGA short course on Land Governance and the Executive training on Sustainable Investment in Agriculture, I have developed key competences in the areas of monitoring land use changes, biodiversity management and climate change, which will help me in carrying out all the task which will be assigned to me by an organization.