DAAD climapAfrica Postdoc Fellow
University of Parakou
Benin
Dr. Hounnou is a research assistant and part-time lecturer at the school of economics, socio-anthropology, and communication, Agricultural Faculty of the University of Abomey-Calavi. He holds a Ph.D. in agricultural economics. Before that, he graduated from the University of Abomey-Calavi with a B.A. and an M.Sc. in agricultural economics in 2012 and 2016, respectively. Fèmi Emmanuel Hounnou is a climapAfrica postdoctoral fellow at the University of Parakou. He aims at promoting sustainable crop production through sustainable land management in the context of climate change to improve small farmers' livelihoods and government export income. His research expertise lies in climate change effects analysis and particularly he focuses on economic modeling to explore and quantify the impact of climate change and agricultural policies. His experiences are more than 6 years in developing, administrating, and managing households and farming studies. He pursues to promote adaptive strategies to cope with climate change effects, particularly those based on the ecosystem.
Climate change expertise and interests
Assessment of climate change effects, improving adaptive strategies for farming, economics modeling of climate change effects.
Publications – (most recent)
Hounnou, E.F., Dedehouanou, H., Zannou, A., Aguey, S. and Biaou, G., 2021. Effects of Agricultural Public Investments on Economic Growth and Households’ Welfare in Benin: An Applied General Equilibrium Analysis; IAAE, India, 17p.
Hounnou E. F., Dedehouanou H., Zannou A., Agbahey, U.I.J. and Biaou, G. 2019. A General Equilibrium Analysis of Climate Change-induced Economic Effects of Food Crop Yield Losses in Benin. Sustainability- 2019, 11, 6569; 1-15, doi:10.3390/su11236569 (original paper, published)
Hounnou E. F., Dedehouanou H., Zannou A., Bakary S. and Mahoussi, F. E. 2019. Influence of Climate Change on Food Crop Yield in Benin Republic. Journal of Agricultural Science, 11(5), 281-295. doi:10.5539/jas.v11n5p281 (original paper, published)
I participate at climapAfrica because
It represents an opportunity for scientists and researchers to carry out their work related to climate change and share their outputs with others. It supports/funds pertinent research projects applicable to climate change in Africa. Additionally, it gathers many African researchers and promotes the interaction and the development of partnerships.