The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) joined forces in 2019, leveraging a combined 65 years’ experience in research on the role of forests and trees in solving critical global challenges.
- Regional Coordinator, West & Central Africa
Christophe Kouame holds a PhD in Agronomy from the University of Florida, USA. He has over 25 years’ experience in agricultural research-for-development in several African countries. Previously, he led implementation of ICRAF’s public-private-partnership program, Vision for Change, and worked in various capacities in Côte d’Ivoire with the national vegetable research for development program, IDESSA (Institut des Savanes) and the international cooperation unit of CNRA.
Kouame was conferred the title of Officier de l’ordre du mérite agricole de Côte d’Ivoire in February 2013, and has mentored several doctoral students in Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon and France.
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The sustained growth of production in Côte d'Ivoire over the last 20 years has enabled the country to become the world's leading producer of raw cashew nuts. However, according to sectoral…
The overall objective of this project is to improve and sustain through agroforestry the livelihoods of cocoa-producing communities while restoring degraded cocoa landscapes in buffer zones and…
ICRAF has been involved since November 2018 in the activities of the Green Innovation Center project led by GIZ in Côte d’Ivoire. ICRAF’s work aims to consolidate and promote agricultural…
The Forests4Future (F4F) project is a 2-year project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) via GIZ and implemented by Centre for International…