Affiliateship: 2018 - 2022
Cohort 3
Country (Nationality)
Benin
Discipline
Agricultural & Nutritional Sciences
Bio
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Dr Idohou has a PhD in the field of biological conservation and domestication of phytogenetic resources especially neglected and underutilized species from the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences of the University of Abomey-Calavi. His research yielded some 20 scientific papers in high standard journals among which Land use Policy, Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, Genetic Resources Crop Evolution, and Agroforestry systems and took part in more than 20 international conferences across the world. He is also contributor to two books. He is a recipient of several awards such as African German Network for Excellence in Science Award, the most prestigious Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program (RSM) and the Global development network (GDN). He also got more than 6 individual research grants and contributed to 5 collaborative grants. He is also affiliated to international organization such as International Union of Forest Research Organization (2017), IUCN (commission on ecosystem management since 2013), World Association of Young Scientists (since 2013), Explorers Club Grant Funding (since 2012) and Global Youth Biodiversity Network (since 2012). He is a lecturer and researcher and currently head of research unit at the Laboratory of Biomathematics and Forest Estimations. |