Name : Rose FIAMOHE Agricultural Economist (PhD) E-mail : [email protected] Mobile : + 22966300229 https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qIMmCzMAAAAJ&hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/rose-fiamohe-8a61046b/

Profile: Agricultural Economist / Market and value chain specialist with 13 years of research experience in analysis of agricultural policy and markets, prices transmission, consumers’ behavior and value chain upgrading in Africa (Anglophones and Francophones countries).

Professional experiences: Research experiences January 2014 to 31 August 2018: Associate Principal Scientist, Market, Consumer and value chain research specialist; Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice). 2012-December 2013: Post-doctoral Fellow in policy and marketing research, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice). 2011-2012: Consultant in policy research, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice). 2010-2011: Consultant in analysis of « Entrepreneuriat agricole au : Etat des lieux et perspectives», Conseil d’Analyse Economique (CAE), Présidence de la République du Benin ; March-July 2010: Consultant in analysis of agricultural products’ prices in six developing countries (Benin, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Perou and Vietnam); Department of economics, University of Trento (Italy) - FAO Project.

Teaching experiences 2014 to present:  Rural Economics and farm management; BSc courses, Department of Economics/Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion (FASEG)/Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC) ;  Marketing of agricultural products; BSc courses, Department of Economics/Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion (FASEG)/Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC) ;  Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating Programmes and Projects, Department of Economics/Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion (FASEG)/Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC) ;  Methodology for writing projects and programs; MSc courses, Department of Economics/Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion (FASEG)/Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC).

Evidence of Leadership, large-program management and delivery: - Leader of Flagship 2 project of Rice CRP for Africa: Upgrading the rice value chain; Africa Rice Center - Leader of consumers preference research in West Africa: Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, , Sierra Leon, , Niger; - Leader of market research in West Africa: Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Sierra Leon, Mali, Nigeria; - Leader of branding, labeling and packaging strategies for locally produced rice promotion through innovation platforms (IPs) in the rice hubs in West Africa; - Coordinate the review of rice competiveness studies in sub-Sahara Africa; - Coordinate the study on impact of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff on the Rice Sector in West Africa;

Academic certificates

2017 : Assistant Professor (CAMES) ; Grade A 2005-2010: PhD in Agricultural Economics, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) - Belgium 2003-2005: Master by research in Agricultural Economics, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) – Belgium 2001-2003: Professional Master in Agricultural Economics, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) – Belgium

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1997-2000 : Maitrise/Master in Economics and Management Sciences; Université Nationale du Bénin.

Awards  CSAE grant to attend the Conference of Center for Study of African Economies at University of Oxford on “Economic development in Africa”, March 23-25, 2014, Oxford, UK.  Grant of high standards papers by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa through The African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE), 2013.  Scholarship for Masters Study in Agricultural Economics at Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Faculté d’Ingénierie biologique, agronomique et environnementale, Unité d’économie rurale. Granted by SCO/UCL, Belgium, 2001-2003.  Bourse d’études universitaires accordée par le gouvernement du Bénin, (1998-2000) ; Université d’Abomey-Calavi, ex Université National du Benin

Publications 1. Rose Fiamohe, Matty Demont, Kazuki Saito, Harold Roy-Macauley and Eric Tollens (2018). How can West African rice compete in urban markets? A demand perspective for policy makers. EuroChoices, 0 (0), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1111/1746-692X.12177 2. Demont, M., Fiamohe, R., Kinkpé, T. (2017). Comparative Advantage in Demand and the Development of Rice Value Chains in West Africa. World Development, 96, 578-590: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.04.004 3. Codjo, S. Biaou, G., Fiamohe, R., Diagne, A., and Kinkingninhoun, F. (2016). Microeconomic analysis of the competitiveness of rice production in Benin. Review of agricultural and environmental studies, 97 (3), 149–15897: doi:10.1007/s41130-016-0019-0 4. Alia, D.Y, Jossa-Jouable Alia, K.A.S.M., Fiamohe, R. (2016). On poverty and the persistence of poverty in Benin. Journal of Economic Studies, 43 (4), 661 – 676: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JES-12-2014- 0205 5. Sonehekpon, E. S., Adégbola, P. Y, Fiamohe, R., Hounvenou, B. S., Djinadou, K. A., et Gotoechan- Hodonou, H. M. (2016). Rôles des plateformes multi-acteurs dans l’amélioration des rendements du maïs grain chez les producteurs et productrices installés au sud-est du Bénin. Bulletin de la Recherche Agronomique du Bénin (BRAB). Page : 40-47. 6. Fiamohe, R., Alia, D.Y., Bamba, I., Diagne, A. & Amovin-Assagba, E. (2015). Transmission of Rice Prices from Thailand into West African Markets: The Case of Benin, Mali, and Senegal, Journal of African Business, 16:1-2, 128-143 7. Fiamohe, R., Nakelse, T., Diagne, A., Seck, P. A. (2014). Assessing the effect of consumer purchasing criteria for types of rice in Togo: A choice modelling approach. Agribusiness, 00 (0) 1–20. DOI: 10.1002/agr.21406. 8. Fiamohe, R., Diagne, A. and Flifli, V. (2014). Comparative analysis of rice milling strategies: Evidence from rice millers in Benin. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 9(36):2765-2774, ISSN 1919-637X. 9. Fiamohe, R., Seck, P. A., Diagne, A., Alia, Y.D. (2013). Price transmission analysis using a threshold models: An application to the Benin and Mali local rice markets. Food Security, 5: 427–438. 10. Fiamohe, R., Henry de Frahan, B. (2012). Transmission des prix et asymétrie sur les marchés de produits vivriers au Bénin. Région et Développement, 36: 213-236. 11. Fiamohe, R.; Bamba, I.; Seck, P. A.; Diagne, A. (2012). Regional bulk purchase of imported rice initiative by ECOWAS: A feasibility assessment. OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, 5(10), 79-90, ISSN 1923-6662.

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12. Fiamohe, R. (2010). Facteurs déterminant les échanges de produits vivriers au Bénin: Rôle des institutions de marché. UCL - “ AGRO - Sciences agronomiques et ingénierie biologique“/Unité d’Economie rurale, PhD dissertation, n° 167/2010. BICTEL/e collection, http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/32162

Other publications  Gaudiose Mujawamariya, Rose Fiamohe, Esther Leah Achandi and Maimouna Ndour. (2014). Breaking the myth of urban consumers’ rice preference in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania: good news for the Kahama Rice Hub! http://africarice.blogspot.com/2014/05/breaking-myth-of-urban- consumers-rice.html ; http://www.cgiar.org/whats-new-in-research/  Depieu, M. E., Fiamohe, R., Kanon, K., Oumar, T., Adolphe, M., Sekou, D. (2014). Le WITA9 : une variété de riz développée par la recherche révélée plus compétitive que le riz importé. http://africarice.blogspot.com/2014/11/le-wita9-une-variete-de-riz-local.html.

Conferences and workshops communication  Fiamohe, R. and Kinkpe T. 2016. Analysing potential demand for local rice in West Africa. Invited paper presented at the 5th International Conference of the African Association of Agricultural Economists, September 23 - 26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  Kinkpé T, Adégbola P, Fiamohe, R., Aza F, Agossadou A and Codjo SO. 2016. Is Benin local rice competitive vis-à-vis imported rice? Invited paper presented at the 5th International Conference of the African Association of Agricultural Economists, September 23 - 26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  Fiamohe, R. (2015). Approaches to enhance stable food production and consumption in Africa. JIRCAS International Symposium 2015 (Why “Quality” Matters in International Agriculture Research?) on October 28, 2015, in Tokyo, Japan.  Fiamohe, R. and Amovin-Assagba, E. (2015). Taking a proper look at food security issues in sub- Saharan Africa: Evidence from rice losses. Paper accepted for oral presentation in International Conference on Global Food Security, 11-14 October 2015, Ithaca, NY, USA.  Fiamohe, R.; Souleymane S. Diallo; Aliou Diagne and Arsene Agossadou (2015). Impact of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff on the Rice Sector in West Africa. Paper accepted for oral presentation in ICAE 2015 CONFERENCE, 8-14 August 2015, Milan.  Fiamohe, R., Diagne, A. and Flifli, V. (2013). Comparative analysis of rice milling strategies: Evidence from rice millers in Benin. Paper presented at 138th European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) Seminar 2013, Gent, Belgium and AfricaRice Congress 2013, 21-25 October 2013Yaoundé, Cameroun;  Fiamohe, R.; Seck, P. A.; Nakelse, T; Diagne, A. (2013). Assessing the effect of consumer purchasing criteria for types of rice in Togo: A choice modeling approach. Paper presented at 4th International Conference of the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE) 2013 and Poster at AfricaRice Congress 2013, 21-25 October 2013, Yaoundé, Cameroun.  Fiamohe, R. Manful, J. and Tchatcha, D. (2013). Market information and rice consumer preferences in Benin. Poster presented at AfricaRice Congress 201, Yaoundé, Cameroun 3.  Agboh-Noameshie, A.R., Fiamohe, R., Diagne, A., Amovin-Assagba, E., Nakelse, T. and Adegbola, P. (2013). Farmers’ preference for rice varieties in Benin: a gender disaggregated analysis. Paper submitted to AfricaRice Congress 2013.

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 Bamba, I.; Fiamohe, R.; Alia, A.Y.; Diagne, A. (2013). Transmission of rice prices from Thailand into West African markets: The case of Benin, Mali and Senegal. Paper presented at AfricaRice Congress, 21-25 October 2013, Yaoundé, Cameroun.  Gbenou, P., Mensah, M.K., Visser, M., Fiamohe, R. (2013). Evaluations paysannes du SRI et la riziculture conventionnelle au Bénin. Paper presented at Belgian Agroecological Meeting, Namur, May 23, 2013.  Nakelse, T.; Alia, D.; Fiamohe, R.; Ouedraogo, S.; Guissou, R. (2013). Vulnerability to food insecurity in rural Burkina Faso using a risk probability approach. Proposal submitted to 2013 Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE).  Fiamohe, R., Alia Y.D., Seck, P.A., Diagne, A. (2012). Asymmetric price transmission on local rice markets in West Africa: the case of two rice sector development hubs in Benin and Mali. Paper presented at 2012 IRRI Young Scientists Conference in Extension, Marketing, and Policies section, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines, 8-9 November 2012.  Fiamohe, R., & Demont, M. (2012). Gender Disaggregated Analysis of Consumer Perceptions for Targeted Product Development. AfricaRice Science Week and GRiSP-Africa Science Forum, Cotonou, Benin, 1–5 October 2012.  Demont, M. & Fiamohe, R. (2012). Market Analysis and Information for Developing Specialty Rices and Rice- Products. AfricaRice Science Week and GRiSP-Africa Science Forum, Cotonou, Benin, 1– 5 October 2012.  Fiamohe, R. (2012). Regulation instruments for rice markets. Case study: Assessment of the feasibility of a regional bulk purchase of imported rice initiative by ECOWAS. Paper presented at OIDA International Conference on Sustainable Development 2012, New Jersey, USA July 31- August 02.  Fiamohe, R. (2012). Enquêtes sur la commercialisation et les préférences des consommateurs. AfricaRice, Réunion annuelle du Groupe d'action sur les Politiques Rizicoles, Cotonou, Benin, du 7 au 9 Mai 2012.  Fiamohe, R. (2011). Market structure and the feasibility of a regional bulk purchase of imported rice initiative by ECOWAS. Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), Celebrating 40 Years of Research Partnership, Banjul, The Gambia, 25-26 September 2011.  Fiamohe, R.; Diagne, A. Seck; P.A.; Toure, A. (2011). Quelles perspectives pour un marché régional du riz ? Vers une politique commerciale régionale conforme aux objectifs de développement et de sécurité alimentaire. Contribution à la conférence 30 ans de Partenariat MALI-FONDATION SYNGENTA : Quels impacts pour l’agriculture malienne?, tenue à Bamako, Mali 5 - 7 Octobre 2011.  Fiamohe, R. and B. Henry de Frahan (2009). Analysis of food trade between markets in Benin. Paper presented at 3rd day of Social Sciences Research organized by INRA, SFER and CIRAD, Montpellier, 9-11 December 2009.  Fiamohe, R.E and B. Henry de Frahan (2008). Transmission des prix et asymétrie sur les marchés de produits au Bénin. Paper presented at International Conference of CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, 2-3 November 2008.

Membership to professional associations  African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)  European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE)  Association for the Advancement of African Women’s Economists (AAAWE)  Association des Jeunes Docteurs de l’Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Benin

Ressources mobilisation

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 Contribution to Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT): Rice Self- sufficiency in Africa; African Development Bank (AfDB) - Feed Africa Initiative; 2016-2017; US$ 1.5 million over 3 years.  Contribution to Grant Proposals submitted to The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) (2015): Enhancing the role of women and vulnerable groups in rice business in Africa.  Grant proposal submitted to Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2015): Providing a central role for women and girls in rice business in West Africa.  Coordination of grant proposal Submitted to The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) (2015): Rice Sector Development for Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa through Evidence-based Policies and Institutional Innovations (RIPOLI).

Capacity development for NARS partners  Training of youths and NARS and other national partners on diagnostic analysis (qualitative and quantitative) in Nigeria;  Training of youth and NARS and other national partners on methods to assess business opportunities for youth in Cote d’Ivoire.  Training of youths and NARS and other national partners for Rice value chain for market- oriented production in Africa: Quality standards and certification process for better access to market in West Africa: Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria and Tanzania.  Training of youths and NARS partners on theory and practices of Experimental auctions and economic in African urban markets: Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leon, Tanzania and Uganda.  Training of youths and NARS partners on methodologies, tools and econometrics to analyze experimental auctions and baseline data collected in African urban markets: Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leon and Tanzania and Uganda.  Training of youths and NARS partners on rice characterization surveys and rice samples purchase for laboratory analysis in West Africa: Benin, Cameroun, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leon.  Training of youths and NARS partners on value chain baseline surveys tools development and implementation in West and Central Africa.  Journées de concertation entre AfricaRice et les entités du monde Académique et de la recherche du Benin (FASEG, DESAC, FSA) et des partenaires du Système National de Recherche Agricole au Benin : 8-9 juin 2013 ; Cotonou, Benin.

Students’ supervision: BSc, MSc and PhD

PhD  Value chain financing and efficiency analysis: case of rice value chain in Benin. Vincent Flifli. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta & World Bank Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Development and Sustainable Environment (CEADESE).  Constraints to adoption of marketing standards and estimation optimal contract between actors for rice value chain improvement in Benin. Ogoudélé Simon Codjo. Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques/ Université d’Abomey Calavi, Cotonou-Benin.  Storage, Behavior Price Stabilization and Price Transmission in Rice Markets: Evidence from West-Africa. Abdelaziz Lawani. University of Kentucky, USA.

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11 MSc and more than 30 BSc supervised  Evaluation de la demande de service de collecte des déchets solides ménagers dans la commune d’abomey-calavi, Pierrette M. F. HOUETCHEKPO, MSc, Université of Abomey-Calavi, Bénin, 2018.  Evaluation de la qualité physico-chimique et culinaire de quelques types de riz étuvé collectés sur les marchés de Cotonou et environ (2012-2013). Crepin Adegoute, MSc, Ecole Polytechnique D’Abomey Calavi/ Université d’Abomey Calavi, Cotonou-Benin.  Caractérisation de la qualité des types de riz blanc commercialise sur quelques marches du Sud Benin. Ahogbeme Aisse, MSc, Faculte des Sciences Techniques / Université d’Abomey Calavi, Cotonou-Benin.  IMPACT DU TARIF EXTERIEUR COMMUN (TEC) SUR L’OFFRE ET LA DEMANDE DU RIZ ET SUR LE REVENU DES RIZICULTEURS AU BENIN. Arsene Juste Agossadou, MSc, Université of Abomey- Calavi, Bénin.  Demande de riz et Préférence des consommateurs au centre et au nord du Bénin. Irène Fatognon, MSc, Université of Abomey-Calavi, Bénin.  Performance de la chaîne de commercialisation du riz local au Nord-Bénin. Koffi Moïse Bienvenu Sodjinou, MSc, Université of Abomey-Calavi, Bénin.  Preference mapping and consumer demand for rice in the Accra and Kumasi Metropolis. Lena Forson. MPhil Agric Business, MSc; University of Ghana.  Analyse temporelle de l’intégration des marches du riz local au Benin (2012). Pachem Kochefa, MSc, Université of Abomey-Calavi, Bénin  Analyse des changements socioéconomiques induces par les projets de developpement: cas des projets agricoles dans la commune de Come, Bénin (2006-2007). Augustin Hounou, MSc, Faculté ouverte de politique économique et sociale (FOPES)/ Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)/ Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

References Prof Eric TOLLENS Faculteit Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen e-mail: [email protected] Phone.: + 32-(0)16-32.16.16 / 16.14 fax: + 32-(0)16-32.19.96

Prof Soulé Bio Goura Laboratoire d'Analyse Régionale et d'expertises Sociales (LARES) Duplex n°6 Cité Houéyihô 08 BP 0592 Tri-Postal, Cotonou/Bénin E-mail : [email protected] Phone: + 229 21 30 52 40 GSM : + 229 90 90 77 07 + 229 97 19 81 36 fax : + 229 21 30 52 41

Prof Bruno Henry de FRAHAN Unité d’économie rurale Université catholique de Louvain e-mail: [email protected] Office phone : +32 10 473673

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Secretariat phone : +32 10 473674 Fax : +32 10 473675

Rose Fiamohe

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