Urcil Kenfack Essougong

Urcil Kenfack Essougong

PhD Candidate
Plant Production Systems, and Knowledge, Technology & Innovation Groups, Wageningen
PhD
Thesis Topic: Decision Support Tools for Sustainable Cocoa Intensification through ISFM adoption

Urcil Kenfack Essougong is a PhD Candidate at Wageningen University working on Decision Support Tools for Sustainable Cocoa Intensification. He has an International Master of Science in Rural Development (2018, with distinction) from Ghent University (Belgium) and a degree of “Ingenieur Agronome” (2014, with distinction) in agricultural economics and rural sociology from Dschang University (Cameroon). He has previously worked as consultant and monitoring & evaluation officer for national NGOs and the World Agroforestry Centre in Cameroon. He has high interest for interdisciplinary research related among others to sustainable agricultural and rural development, innovation management, agricultural advisory services, behavioural changes, natural resources management and value chain development.