Éric Penot

Éric Penot is working as an agroeconomist at Cirad since 1986. His research themes concern the innovation processes in agriculture, the modeling of agricultural operations and the design of tools and methods to help decision-making in developmental projects in South countries: since 1993, on farmers income building and agroforestry systems based on rubber and also on cocoa, coffee (Breedcafs/EU project) and since 2011 on clove in Madagascar. History of innovations on agroforestry systems and smallholders' s economic interest is a priority for his research implemented in many countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Columbia, Ghana and Madagascar.