Issoufa Bachir Bounou

Issoufa Bachir Bounou has over four years’ working experience in research institutes and NGOs. Currently, Issoufa is in charge of research development of the Committee for Supporting Local Development (CADEL). His areas of expertise are in the improvement of agricultural production through integrated soil-fertility management, and extension of agricultural technologies to the rural population. Through two projects that he coordinates at CADEL, Issoufa has enrolled many women in agribusiness to sustain their livelihoods and increase their resilience to climate change. Issoufa is an agro-environmental engineer from Abdou Moumouni University, Niger, and recently obtained a PhD in Soil Sciences from the Kwame Nkumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana(Africa). Upon completion the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Issoufa plans on intensifying his activities in research and transferring agricultural technologies to improve the food security of his community.