Mr. Edouard PIGNEDE

Edouard is a PhD student at UMR EcoPub, INRAE / AgroParisTech and the Chair in Climate Economics, under the supervision of Philippe Delacote and Raja Chakir. His PhD project aims at understand the socio-ecological mutations of the agricultural sector of Sub-Saharan Africa coping with increasing and intensifying weather shocks, in the context of climate change. First, he will assess the impacts of weather shocks on inequalities and inter-sectoral mobility, using household survey and census data, in an empirical approach. Then, a theoretical model will be built to understand to what extent agroforestry could enhance the adaptive capacities of socio-ecological systems facing weather shocks. The general objective of this thesis is to better understand the link between climate change and adaptive capacities of socio-ecological systems to cope with inequalities, poverty and food insecurity.