Nationality: Cameroonian
Born on: May
11, 1979 at Yaounde
Phone: + 237
695 39 60 38 / 677 37 23 07
Marital Status: Married
with three children
E-mail: sotamenou@yahoo.fr
Areas of specialisation:
Environmental
Economics (solid waste management, climate change, economy of production and
the natural resources, corporate responsibility) and agricultural Economics
(Urban farming systems, rural Economy).
Education:
May 2012: PhD in
Economics (DOCTORAT) - University of Yaounde II
November 2005:
Masters with thesis in Economics (DEA) - University of Yaounde II
June 2001: Post
Graduate Diploma in Economics (MAITRISE) - University of Dschang
September 2000:
Bachelor’s Degree in economics (LICENCE) - University of Dschang
June 1997: General
Certificate of Education Advanced Level (BACCALAUREAT D) – Lycée d’Elig-Essono
Yaoundé
June 1996: General
Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (PROBATOIRE D) – Lycée d’Elig-Essono
Yaoundé
June 1994: General
Certificate of Education Ordinary Level (BEPC) – Lycée d’Elig-Essono Yaoundé
June 1990: First
School Leaving Certificate (CEPE) – Ecole Publique de Nkolndongo Yaoundé
Position:
Since November 2019: Associate Professor, Faculty of
Economics and Management, University of Yaounde II
November 2013 - November 2019: Senior Lecturer, Faculty
of Economics and Management, University of Yaounde II
June 2010 - November 2013: Lecturer, Faculty of Economics
and Management, University of Yaounde II
Octobre 2008 - June 2010: ATER, Faculty of Economics and
Management, University of Yaounde II
January 2006 – October 2008: In charge of tutorials (chargé de travaux dirigés),
Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Yaounde II
Visiting Position:
March – June 2017:
Visiting Research Fellow, CEDON, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Brussels,
Belgium
June 2009 –
January 2010: Visiting scholar, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
May – July 2007:
Visiting scholar, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
Since 2015:
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness,
University of Buea, South-West Cameroon
Teaching Experience:
Environmental
Policies, and Environmental Economics and Natural Resources in postgraduate
program to the department of Public Economic, University of Yaounde II.
Environmental
Economics, Microeconomic Analysis, Agri-environmental Economics and Policy, and
Natural Ressources and Envrionmental Economics in undergraduate and
postgraduate program to the department of Agricutural Economics and
Agribusiness, University of Buea.
Supervised students in Master and PhD thesis
Since 2014: More
than 25 masters supervised.
Since 2017: Current supervision of two PhD thesis
Since 2017: Current supervision of two PhD thesis
List
of publications:
Articles:
Working papers:
Sotamenou J. 2010.
The determinants of organic fertilizers use in Cameroon: an econometric
analysis. AERC Final Report
Books and chapters
books:
Academic reports:
Sotamenou J.,
2012. The composting: a sustainable alternative for public solid waste
management in Cameroon. PhD dissertation. University of Yaounde II (Cameroon)
and French agricultural research centre for the development (CIRAD, France),
286p.
Leads projects
Sotamenou
J. 2017. Household
behaviour on municipal solid waste management: a case of yaounde city in
Cameroon. Financed by the K.U.Leuven Interfaculty Council for Development
Co-operation specialisation programme.
Sotamenou
J. & Ndonou Tchoumdop M.E., 2012. Practice of
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by managers of SMEs in
Cameroon. Financed by Trust Africa (Grant n° TA-11-043)
Sotamenou J. 2009.
The determinants of organic waste use in Cameroon: an econometrical analysis.
Financed by African Economic Research Consortium (Grant n° RT-08-53)
Grants, Awards, Honours:
August 2011:
Travel grants from “Francophonie” as Speaker and trainer at the 3rd edition
of the Summer School on Urban Agriculture organized by the CRAPAUD and ISE of
the University of Quebec at Montreal.
July 2011: Grants
from AAEE to participate at the Annual Meeting of Agricultural and Applied
Economics Association in Pittsburgh PA, USA.2001: Gold medal of the “Duck of
Edinburgh’s Award International Association”
June 2009 –
January 2010: Grants from “French Cooperation in Cameroon” in order to finish the
redaction of my PhD thesis at the CIRAD, France.
March 2007:
Awards, the Rectors’ / Vice Chancellor’s prize for the Encouragement of
Academic Excellence (Brain Trust Competition 2007)
Conferences, workshops and seminar
presentation:
Yaoundé, Cameroon
– August 2019: Participation to the scientific conference organised by the
MINEPAT in order to prepare the second phase (2020-2027) of Cameroon Vision
2035.
Paris-France, June
2018: Participation to conference on climate change and global warming.
Yaoundé, Cameroon,
April 2018: Participation in the first conference of ReSFUGE on sustainable
development in the agro-food sector.
Bruxelles,
Belgique, Mars – Juin 2017: Participation to many workshops organized by the
CEDON - KU Leuven.
Addis-Ababa,
Ethiopia, December 2015: Participation to the biannual research workshop of
AERC on Agriculture and Structural Transformation in Africa.
Accra, Ghana,
June2014: Participation to the biannual research workshop of AERC on the
publicfinance: tax and expenditure reforms.
Trainings:
Yaoundé, Cameroon,
June 2015: Participation to a conference and debate on the theme: "Can
family farms save the planet?"organized by CIRAD and the French Institute.
August 2001:
Academic training course in a microfinance institution (Cameroon)
September -
December 2001: Training in data processing (E-Views, Stata, SPSS, Internet, MS
Office...).
Consultancies:
Since 2015: Expert
consultant at the National Training Program for the City’s job (PNFMV) as
specialist in environmental economics (Solid waste management, climate change,
Ecojobs …).
Since 2019 : Expert
consultant at the National Observatory on climate change.
Membership:
Member of
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA)
Member of African
Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
Member of African
association of agricultural economists (AAAE) Member
of the international society for ecological economics (ISEE)
Member of the
Coalition for the Promotion of Urban and Periurban Agriculture
in Africa (CAUPA)
Member of
Networking to Promote the Sustainable Production and Marketing of Indigenous
Vegetables through Urban and Semi-urban Agriculture in
Sub-Sahara Africa (IndigenoVeg)
Member of World
Association of Young Scientists (WAYS)
Language proficiency:
French (Native);
English (Fluent)
Hobbies:
Others:
The Rectors’/Vice
Chancelor’s prize for the Encouragement of Academic Excellence (Brain Trust
Competition 2007)
President of
ADDES-ENVIRONNEMENT (Community Base Organisation working in the field of
Education, Environment and Health)
Member of the
“Duck of Edinburgh’s Award International Association”
References:
Constant FOUOPI
DJIOGAP (Pr): Head of the Public Department, University of Yaounde II, Yaounde,
Cameroon. E mail: constantfouopi@yahoo.fr , Phone: 00 (237)
674 344 216
Ernest LYTIA MOLUA
(Pr Dr): Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Agro-business,
University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon. E-mail: emolua@yahoo.com, Phone: 00(237) 674 71 49 97
Simon DE JAEGER
(Pr. Dr): Head of the Research Centre for Economics and Corporate
Sustainability (CEDON), Campus Brussel KU Leuven, Belgium. E-mail: simon.dejaeger@kuleuven.be, Phone: 00 (32) 16 37 63 00
Laurent René PARROT (Dr): Economist, Researcher, CIRAD Montpellier, France. Phone: 00 (33) 467 617 502 / Mail: laurent.parrot@cirad.fr
Laurent René PARROT (Dr): Economist, Researcher, CIRAD Montpellier, France. Phone: 00 (33) 467 617 502 / Mail: laurent.parrot@cirad.fr
