Nationality: Cameroonian

Born on: May 11, 1979 at Yaounde

Phone: 00(237) 77 37 23 07 / 00(237) 22 14 48 57

Fax: 00(237) 22 20 29 69

E-mail: sotamenou@yahoo.fr


Areas of specialisation:

Expert in Urban solid waste management; Farming urban systems; Economy of production and the natural resources; Modelling; Environmental impact assessment; Project Identification, Formulation, Implementation, Monitoring, Evaluation.

Current research supervision:

Climate change and agriculture in Cameroon; Energy and economic growth in Cameroon; Environmental responsibility of local firms in Cameroon; Waste management strategies by households in Cameroon.

Position:

Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Yaounde II, Faculty of Economics and Management, Public Economy Department.


Education:

Since October 2006:

Thesis in Environmental Economics on the title: The urban and periurban agriculture: a sustainable alternative of public solid waste management in Cameroon(Previous date of the oral examination for thesis: April 2010)..

PhD advisors: Bernadette KAMGNIA DIA (University of Yaounde II, Cameroon) and Francis GANRY(French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development, CIRAD, UPR 78, France).
Supervisor: Laurent PARROT(CIRAD, UPR 103, France)

November 2005:

Masters with thesis in Economics – University of Yaounde II, Cameroon

June 2001:

Post Graduate Diploma in Economics (Analysis and Political Economics), University of Dschang, Cameroon

September 2000:

Bachelor’s Degree in economics (Agribusiness), University of Dschang, Cameroon


Papers:

Sotamenou J., Ganry F., Montange D., Parrot L., Simon S., 2010. Transfer Stations for Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management in Africa: Evidence from Cameroon. Chapter book in “Solid Waste Management & Environmental Remediation”. Timo Faerber & Johann Herzog (eds). Nova Science Publishers.

Parrot, L., Sotamenou J., Kamgnia Dia, B., 2009. Municipal solid waste management in Africa: strategies and livelihoods in Yaounde, Cameroon. Waste management 29 (2009), pp. 986 – 995.

Parrot L., Sotamenou J., Kamgnia Dia B., Nantchouang A. 2009. Determinants of domestic waste input use in urban agriculture lowland systems in Africa: The case of Yaounde in Cameroon. Habitat International, 33 (2009), pp. 357-364.

Sotamenou J., Parrot L., Kamgnia Dia B. 2008. Gestion des déchets ménagers et agriculture dans les bas-fonds de Yaoundé au Cameroun. In Parrot L. (ed.)2008. Agricultures et développement urbain en Afrique subsaharienne. Environnement et enjeux sanitaires. Paris : L'Harmattan, 203 p.

Sotamenou J. 2008. Les déterminants de la demande des déchets urbains organiques au Cameroun : une analyse économétrique. AERC Working Paper

Sotamenou J. 2008. La gestion déléguée du service de ramassage des déchets au Cameroun : enjeux et perspectives (Paper in progress)

Sotamenou, J. 2007. Taxation environnementale et effets socio-économiques au Cameroun (Paper in progress)

Sotamenou, J. 2005. Efficacité de la collecte des déchets ménagers et agriculture urbaine et périurbaine dans la ville de Yaoundé au Cameroun. Master’s with theses report in Economics, University of Yaounde II, Camero0n, 144p.


Conferences and seminar presentation:

Douala, CAMEROON, September 2011: Participation to a Workshop entitled: "Enjeux et conditions de la mobilisation de la matière organique issue des déchets (ménagers et organiques) dans les pays du Sud. Impacts agronomiques et environnementaux". Organised bi CIRAD, ADEME, PRASAC.

Montréal, CANADA, August 2011: 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.

Piitsburgh PA, ETATS-UNIS, July 2011: Participation to the Annual Meeting of Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA).

Ouagadougou, BURKINA FASO, December 2010: Participation to the international workshop on agriculture organised by CEDRES.

Strasbourg, FRANCE, November, 2010: Participation to a 9th international conference of Territorial Intelligence, "Ecological and Social Innovation".

Yamoussoukro, Gangoa and San Pedro, IVOIRY COAST, April, June and August 2010: Participation to a workshops organised by the Presidency of Ivoiry Coast in the frame of the Fiftieth anniversary of the independence.

Dakar, SENEGAL, October 2009: Participation to a Conference organised by the “GLOBELICS” on the topic “Inclusive Growth, Innovation and Technological Change: education, social capital and sustainable development”


Mombassa, KENYA, May 2009: Participation to a Conference on Agriculture for development in Sub-Saharian Africa organised by the African Economic Research Consortium

Lille, FRANCE, November 2008: Symposium organised by CNRS and University of Lille 1 on the topic: « Sustainable Development twenty years on: New theoretical interpretations, Methodological innovations, and fields of further exploration ».

Nairobi, KENYA, August 2008: Tenth Biennial Conference of International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) on “Applying Ecological Economics for Social and Environmental Sustainability”.

Montpellier, FRANCE, May 2007: Participation to several meetings in the framework of “DESI Fellowship” organised by the International Centre for Research and development / CIRAD

Nairobi, KENYA, Since December 2006: Participations to the biennial workshops organised by the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). Oral presentation

Douala, CAMEROUN, November 2006: Second International Workshop organised by CIDEGEF / Ville – Management on the “The Democratic Collective Goods Management”, Oral presentation.

Kampala, UGANDA, September 2006: 2nd meeting of "Networking to Promote the Sustainable Production and Marketing of Indigenous Vegetables through Urban and Periurban Agriculture in Sub-Sahara Africa”, Oral presentation

Yaounde, CAMEROUN, November 2005: International Workshop organized by the Network "Agricultures and urban development in Centre and West Africa". Oral presentation


Trainings:

Rennes, FRANCE, April 2009: Participation to a workshop on scientific paper’s production organised by CIDEGEF / IGR – IAE.

Alexandria, EGYPT, October 2008: Participation to the Seminar in Economics and Politics of the Natural Resources Management organised by OIF and IEPF.

Ouagadougou, BURKINA FASO, September 2007: Participation to the Seminar on “Qualitative method of research” organized by International Foundation for Science (IFS/Sweden) and International Institute for research and development (IRD/France).

April – November 2005: Academic training course (CIRAD/Yaounde) and participation to the Yaounde swamps areas valorisation’s programme.

Bobo-Dioulasso, BURKINA FASO, September - December 2004: Participation to many seminars and conferences organized within the framework of the “Common Campus of Option Training (CCCO)” of the “Interuniversity Post Graduate Program in Economics (PTCI)”.

August 2001: Academic training course in a microfinance institution (Cameroon)
September - December 2001: Training in data processing (E-Views, Stata, SPSS, Internet, MS Office...) Teaching:

Since 2008 – 2009 academic year: Assistant lecturer in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics and Mathematics at the University of Yaounde II


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:

French (Native); English (Fluent)

Hobbies:

Reading, Music (Playing Guitar), Scrabble, Sport (Football), Tourism (travels)


References:

Laurent René PARROT (Dr): Economist – Researcher, CIRAD Montpellier. E-mail: laurent.parrot@cirad

Bernadette KAMGNIA DIA (Pr): Economist, University of Yaounde II. E-mail: dkamgnia@yahoo.com

Francis GANRY (HDR): Agronomist, Director of Research, CIRAD Montpellier. E-mail: francis.ganry@cirad.fr

Anke HOEFFLER (Dr): Economist, University of Oxford (CSAE) E-mail: anke.hoeffler@economics.ox.ac.uk