Jean-René Cuzon

Jean-René Cuzon has been Project Team Manager in the Agriculture, Rural Development and Biodiversity (ARB) division at Agence française de développement (AFD) since 2013.

He joined AFD in 2009 as a project officer in charge of "Trade and Development" and "Regional Integration" within the Agency's Strategy Department, and since 2013 has been Project Team Manager within the "Agriculture, Rural Development and Biodiversity" Division, where he more specifically oversees several regional projects with ECOWAS and CIRAD. Jean-René Cuzon is also REP Coordinator for "Agroecology and Food Security" within the same division. He previously worked for 14 years as a technical assistant for the French Ministry of Cooperation and then the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, successively in the following 4 countries: Grenada, Namibia, Senegal and Burkina Faso. A graduate of AgroParisTech, Jean-René Cuzon is Ingénieur en Chef des Ponts, des Eaux et des Forêts at the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty.

• "5 inspiring techniques used in Africa to combat drought" AFD (2023)
• "War in Ukraine: soaring fertilizer prices weigh on Africa" in La Croix (2022)
• "Soaring food prices: local crops to Africa's rescue" in Le Monde (2022)
• "What the war in Ukraine says about famine" in Alternatives économiques (2022)
• "When Covid masks hunger" in Alternatives économiques (2020)
• "Cities and agrifood systems: rethinking the role of markets" in the "Rapports techniques" collection, AFD (2020)
• "Ecowas: slow but steady progress towards integration" dans Jeune Afrique (2019)