Dr. Binate Fofana Namizata is the Coordinator of ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-INRA¡¯s operating unit in C?te D¡¯Ivoire.
She is Ivorian, a lecturer, assistant professor at the Economics and Management Sciences Training and Research Unit (UFRSEG) of the F¨¦lix Houphou?t Boigny University (FHB) of Abidjan, and researcher responsible for Gender and Development Unit of the Ivorian Center for Economic and Social Research (CIRES).
She holds a Doctorate in Rural Economics from CIRES/University of Cocody and a PhD in Economics from Wageningen University in The Netherlands.
Dr. BINAT? is also the Coordinator of the Operating Unit of the Institute for Natural Resources of the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ (²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-INRA), in Cote D¡¯Ivoire.
From August 2017 to February 2020, she was General Director of Women, Child Protection and Family at the Ministry of Women, Child Protection and Solidarity.
Since March 2022, she is a co-researcher at the Francophone Observatory for Gender-Inclusive Development (OFDIG) at the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) in Canada;
She is Technical Advisor to the Minister of Women, Family and Children of Ivory Coast
Research Interests
- Economics of Rural Development
- Environment and Microfinance
- Gender Research
- Natural Resources Management