Kokou Kintche, from Togo, is a SARD-SC Soil Fertility Specialist. He obtained his PhD at the Universities of Burgundy (France) and Lomé (Togo) (2009 to 2011) with collaboration from CIRAD (France) and the Togolese Institute of Agricultural Research (ITRA). He specialized in soil fertility management and modeling. He obtained the “Diplôme d’Ingénieur Agronome” and “Diplôme des Etudes Approfondies (DEA)” from the University of Lomé in 2004 and 2008, respectively.

Before this appointment, Kokou worked as a Cassava Agronomist at IITA-Kinshasa. He was a Researcher at ITRA (October 2007―October 2013), research leader on the agronomy of cotton (January 2012―October 2013), and activity leader of an NGO based in Togo (2005―2007). His main areas of interest are farmer organizations and rice cropping.