Dr. Hermann Comoé

- Structuring and pricing of agro insurance products (traditional and index-based crop insurance solutions) for global corporate clients and retail (smallholder and commercial producers) - Underwriting and pricing of aquaculture insurance deals on a global basis - Improvement and development of actuarial costing tools for the agribusiness sector - Development of risk assessment models - Management and building of client/broker relationship

Study of the economic impacts of Geographical Indications (GIs)

• Climate change impact and adaptation assessments in cocoa and coffee ecosystems in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Kenya (method: statistical crop yield analysis) • Adoption of agroforestry as adaptation strategy to climate change in Africa (method: rapid rural appraisals, participatory market chain approach) • Assistant to the lectures “Advanced Agro-food Marketing” and “Food Security from the global to the local dimension” • Advisor and statistical support to several Master and Bachelor students

• PhD student • Research assistant • Lecture assistant

• Project preparation for the Research Fellow Partnership Program (RFPP) at ETH Zurich • Publication of scientific papers

Identification of potential economic activities to increase smallholder farmers’ incomes in Côte d’Ivoire

• Analysis of the livestock and meat value chain (project funded by the Swiss Centre for International Agriculture (ZIL) • “Action à haute Valeur Symbolique” (AVS) (project funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to enhance food security in a context of socio-political crisis)

Dissertation titled: Contribution to food security by improving farmers’ responses to climate change in northern and central areas of Côte d'Ivoire. Methods: Statistical analysis; Econometric modeling of farmers’ decision behavior; Quantitative and qualitative surveys

Title of Diploma Thesis: Performance analysis of the livestock supply market of Abidjan from the city of Korhogo in the northern Côte d'Ivoire. Method: Supply chain analysis; Statistical analysis

Title of Diploma Thesis: Analysis of the institutional aspects of modern rice varieties dissemination and seed management in rural areas of Côte d’Ivoire”: ADRAO, Africa Rice Center. Method: Econometric modeling of innovation diffusion