ANAGONOU Hojine Gawon

Phone number: (+229) 660-665-04

Home address :
01 BP 373, Cotonou, Republic of Benin
E-mail : anagonougawon@gmail.com
PROFILE

 Bilingual: Speaks English and French.

 Agronomist Engineer, option "Aménagement et Gestion des Ressources Naturelles"
(University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin);
 Monitoring, evaluation and management of agricultural, hydro-agricultural and
development projects;
 Field data collection (surveys, interviews and inventories) and data processing;
 Use of the following software: R, Distance, Google earth, Microsoft Office Word,
Powerpoint, Excel and Access.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Junior Expert
Cabinet Land and Water Bolivia Ltda (Bolivia)/GFA (Consulting Group GmbH)/KFW
(Kreditanstalt fur Wideraufbau bank), Republic of Benin, August 2023-Today
Needs assessment as part of the implementation of the FRSD project "Fund for Regional
Stabilization and Development in Fragile Regions within ECOWAS Member States" financed
by KFW in the 12 departments of Benin.
● Presented, evaluated and confirmed the implementation plan as well as the
community diagnosis, workshops and focus group discussion guides;
● Designed the planning workshop, defines the stakeholders;
● Identified national stakeholders and planned exchanges using the KIR and FGD
approaches;
● Organized exchanges with key informants and associations and/or groups through
community meetings in the field;
● Assessed the needs of communities and prioritized them with their consent;
● Contributes to the development of Needs Assessment draft report for FRSD Benin.

National Consultant
Cabinet TIMESIS (ITALY)/ UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), Republic of
Benin, June 2023-Today
Mission to verify the mid-term results of the GCF SAP005 PABE project “Enhanced
climate resilience of rural communities in central and north Benin through the implementation
of ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in forest and agricultural landscapes “financed by the
UNDP in the communes of Central and Northern Benin.
● Organized logistics-related activities in the field;
● Conducted semi-structured group interviews with PABE project beneficiaries
(producers and cooperatives) in the communes of DJOUGOU, OUAKE, BOUCOUMBE and
COBLY;
● Verified the results of the PABE project in the implementation areas;

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 ● Contributed in the necessary meetings with institutional players;
● Contribute in the production of the PABE project results verification mission report.

Community manager
Idee tech Business (Iteb africa), online, Benin, janvier 2023-Today
● Writes and publishes content;
● Animates different official pages of the academy (Fb, Link & Insta);

Business Manager
Online, Benin, destination USA and Central Africa July 2022-Today
● Processes and sells agricultural products (Natural spices, scented shea butter and
others)
● Sells African products and accessories (loincloths, tunics, African shirts and
traditional bracelets);

Treasurer General
NGO Green Growth, Fidjrossè, Cotonou, Benin April 2021-Today
● Collects and manages the membership fees of the organization;
● Prepares and signs all accounting and financial documents of the organization;
● Reports on the cash flow to the Board of Directors;
● Presents the financial report to the General Assembly every quarter.

Professional internship in crop pest bio-control

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Benin January 2021-April 2022
● Raised insect species (natural enemies) for research and protection of vegetable and
food crops against pests;
● Fed the larvae of its specimens;
● Counted the pupae of his specimens for insertion of their numbers in the laboratory
database.

Internship in Hydro-Agricultural Development and Infrastructure

Territorial Agricultural Development Agency (ATDA pole 7), Republic of Benin, April 2021-
November 2021
● Carried out hydro-agricultural development and Infrastructure operations in rural
areas at the Directorate of Development and Infrastructure;
● Carried out monitoring and evaluation of hydro-agricultural development works for
the promotion of promising sectors such as rice, market gardening and corn in wetlands;
● Monitored and managed construction works, shops and markets in rural areas
● Carried out tasks of allocation, monitoring and maintenance of agricultural equipment
to beneficiaries in rural areas.
● Participated in workshops for the implementation of project sheets and workshops for
the validation of aquaculture development projects and construction of buildings and
structures in rural areas.

Ornithological inventory
National Timber Office (ONAB), Republic of Benin, January 2021-March 2021
● Carried out an ornithological inventory for the estimation of the number of waterbird
species listed on the Beninese territory.

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Survey
National Society for Agricultural Mechanization (SoNAMA), Atlantic, Republic of Benin,
October 2020-November 2020
● Collected data on fish farming mechanization in the framework of the agricultural
mechanization project in Benin
● Contributed to the coding of data and their entry into a database.

Scientific research
Bassila, Tchaourou, Sakété, Pobè, Republic of Benin, September 2019-November 2019
● Conducted an ethnozoological survey on the taxonomic diversity, perception and
adoption of edible insects in Benin;
● Conducted an entomological inventory;
● Performed generalized linear models;
● Performed multivariate descriptive statistics.

EDUCATION

Name Period Diploma obtained Main Topic / Major

From To
- Good conversational English
LANEX Centre, 2021 202 Certificate of completion of -Enrich your English
Republic of Benin 2 English training vocabulary

International Training -Writing a scientific article

2021 202 Certificate in Scientific -Research tools for producing
1 Writing (as a prelude to the a good scientific article
University of RUFORUM International -Attitudes for a good scientific
Abomey-Calavi, Conference) presentation
Republic of Benin

Faculty of 2014 202 Diploma of Engineering in -Planning and management of

Agronomic
Sciences, University
of Abomey-Calavi,
Republic of Benin
0 Natural Resources Planning
and Management
protected areas and
rangelands
-Animal and plant ecology
-Irrigation techniques
-Fish farming, fishing and
aquaculture
-Forestry and forestry
economics
-Strength of materials and
construction techniques in
rural areas
-Beekeeping, agroforestry
and urban forestry
Thesis: Edible insects in
Benin: taxonomic diversity,

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Faculty of 2014 201
Agronomic 9 genetics
Sciences, University
of Abomey-Calavi,
Republic of Benin
Complexe Scolaire 2010 201
Marthin Luther King, 5 (series D)
Abomey-calavi,
Republic of Benin
PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES
 Able to work in a team and under
pressure
 Self-motivated and resilient
 Good organisational skills
References will be provided on request.
perception and adoption in the
Guinean and Sudano-Guinean
zones.
-Plant and animal physiology
General agronomy diploma -Animal and plant population
-Plant pathology, conservation
and storage of agricultural
products
-Zoology and zootechnics
-Urban forestry, silviculture
and botany
-General and special
entomology
-Organic chemistry and food
biochemistry
-Human nutrition and food
technology
-Regional analysis of
production systems
-Development ecology
-Agricultural extension
-Farm management and
agricultural accounting
-Life and Earth Science
Baccalaureate in Science -Reading and written
communication
-Mathematics
-Physical and chemical
sciences
-History and Geography
-English
-Philosophy
 Dynamic
 Rigorous and creative
 Sense of responsibility
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