Prof. Dr. Dominique Guenat

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Prof. Dr. Dominique Guenat Dozent

Address Berner Fachhochschule
School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
Fachbereich Agronomie
Länggasse 85
3052 Zollikofen

Head of the HAFL Hugo P Cecchini Institute for international cooperation and development
Co-head of international agriculture

Agriculturist specialised in agricultural economics and rural development, PhD in agricultural economics ETH, Professor in agricultural economics at HAFL/ BFH, head of the HAFL Hugo P. Cecchini Institute for international cooperation and development; consultant and researcher.
Experience in:
• project cycle management: identification, feasibility studies, planning and evaluation of projects;
• economic and financial evaluation of projects, including cost benefit and cost effectiveness analyses
• agricultural education and extension: skills-based curriculum development, reform processes, teaching methodologies and material (e.g. students centred teaching, Problem Based Learning PBL, etc.)
• market access (MSD/M4P, inclusive markets, RMA) and value chain analyses
• rural development, food security and agricultural policy
• socio-economic studies, market integration, surveys, statistical evaluation
• farming systems research
• moderation of participatory processes

1983 - 1984 In charge of wheat intensification trials. Service Vaudois de Vulgarisation Agricole (SVVA)
1984 - 1989 Regional agronomist of the Bhutan National Potato Programme (BNPP) Helvetas (Swiss association for development cooperation)
1989 - 1990 Scientific collaborator, PhD student (Prof. Dr. P. Rieder and Prof. Dr. M. Menzi, NADEL) Institute of agricultural economics of the ETH, Zürich
1990 - today Consultant, associate and co-owner of ACADE Ltd. consultants’ company ACADE Ltd. Appui conseils en agriculture, développement et environnement, CH – 1295 Mies (VD), Switzerland
1997 - today Professor in agricultural economics School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (HAFL), Zollikofen, Switzerland
2010 - today Professor in agricultural economics and head of the group International Agriculture School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (HAFL), Zollikofen, Switzerland
2020 - today Professor in agricultural economics, head of the HAFL Hugo P. Cecchini Institute and and co-head of the group International Agriculture School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (HAFL), Zollikofen, Switzerland

1978 - 1983 Dipl. Ing. Agr. ETH, (diploma as agriculturist, equivalent to MSc) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
1987 - 1991 PhD in agricultural economics Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland

Member of the board of KFPE, the Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries