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Girard Pierre
Pierre Girard
pierre.girard@cirad.fr
+33 6 73 74 38 04
Research fellow at the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)posted at the Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) – Ghana
Pierre Girard holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Montpellier (France). Before obtaining his PhD, he worked in international development in many African countries with a focus on supporting farmers’organization.His research interests are on structural change in rural change in relation with employment issues. He especially focuses on the agricultural development models that can provide decent jobs to people, the role of agroecology, bionenergies and mechanization in transforming farming systems and territories, and rural-urban linkages.

Publications

Girard P. 2023. From family to markets. How institutional determinants of rural youth transitions have changed in Senegal and Zambia over time. Journal of Rural Studies, 101 : 17 p. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103040

Mercandalli S., Girard P., Dione B., Michel S. 2023. Assessing rural-urban linkages and their contribution to territorial development: Insights from Zimbabwe's small and medium-sized cities. Sustainability, 15 (7) (n.spéc. Territorial Approaches to Sustainability) : 32 p. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15076223

Girard P. 2023. Rapport social d'activité et changement structurel : le cas du Sénégal. In : Boyer Robert (ed.), Chanteau Jean-Pierre (ed.), Labrousse Agnès (ed.), Lamarche Thomas (ed.). Théorie de la régulation - Un nouvel état des savoirs. Paris : Dunod, p. 412-418.

Girard P., Laske E., Sylla E.H.M., Bourgoin J., Sall M. 2022. Une agriculture familiale de plus en plus dépendante du salariat ? Les travailleurs saisonniers dans l'agriculture familiale sénégalaise (régions des Niayes et du Delta). Cahiers d'Etudes Africaines : p. 207-239. https://journals.openedition.org/etudesafricaines/36355

Contact:

ISSER – University of Ghana