Dr Guillaume Soullier

Dr Guillaume Soullier
Visiting Scholar

Dr Guillaume Soullier is a researcher specialized in Agricultural Economics. He works at CIRAD, the French research centre for agricultural development, whose mandate is to produce and disseminate knowledge and innovations and contribute to capacity building in support of agricultural development in southern countries. Dr Guillaume Soullier is been posted to ISSER since 2021. Before obtaining a Ph.D. degree in Agricultural Economics at Montpellier University, he worked for NGOs in Senegal, Haïti, and Afghanistan, with a focus on farmers’ income. His research interests include food chains upgrading, farmers strategies, policy analysis and impact assessments. Dr Guillaume Soullier has several publications about rice value chains in West Africa.

  • Value chains transformations / upgrading
  • Contract farming
  • Certification
  • Collective action
  • Farmers' strategies
  • Policy analysis
  • Impact evaluation
  • Rice
  • Cocoa
  • West Africa

 

  • Codjoe, F.N.Y., G. Soullier, S. Mathé, F.A. Asante, et S. Bawakyillenuo. (2023) « Governance of organizational innovations in the cocoa value chain in Ghana ». Acta Horticulturae, no 1380 (octobre 2023): 83‑90. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2023.1380.10.
  • Tyrou, Emma, Guillaume Soullier, et Mamadou Coulibaly. (2023) « Unpacking Policies for the Development of Agricultural Growth Poles in West Africa ». Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue Canadienne d’études Du Développement, 1‑21. https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2023.2165484.
  • Assassi, Sami, et Guillaume Soullier. (2023) « Do State-Subsidized Contractual Arrangements Improve Farmers’ Income? Empirical Evidence from Algeria ». Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue Canadienne d’études Du Développement, 1‑25. https://doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2023.2212895.
  • Blundo-Canto, Genowefa, Gonzalo Rodríguez-Borray, Ángela-Rocío Vásquez-Urriago, María-Margarita Ramírez-Gómez, Gregorio Zambrano-Moreno, Leidy Tibaduiza-Castañeda, Bellanid Huertas-Carranza, et al. « Impact Weaving: An Approach to Strengthening the Plausibility of Anticipated AR4D Impact Pathways ». The European Journal of Development Research 35, no 2 (avril 2023): 402‑25. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-022-00566-6.
  • Soullier, Guillaume, et Paule Moustier (2021). « Contract Farming as a Last-Resort Option to Finance Rice Cultivation in Senegal ». The Journal of Development Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2021.2013466.
  • Arouna, Aminou, Guillaume Soullier, Patricio Mendez del Villar, et Matty Demont. (2020) « Policy Options for Mitigating Impacts of COVID-19 on Domestic Rice Value Chains and Food Security in West Africa ». Global Food Security, 100405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100405.
  • Soullier, Guillaume, Matty Demont, Aminou Arouna, Frédéric Lançon, et Patricio Mendez del Villar. (2020) « The State of Rice Value Chain Upgrading in West Africa ». Global Food Security 25: 100365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100365.
  • Soullier, Guillaume, et Paule Moustier. (2020) « The Modernization of the Rice Value Chain in Senegal: A Move towards the Asian Quiet Revolution? » Development Policy Review, dpr.12459. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12459.
  • Soullier, Guillaume, et Paule Moustier. (2018) « Impacts of Contract Farming in Domestic Grain Chains on Farmer Income and Food Insecurity. Contrasted Evidence from Senegal ». Food Policy 79: 179‑98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.07.004.
  • Soullier, Guillaume, Paule Moustier, Jérémy Bourgoin, et Alpha Ba. (2018) « Les effets des investissements d’agrobusiness sur les agriculteurs familiaux. Le cas de la vallée du fleuve Sénégal ». Économie Rurale, no366: 61‑79. https://doi.org/10.4000/economierurale.6262.

Cocoa4Future (2020-2026). Funded by European Union. The Cocoa4Future project strives to support the agroecological and organizational transition of West African cocoa farms. The aim is to help strengthen various features of the West African cocoa sector, including environmental and economic sustainability, social responsibility, quality and ethical standards. See more at https://www.cocoa4future.org/en

JobAgri (2024-2026). Funded by the BMZ. The objective of this project, based on the implementation of specific surveys with an original methodology allowing for international comparisons, is to support effective and job-rich investments in agriculture and agri-food value chains through renewed and innovative knowledge generation on the quantity and quality of labour. See more at https://www.ilo.org/emppolicy/pubs/WCMS_762511/lang--en/index.htm

MecaWAT (2023-2025). Funded by the French ministry of foreign affairs. The project aims to contribute to the development of agroecological agricultural systems in sub-Saharan Africa, through the mechanization of plant production operations. Its aim is to combine better labour productivity with less hardship and a work organisation that is favourable to women and young people. see more at https://www.cirad.fr/en/worldwide/cirad-worldwide/projects/projet-mecawat

EmployAE (2024-2025). Funded by the TSARA initiative. The project aims to characterize and identify different profiles of activities at farm and value chain level, according to agricultural and business models. See more about TSARA at: https://www.cirad.fr/en/press-area/press-releases/2022/the-initiative-tsara-moves-into-action

Technogouv (2021-2024): Funded by the Agropolis Foundation. The aim of the Technogouv project is to raise the awareness of policy makers and scientists of technical and organizational innovations implemented by actors in the traditional rice value chains, and their impacts.

Market Intelligence and Product Profiling (2023-2024). Funded by CGIAR. The CGIAR Initiative on Market Intelligence brings together strategic information on future crops, market segments and trait priorities aligned to the needs and preferences of farmers, agri-business and consumers. See more at https://www.cgiar.org/initiative/market-intelligence/?section=about