Mr. PADONOU Guigonou Freddy Pierre is an 24 years old agroeconomist by training in the Faculty of Agronomy Sciences at the University of Abomey-Calavi (FSA/UAC). Freddy is an junior consultant with several backgrounds in studies areas. After his bachelor degree in 2012, he has successively been Technical assistant in family farms Management Board at FUPRO-Benin, an federation of producers’ union of Benin; Research assistant within a research firm Cosinus Conseils (Benin); Assistant in the implementation of the project Local Rice Farmer can feed West Africa (PRORIZ) funded by the Dutch organization for Development (SNV). Freddy is also member of various platforms commited in the promotion of the agriculture sector like AgriProFocus-Benin and youth Ardys (CTA). He’s cofounder and  CEO at Modeling Agri Systems (e-MAS Benin), a company that aims to professionalize agricultural entrepreneurs by using ICT solutions to help them being more competitive