Syndhia Mathé

University of Ghana

Also at Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Institut Agro Montpellier, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, Innovation and Development in Agriculture and Food and Council of Scientific and Industrial Researchfrom their recent papers

Visiting Scientist, University of Ghana, since 2024per ORCID
Scientist, CIRAD Département Environnements et sociétés, since 2013per ORCID

Publishing since 2007, latest 2026

Senior economist specialized in the assessment of Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS). She currently works at the French Agricultural Research Center for International Development (Cirad) and is hosted as a visiting scientist at the Univerity of Ghana in the School of Agriculture (Department of Agricultural Extension), Accra, Ghana. She has a strong experience of strengthening AIS to support the development of more inclusive and responsible food and production systems in… More on ORCID

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Business and International Management
Horticulture
Strategy and Management
Plant Science

In their own words

Agriculture Innovation System
Innovation Support Services

Publications: 522007–2026
Citations: 337to those papers
h-index: 11i10-index 11
Field-weighted impact: 1.491.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 18%9 of 51 scored papers
Open access: 65%34 papers free to read

2 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Visiting Scientist, School of Agriculture_departement of Agricultural ExtensionUniversity of Ghanasince 2024
ScientistCIRAD Département Environnements et sociétéssince 2013
Visiting scientistScience and Technology Policy Research Institute2021–2024
Visiting scientistInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture2015–2021

Education

PhD, EconomicsUniversity of Montpellier2006–2009

Publications

52 in all

Making cocoa certification work for Ghana's farmers
2026Agritrop (Cirad)BookOpen access0 citations
A lexicon about innovation in research and innovation projects for agrifood system transformation and sustainability transitions
2026Data in BriefPublicationOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.dib.2026.112792

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Citations received each year

Peerford

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2548%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences2242%
Business and International Management1325%
Horticulture1325%
Strategy and Management1019%
Plant Science612%
Economics and Econometrics510%
Food Science48%
Ecology36%
Animal Science and Zoology24%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Agriculture and Rural Development Research25
Agricultural Innovations and Practices18
Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy13
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development13
Global trade, sustainability, and social impact7
Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development5
Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development4
Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis3
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture2
Livestock and Poultry Management2
Organic Food and Agriculture2
Agricultural pest management studies1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

100% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written12346710Home

Most frequent partner countries

France51
Cameroon31
Madagascar10
Germany10
Kenya6
Uganda6
Nigeria6
Netherlands5

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le DéveloppementFR49 papers
Innovation and Development in Agriculture and FoodFR42 papers
Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'EnvironnementFR22 papers
Institut Agro MontpellierFR20 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureCM19 papers
Université de DschangCM12 papers
Université de MontpellierFR11 papers
University of AntananarivoMG10 papers
University of HohenheimDE9 papers
Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH9 papers

Where they publish

Agritrop (Cirad)10
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)7
The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension6
Cahiers Agricultures2
Économie rurale2
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

9Industry, innovation and infrastructure13
2Zero hunger12
5Gender equality2
8Decent work and economic growth2
12Responsible consumption and production2
10Reduced inequalities1
13Climate action1
15

Most cited

An assessment method of ecosystem services based on stakeholders perceptions: The Rapid Ecosystem Services Participatory Appraisal (RESPA)
Ecosystem Services15
201764 citationsWorld top 10%
Farmers’ Perceptions as a Driver of Agricultural Practices: Understanding Soil Fertility Management Practices in Cocoa Agroforestry Systems in Cameroon
Human Ecology
202056 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Stakeholders’ perceptions on sustainability transition pathways of the cocoa value chain towards improved livelihood of small-scale farming households in Cameroon

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Heterogeneous pathways of technological change in marginalised rural areas: the case for fuller accounts of adoption

2024Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développementJournalOpen access1 citation10.1080/02255189.2024.2375268

What are the specificities of agricultural innovation systems in the South: an approach based on innovation support services

2023HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)PublicationOpen accessFirst author0 citations

Towards a framework to assess quality of innovation support services in AKIS: match and mismatch between farmers and providers' perceptions in Madagascar

2023HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)PublicationOpen accessSenior author0 citations

Characterization of the sectoral cocoa innovation system in Cameroon

2023HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)Book chapterFirst author0 citations

Evolutions and innovations in the cocoa supply chain

2021Agritrop (Cirad)Book chapterSenior author0 citations

Effectual behaviour and frugal innovations: Learning from women cocoa farmers in South West Cameroon

2021International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small BusinessJournalFirst author1 citation10.1504/ijesb.2021.10046869

Caractérisation du système sectoriel d’innovation du cacao au Cameroun

2021Science Technologie DéveloppementJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.21494/iste.op.2021.0694

The ecologisation of agriculture through the prism of collaborative innovation

2019HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)Book chapter0 citations

Déterminants des aptitudes à l’éco-innovation des pisciculteurs

2017Revue française de gestionJournalOpen accessFirst author3 citations10.3166/rfg.2016.00083

Agricultural innovation platform dynamics: a conceptual framework to analyze demand-driven research.

2016HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)PublicationFirst author0 citations

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Science Technologie Développement2

How it can be read

65% free to read

Diamond 9 · 17%Free to read and to publish
Gold 2 · 4%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 10 · 19%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 11 · 21%A copy in a repository
Closed 18 · 35%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

18 of 52 papers name a funder

Agence Française de Développement6
European Commission5
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement4
Direktoratet for Utviklingssamarbeid4
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung2
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt2
Wageningen University and Research2
African Union1

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

202040 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid