Matty Demont
Research Leader - Markets, Consumers & Nutrition
About
Matty Demont has more than 20 years of experience leading research and engaging with policy makers on food system transformation throughout Europe, Africa and Asia. He acquired vast field experience through numerous surveys, workshops, expert elicitations, value chain analyses, and behavioral experiments with consumers, farmers, food companies, and technology developers around the world. His current research focuses on sustainable rice value chain upgrading and food system transformation for healthier diets in Africa and Asia.
Credentials
- 2020–present Research Leader of Markets, Consumers & Nutrition, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines
- 2017–2021 CGIAR Flagship Leader of Upgrading Rice Value Chains, IRRI, Los Baños, Philippines
- 2017–2020 Head of Market Analysis Research Cluster, Agri-food Policy Platform, IRRI, Los Baños, Philippines
- 2017–2019 Outcome Theme Leader of Shaping Future Rice Value Chains and Policies, IRRI, Los Baños, Philippines
- 2017–2018 Head of Agri-food Policy Platform (Acting), IRRI, Los Baños, Philippines
- 2015–present Adjunct Professor, School of Environmental Science and Management, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), Philippines
- 2013–2017 Market Research Team Leader, Senior Economist, Market Research & Value Chain Specialist, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Philippines
- 2012–2013 Principal Value Chain Economist, Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice, CGIAR), Saint-Louis, Senegal
- 2009–2012 Principal Agricultural Economist, AfricaRice, Saint-Louis, Senegal
- 2007–2009 Associate Agricultural Economist, AfricaRice, Saint-Louis, Senegal
- 2006–2007 Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Agricultural & Food Economics, University of Leuven, Belgium
- 2002–2006 Doctoral Researcher, Centre for Agricultural & Food Economics, University of Leuven, Belgium
- 1999–2002 Researcher, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Ghent, Belgium
Education
- 2012 Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize by Agropolis Fondation, Montpellier, France
- 2012 Theodore W. Schultz Award by International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)
- 2002–2006 Doctoral program in Bioscience Engineering, University of Leuven, Belgium; PhD in 2006
- 1999 Xavier Bernard Award for Master Thesis, French Academy of Agriculture
- 1997–1998 Master in Agricultural Development – Tropical Agriculture, Ghent University, Belgium & Montpellier SupAgro, France
- 1994–1997 MSc Bioscience Engineering in Agricultural Economics & Tropical Agriculture, University of Leuven, Belgium
- 1992–1994 BSc Bioscience Engineering, University of Leuven, Belgium