Enrique Fernández Flores
Responsibilities at the SLE
Research Associate at SLE ADVISORY SERVICE
SLE ADVISORY SERVICES:
Contact for the GIZ-Mozambique project in collaboration with the Organisation “Young Africa Agri-Tech” in the Sofala region to develop a framework for identifying and implementing sustainable innovations in agriculture. Improve vocational trainings and the use of didactic tools and digital methods;
Coordination of a sustainable strategy for future partnerships with universities from our projects “Investigación para la Acción y la toma de Decisiones” (IAD) in Colombia, Peru and Mexico, and “Universidade encontra economia para sustentabilidade” (UNEES) in Mozambique and Brazil.
Expert for multistakholder-projects in rural development. Regional focus on Andean and Lusophone Countries. Graduate of the 55th Postgraduate Programme at SLE. Experience as a researcher, junior manager, advisor and lecturer in diverse local and international organizations.
Thematic Focus: Sustainable innovation; food and nutrition security; agro-environmental policy and trade; bioeconomy and inclusive business models; workshop design; participatory, problem-solving and practice-oriented training; systemic and design thinking
Short Curriculum Vitae
| Since 2021 | Research Associate at Centre for Rural Development (SLE): Sustainability-oriented Innovation and Capacity Development with Young Africa Agri-Tech. In partnership with GIZ (Mozambique) |
| 2020 | Evaluation Manager at Centre for Rural Development (SLE): Assessment of Young Africa Agri-Tech and collaborative framework development. In partnership with GIZ (Mozambique) |
| 2019 – 2021 | Project Coordinator at Centre for Rural Development (SLE): Universidade Encontra Economia para Sustentabilidade (UNEES) https://unees.net/ (Mozambique and Brazil) |
| 2018-2019 | Expert and Content Creator at ECO Consult Sepp & Busacker (ECO) „Awareness programme for a sustainable value chain of the Brazil nut“ (Brazil) |
| 2018 | Consultant and Team Leader „Horticulture and Food Security in Maputo“. Part of UFISAMO Project at Centre for Rural Development (SLE) (Mozambique) |
| 2017 | Graduate Programme, Centre for Rural Development (SLE) Title of the study project commissioned by the BMEL within UFISAMO Project: Perspectives of Urban Agriculture in Maputo and Cape Town (Mozambique and South Africa) |
| 2015 | Independent Researcher at United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Agriculture under climate change conditions – Evaluation of land management and Carbon Neutral Programs (Chile) |
| 2014 | Project Management Intern at Inter-American Development Bank. Leadership and organization development. Coordination of management activities in a multi-country level (United States of America) |
| 2012 – 2014 | Student Research Assistant at German Institute for Economic Research (DIW-Berlin). WISIND Project on construction of security indicators in Germany and INSURANCE Project on household behavior analysis in the Philippines (Germany) |
| 2011 – 2014 | M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. Thesis: “Intra-Industry Ethanol Trade between Brazil and the U.S (Germany) |
| 2009 – 2010 | 2nd Specialization: Agriculture Business Management, La Molina Agrarian University (Peru) |
| 2003 – 2008 | B.Sc. in Biology, Specialization: Biotechnology, La Molina Agrarian University (Peru) |
Selected Publications
- Fernández, E. (2021) Coping strategies in rural education. A systemic approach using Human-Centered Design methods for the creation of tailor-made strategies in rural Mozambique (forthcoming).
- „Como a castanha pode ajudar a salvar a Amazônia“ (2020) „How a Brazil nut can help save the amazon rainforest“. Animated Video-Documental. Eco Consulting Group and EMBRAPA Brasil. Published at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXZHB5h9wxE&t=23s and www.outoftheboxsdm.com
- Fernández, E. (2019) Backyard Horticulture in Maputo – Empirical Findings. UFISAMO Research Project. Center for Rural Development (SLE). Berlin, Germany.
- Halder, S.; Agüero, J.; Dolle, P.; Fernández, E.; Schmidt, C. and Yang, M. (2018) Perspectives of Urban Agriculture in Maputo and Cape Town: Dialogue, networks and future scenarios. Center for Rural Development. SLE Publication Series-S275. Berlin, Germany
- Fernández, E. (2015) Bioeconomy and Innovation: Sustainable added value in the agricultural sector for enriching productive quality in Latin America and the Caribbean. Santiago de Chile, Chile.
- Fernández, E. (2014) Intra-Industry Ethanol Trade between Brazil and the U.S.- a related factors analysis” Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture. November 2014. HU Berlin. Berlin, Germany.
- Fernández, E.; Gandhi, M.; Jha, S.; Samdrup, T. (2013): Biofuel Supporting Policies in developing Countries: The Case of Brazil, China, India and Indonesia. Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture. August 2013. HU Berlin-. Berlin, Germany.
Contact: enrique.fernandez.flores[at]agrar.hu-berlin.de
Phone: 030 2093- 46883
Languages:
German
English
Spanish
Portuguese
French