Padabô KADOUZA is Full Professor of Rural Geography at the University of Kara in Togo. He was Head of the Department of Geography from 2007 to 2017, Vice-Director of Research, Cooperation and Partnerships from 2017 to 2018, Vice-Director of Prospective, Planning and Evaluation from 2018 to 2021. He is currently the Scientific Responsible of the Master in Geography. Author of several scientific articles on the rural populations in Africa, he works specifically on the management of land, rural migration, peasant adaptations to climate change, urban growth and rural changes, family farming and food security.