Didier PILLOT (1954), Coordinator of the Agris mundus European MSc and member of the Agtrain Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate, Bologna expert and Chief Officer for International Networks at Agreenium, the new French Consortium for Higher Education and Research in Agriculture. Key expertise: Farming systems, Agricultural Economics, Stakeholders interactions with envi-ronment, training systems in Agriculture, Rural Development at large 5 books published on Caribbean, African and Asian agricultural systems President, Agrinatura (European Universities and Research Centers “tropically oriented”); Member of the Scientific Committee of the Institute for the Tropics and Subtropics (ITS), University of Life Sciences in Prague. Board member of the International Center for Research in Agriculture (ICRA) and Global Initiative in Horticultural sciences (GlobalHort)