Confidence Duku

Confidence Duku is a researcher at Wageningen University & Research, specializing in climate resilience and agricultural systems. Their work integrates climate science, hydrology, and machine learning to address food security, deforestation impacts, and flood forecasting in data-scarce regions.

Research Interests:

• Climate change modeling in Eastern Africa
• Hydrology-guided neural networks for flood forecasting
• Agricultural resilience (common bean, green gram) under climate stressors
• Economic impacts of deforestation in Brazil
• Climate services for financial institutions and SMEs

Notable Contributions: Developed frameworks for climate-smart business planning and flood prediction, with a focus on regions like East Africa and Brazil. Their work emphasizes ecosystem services and adaptation strategies.

Collaborations: Active in multi-institutional projects, including partnerships with SNV and Copernicus. Led LVVN projects on cascading climate risks and reforestation impacts.