Academic Services

Professional Services

• Chair/President, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC) (Dec. 2024 - present)

• Reviewer (Economics Grant Application), Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada (Jan. 2024)

• Member (Non-US Universities Representative), Executive Committee, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC) (Dec. 2023 to Dec. 2026)

• Organizer, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC) Meeting, 10 -12 December 2023, Clearwater Beach, Florida, US.

• Topic Leader in “International Trade and Development” for the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES) - Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA) Joint Annual Meeting in Whistler, B.C, July 17-20, 2023

• Associate Editor, Climate & Development, Published by Stockholm Environment Institute, and Taylor & Francis (May 2022- present)

• Member, Program (Theme Day) Committee, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC) (2022- present)

• Member, Tenure & Promotion Committee, Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph (July 2022 – July 2025)

• Consultant Reviewer, the United States Department of Agriculture (May 2022)

• Reviewer, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council Grants (2021-2023)

• Reviewer, Book Proposal on Prospect for Regional Integration in Africa: A Comparative Perspective, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, South Africa (Sept 2021)

• Member, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (2020-2021)

• Editorial board member, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics (2019-present)

• Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, FARE, University of Guelph (2019-present)

• Chair, Awards Committee, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (2019-2021)

• Evaluator, Proposals for African Academy of Sciences (2021)

• Member, Search Committee for Chair/Head of Department, FARE, University of Guelph (2019)

• Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (2018 -2021)

• Editorial board member, African Journal of Economics and Management Studies (2017-present)

Refereeing for Academic Journals

• Journal of Development Economics, American Political Science Review, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Economics and Politics, Review of Development Economics, Southern Economic Journal, The World Economy, Review of World Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, International Review of Economics and Finance, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Journal of Economic Survey, Economic Modelling, Economic Policy and Analysis, Political Research Quarterly, European Journal of Political Economy, Review of International Economics, Food Policy, World Development, Energy Economics, Defense and Peace Economics, Journal of Peace Research, Canadian Public Policy Journal, International Trade Journal, Empirical Economics, Social Science Journal, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, Development Southern Africa