Abiodun Olusola Omotayo

I am currently an senior lecturer/researcher at the North West University, South Africa where i previously had my 5 years Post-doctoral research fellowship

I obtained my MSc and PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and North West University, South Africa

I am a C-Rated established researcher with a sustained record of productivity in the field and with a body of quality work. I am a community engagement and development economic professional

I have authored/co-authored over 100 high impact peer review research papers in the ISI/DoHET accredited journals with a sustained record of quality work and academic productivity

The core of my research and teaching have coherence and attests to ongoing international and local engagements within the field of Agriculture and development economics. This has equally led to some local and international recognition of the quality and impact of my research outputs in the past years.

Research, Teaching Interest, Skills and Methodological Expertise:

• Development economics

• Environmental, welfare and health economics

• Impact assessment, sustainable food system, food analysis

• Food security, food value chain and climate change

• Natural resources and production economics, agribusiness and sustainable livelihood

• Agricultural extension, labor economics, technology transfer and rural development

• Cost benefit analysis of development projects/programs/policies

• Impact assessment and technology adoption

• Applied micro, macroeconomics, policy and trade

• Household survey design and implementation

• Data analysis using micro- and macro-econometric methods

• Data analysis using qualitative methods and models

• Computer software packages (STATA, SPSS, Linux, E-views)