Curriculum Vitae

Affiliations

• Since 2019: Agricultural Economist, Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), United Kingdom

• 2018-2019: Research Fellow/ Scientist, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Oyo State, Nigeria

• 2018-2019: MSc Student & Student Ambassador Royal Agricultural University (United Kingdom)

• 2017-2019: MSc Student & Graduate Assistant University of Ibadan (Nigeria)

• 2015-2016: Research Analyst, CUSO International, Youlead Project, (Nigeria)

Education

• 2018-2019: MSc Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security, Royal Agricultural University (UK).

• 2017-2019: MSc Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan (Nigeria).

• 2008-2014: BSc Agricultural Economics, Olabisi Onabanjo University (Nigeria).

• 2006-2007: Diploma in Computer Engineering, Arigan Computer College (Nigeria).

Awards (selection)

• 2019 Fellow, AAEA Africa Section Research Mentorship Program

• 2019 Winner of the Grooming Research Grants

• 2019 Research Fellow, IFRA Nigeria Research Programme

• Grant Winner from International Fund for Agricultural Development, (IFAD), 2018

• Appointed a Research Fellow of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, 2018

• Marshal Papworth Scholarship and Vice Chancellor’s Overseas Exceptional Consideration, 2018

• 2017 Fellow, Young African Leaders Initiative West Africa Emerging Leaders Program

• African Land and Food Fellowship Award, United Kingdom.

• Winner, 2018 Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YOUWIN)

• Best Graduating Student, College of Agricultural Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, 2014

• President, The Apostolic Church Students Fellowship, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, 2012 – 2013

• Convener, The Graduate Farmer’s Association.

• General Secretary/Building Committee Chairman, NCCF Akamkpa Zone, Cross river state, 2016.

• Egba Indigenes Global Association Scholarship award for Academic Excellence for 2013-2014

Selected Conferences Presentation/Awards

• Ogunmodede, M.A. (2020). Estimating the economic costs of INNS to Africa. Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Social Science Conference 9-13 March 2020, Nairobi, Kenya

• Ogunmodede, M.A, Omonona, B.: (2020). Food Consumption Patterns and Reported Illnesses among households in Nigeria at the 64th Annual Conference of the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) helded in Perth, Western Australia from 11 to 14 February 2020.

• 2019 Best Paper Award at the 4th Global Food Security, Food Safety and Sustainability Conference, for the paper Ogunmodede, M.A, Omonona, B.: Food as Medicine: Food consumption patterns and reported illnesses among households.

• Winner, Prestigious Award for Young Research’s at Food Security 2019.

• Ogunmodede, M.A. (2019). Finding farmers for the future: at the congress of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and Africa Association of Agricultural Economics (AAEA), 14-15 December 2019, Cairo , Egypt.

Project Acquisition (selection)

• 2019-2020: Economic estimation of cost of invasive non-native species (INNS) to Africa. Funded: DFID and CABI

• 2018-2019: Enhancing Capacity to Apply Research Evidence (CARE) in policy for youth engagement in agribusiness and rural economic activities in Africa Funded: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

• 2018-2019: Food as Medicine: Food consumption patterns and reported Illnesses among households in Nigeria. Funded: University Grooming Research Grants

Memberships

• African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)

• Nigeria Association of Agricultural Economists (NAAE)

• Nigeria Institute of Management (NIM)