CURRICULUM VITAE
RESEARCH INTERESTS: MICRO-ECONOMETRICS, ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ECONOMICS
Personal Information
Name Abayomi Samuel Oyekale
Work Address Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, North-West University Mafikeng Campus, Mmabatho 2735 South Africa.
Home Address Flat 31 Siege Court, 15 Tillard Street, Mmabatho 2745 Mafikeng, South Africa.
Telephone (mobile) +27787144271 or +27836902471
E-mail ;
Nationality Nigerian
Date of Birth 9th December 1969
Marital Status Married with 3 children (IyinOluwa – 10 years, Jesutofunmi- 9 years and Iretimofe – 6 years).
Passport No A03595190
Passport Expiry Date 04 January 2017
Residence Status South African Work Permit No
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Education and Training
Date October 1988 - April 1994
Name of the Institution University of Ibadan,
Department of Agricultural Economic.
Principal subject Agricultural Economics
Title of Qualification B.Sc. (Agric Econ) First Class Hon
(GPA = 6.3, Ranked 1st out of 79)
Date 1995- 1997
Name of the Institution University of Ibadan,
Principal subject Agricultural Economics
Title of Qualification M.Sc. (Agric Econ)
(WGP = 69.9%, ranked 1st out of 80)
Date Jan. 2000- April 2004
Name of the Institution University of Ibadan,
Department of Agricultural Economic.
Principal subject Agricultural Economics
Title of Qualification PhD (Agric Econ)
Thesis Land Use Dynamics and Sustainable Agricultural Production in Nigeria.PhD Thesis in the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Work Experience
Date of duty assumption 4th Jan 1999-7 August 2000
Name and Address of employer B-Y Consults, ANCE Building,
Jericho, Ibadan.
Type of business Consultancy Outfit
Position held Research Assistant
Main activities and responsibilities Socio-economic research and office
administration
Date of duty assumption 8th Aug 2000- 31st October 2000
Name and Address of employer Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), Idi Ayunre, Ibadan
Type of business Government Research Institute
Position held Research Officer 1
Main activities and responsibilities Social research and office administration
Date of duty assumption 1st Nov 2000- 31st March 2012.
Name and Address of employer University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Type of business Government Tertiary Institution
Position Senior Lecturer in October 2010
Date of duty assumption 1st April 2012 (3 Years Contract)
Name and Address of Employer: North-West University, Mafikeng, South Africa
Type of Business: Government Tertiary Institution
Position: Associate Professor
Current Academic Position: Professor (November 2013)
University Teaching Experience
University of Ibadan
AGE 513: Agribusiness Management 2000/01
AGE 521: Principles of Macroeconomics 2000/01 &2001/02
AGE 201: Introduction to Computer 2001/02 to 2009/10
AGE 210: Introduction to Agricultural Economics 2003/04
AGE 516: Econometrics 2002/03
AGE 511: Statistics and Field Experimentation 2002/03
AGE 300: Computer in Agriculture 2004/05-2005/06
AGE 311: Introduction to Statistics 2005/06-2009/10
AGE 519: Research Methods 2010/11
Postgraduate (MSc.)
AGE 707: Operations Research 2005/06-2011
AGE 715: Health Economics 2008/09-2011
PhD Seminar Course
Quantitative Methods in Agricultural Economics 2010/2011
North-West University Mafikeng Campus, South Africa
ECOM 414 Agricultural Statistics 2013
ECOM 411 Production Economics 2013
ECOM 612 Agricultural Administration 2013
ECOM 613 Land Resources and Management 2013
AECM 611 Econometrics 2012
WVAS 221 Understanding the Agricultural World 2012
AECM 111 Introduction to Agricultural Economics 2012
AECM 313 Agricultural Statistics 2013
AECM 311 Microeconomics 2013
AECM 322 Production Economics 2013
AECM 225 Macroeconomics 2013
WVAS 221 Understanding the Agricultural World 2013
Completed Students’ Supervision
Bachelor - more than 60
Masters - more than 15
PhD - 4
Experience in Commissioned Studies/Consultancies
i. Participated in the preparation of Lead Policy Paper on “Agriculture, Population and Environment Nexus in Nigeria. The paper was commissioned to B-Y Consults by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). My activities included desk review of literature, collection of available data, and writing of the report. June 1999 to April 2000.
ii. Member of field researchers that carried out a study on Institutional Strengthening for FADAMA 2 Project. Project commissioned to BDO-OFO, Lagos State, Nigeria. My activities included review of the management processes of the different Departments of the Niger State Agricultural Development Project (ADP) with a view to identifying the constraints to effective performance, administration of questionnaires to some Fadama Users Association and data analysis/writing of report. The activities spanned the period of September to December, 2002.
iii. Field researcher that conducted a survey of FADAMA farmers under Anambra State Agricultural Development Project. My activities included interview of key officers of the Anambra State Agricultural Development Project and visitation to farmers for interview.
iv. Member of a team of multidisciplinary experts working on “Waste to Wealth Project in the University of Ibadan” The project’s title is “Identification and Quantification of Waste in Nigeria”My activities included preparation of the preliminary proposal, review of literature and data analysis. The project was executed between May 2004 and June 2006.
v. Member of a team of multidisciplinary experts that conducted a study on Background Study on Administering A Targeted Safety Net in Nigeria. My activities included review of activities of existing Safety Nets in Nigeria, design of questionnaire and analysis of data for final report. The Study was sponsored by World Bank. The project lasted between October 2005 and March 2006.
vi. One of the team of 4 National Consultant to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Social and Economic Impact Study of HIV in Nigeria. September 2008- April 2009. Activities included review of HIV/AIDS situation in Oyo State, conduct of FGD with people living with HIV&AIDS and costing of the impact of the epidemic, writing of the final report for Oyo State.
vii. One of the team members that conducted a study/training to some vegetable farmers at the Mokola, Barrack, Ibadan on the use of urine as nutrient supplement for vegetable production. March - June 2009
viii. One of the collaborators with IFPRI team working on “Sustainable Land Management and Institutional Financing in Nigeria”. A workshop was conducted in Abuja on January 25, 2009, where I presented a paper on the “Extent, Trend and Severity of Land Degradation in Nigeria”.
ix. Principal Consultant to the National Fadama Development Office (NFDO) and Project Coordinating Unit (PCU) on “A Study to Define Parameters for a National SLM Knowledge Base and Define Key Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Indicators and System Parameters” March – May 2009.
x. One of the collaborators with IFPRI team working on “Farmers’ demand for seed and the analysis of gaps in the formal seed sector in Nigeria”. August 2009 - February 2010.
xi. Consultant to the World Bank on “Welfare Cost of Risk and Risk Management Options in Nigeria” August 8th 2011 to Dec. 2011.
Research Grants
1. African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi, Kenya (PhD
research grant) Oct. 2003 on the study “Land Use Dynamic and Sustainable Agricultural Production in Nigeria”.
2. Research grant by African Rural Policy Analysis Network, USA, May 2004 for the study on “HIV/AIDS and Productivity of Farmers in Nigeria.
3. Research grant award by Poverty and Economic Policy Network, Université Laval, Canada for a study on “Measurement and Sources of Income Inequality in Urban and Rural Areas of Nigeria”.
4. Research grant by Idachaba Foundation for Research and Scholarships (IFRES), Old Bodija, Ibadan, Nigeria (Jan 2005) for a study on Agricultural Intensification and Efficiency of Food production in South Western Nigeria.
5. Research grant by International Foundation of Science (IFS), Sweden (December 2005) on study “Intensive Land Use, Land Management and Efficiency of Food Production in the Niger Delta of Nigeria.
6. Collaborative Research Grant by African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Nairobi (Kenya) to Conduct A Study on “Non-Monetary Assessment of Pro-Poor Growth and Programmes in Nigeria” 2010.
7. Research Grant by Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on “Trade Integration and Poverty in West Africa”. 30th August 2011- February 2012.
8. Research Grant by African Initiatives (Canada) for a study on “Vulnerability of Peasant Cocoa Farmers to Climate Change, Adaptation and Resource Use Efficiency in South West Nigeria”. 1st September 2011-January 2012.
Academic Prizes, Medals and Awards
1. Global Development Network (GDN) Medal Award for Research on Development (Investment in Health and Mutual Impact) First Place in 2004 http://www.gdnet.org/middle.php?oid=52
Title of paper: Rural Households’ Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and Economic Efficiency in the Rainforest Belt of Nigeria.
2. 2005 Award Winner of the Prize for the Best African Research in Sustainable Agriculture by Support-Africa International, Germany.
Title of paper: Farm Households’ Involvement in Behaviours Prone to HIV/AIDS and Economic Efficiency in Rural Nigeria
3. University of Ibadan Postgraduate Scholarship Award for MSc degree programme in Agricultural Economics (1995)
4. Zard Scholarship for Agriculture, University of Ibadan. (1997)
5. Departmental Prize of Agric. Econ., University of Ibadan (1994)
6. NUPEMECO Prize for Agriculture (1994)
7. Sir Kofo Abayomi Prize for Agriculture (1994).
8. Performance Bonus in 2012 at the North-West University, 2012.
9. Award as the Most Productive Researcher (Senior) in 2012 in the Faculty of Agriculture, Science and Technology (FAST) of the North-West University, Mafikeng Campus.
10. Most Productive Senior Researcher, North-West University, 2012.
International Teaching Fellowship/Study Visit
1. Fellowship to attend conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economics (IAAE) Durban, South Africa August 2003.
2. Study visit at World Institute for Development Economic Research (WIDER) Helsinki, Finland Jan 30 – Feb 25, 2006.
3. Teaching fellowships at the Collaborative Masters Programme in Economics for Anglophone Africa (CMAP) Joint Facility Electives organized by the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi (June 2010-August 2010),
4. Teaching fellowships at the Collaborative Masters Programme in Economics for Anglophone Africa (CMAP) Joint Facility Electives organized by the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi (June 2011-August 2011).
5. Teaching fellowships at the Collaborative Collaborative PhD Programme in Economics for Anglophone and Francophone Countries in Africa (CPP) Joint Facility Electives organized by the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi (July 2012-August 2012).
6. PhD Supervision for Southern Africa students call for project development on the theme: Climatic Change, Natural Resource Management and Households’ Poverty Dynamics in South Africa with DrMarjin van der Verlde of International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA) August 2012.
7. Fellowship to develop comprehensive examination for PhD students that offered Agricultural Economics at the 2012 CPP programme of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi, Kenya.
Membership of Learned Societies/Network
1. Member – Nigeria Economic Society.
2. Member – African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi.
3. Member – Nigeria Association of Agricultural Economists
4. Member: Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Network, Canada.
Articles Published in Journals
1. Oyekale, A. S. (2000): “An Application of Almost Ideal Demand Systems (AIDS) to Food Demand in Nigeria”. Nigerian Agricultural Development Studies. 1 (2):43-52.
2. Oyekale, A.S. (2001): Towards the development of workable technological packages for sustainable and regenerative agriculture in Nigeria. Journal of Sustainable Tropical Agricultural Research.2:116-121.
3. Oyekale, A.S. (2001): Crop losses due to pests in tropical agriculture: the case of Nigeria. Journal of Sustainable Tropical Agricultural Research. 2: 24-30.
4. Oyekale, A.S.(2001): Supply and Demand Equations for Livestock Products in Nigeria: A Simultaneous Equation Approach. Tropical Journal of Animal Science 4 (2): 117-125.
5. Oyekale, A.S., T.T. Awoyemi and Y.T. Ajose, (2001). School Children’s Participation in Farm and Off Farm Activities: A Case Study of Akinyele Local Government of Oyo State. African Journal of Educational Research 7(1&2):101-110.
6. Oyekale, A.S. and A.O. Falusi (2002). Determinants of Deforestation and Agricultural Land Expansion in Nigeria. The Nigerian Journal of Economics and Social Studies 44 (1): 113-128.
7. Oyekale, A.S., T.T. Awoyemi and O.I. Jaiyebo (2003). Marketing Functions and Determinants of Profits Among Frozen Chicken Marketers in Ibadan– Oyo State. African Journal of Livestock Extension.2:19-23.
8. Oyekale A.S. and T.G. Onasanya (2003).Effect of Smallholders’ Land Use Intensity on Food Crop Production in Odogbolu Local Government Area, Ogun State. The Nigerian Journal of Economics and Social Studies 45 (1&2):31-40.
9. Oyekale, A.S., A.I. Adeoti, T.O. Ogunnupe, and T.E. Mafimisebi (2004). Land Management and Economic Efficiency of Food production in Ogun and Delta State, Nigeria. Bowen Journal of Agriculture 1(1):88-93.
10. Mafimisebi, T.E., F.Y Okunmadewa, A.S Oyekale and U.P Onyeka (2005).Rural Business Financing in Ibadan, Nigeria: A Statistical Analysis of Community Banks credit to the Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Sector. Applied Tropical Agriculture10:8-15.
11. Oyekale A.S. (2006). A Dynamic Optimal Control Model for Deforestation and Agricultural Production in Nigeria. ASSET An International Journal, 6(1):247-254.
12. Oyekale A.S. and S.A. Yusuf (2006). An Error Correction Modeling (ECM) Of The Determinants Of Deforestation In Nigeria. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 23:19-36.
13. Mafimisebi, T.E, F.Y Okunmadewa, A.S Oyekale and U.P Onyeka (2006).Trend performance in credit financing of rural business activities in Nigeria: A case study of community banks in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. International Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development 7:50-60.
14. Oyekale, A.S. (2006). Agricultural Intensification and Efficiency of Food Production in the Rainforest Belt of Nigeria. European Journal of Social Sciences.4 (1): 45-54.
15. Awoyemi, T. T., I. B. Oluwatayoand A. S. Oyekale (2006) Estimating Gender Differentials in Allocative Inefficiency of Cassava Farmers in Southwestern Nigeria: An Application of Stochastic Translog Cost Approach. Journal of Economics and Rural Development, 15(2): 73-86.
16. Oyekale, A.S. and J.W. Udia (2007). Changing Rural Households’ Expenditures and Coping Strategies Under Deregulated Fuel Price Regime in Nigeria: A Micro-Evidence From Ikene Local Government. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences 4 (1):102-106 .
17. Oyekale, A.S. (2007). Intensive Land Use and Efficiency of Food Production in Southwestern Nigeria. Agricultural Journal. 2(2):174-179.
18. Oyekale, A.S., A.I. Adeoti and T.O. Oyekale (2007). Regression-Based Approach to Income Inequality Decomposition in Urban and Rural Nigeria. International Journal of Economic Perspectives. 1(1):45-54.
19. Oyekale, A.S. (2007): Determinants of Agricultural Land Expansion in Nigeria: An Application of Error Correction Modeling (ECM). Journal of Central European Agriculture. 8(2007):301-310.
20. Oyekale, A.S. and T.O. Oyekale (2008). Farmers’ involvement in behaviours prone to HIV/AIDS: A case study of southern Nigeria. Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services.7 (3):289-303.
21. Oyekale, A.S. (2008). Land Degradation, Soil Conservation Practices and Poverty Incidence in Southwestern Nigeria. Agricultural Journal 3(6):482-487.
22. Oyekale, A.S. (2008) An Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) For Forest And Agricultural Land Demand in Nigeria Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences5 (8): 813-819.
23. Oyekale, A.S. and F.Y. Okunmadewa (2008). Fuzzy Set Approach to Multidimensional Poverty Analysis in Abia State, Nigeria, Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences 3 (7):490-495.
24. Oyekale, A.S. and T.O. Oyekale (2009) Do Mothers’ Educational Levels Matter in Child Malnutrition and Health Outcomes in Gambia and Niger? The Social Sciences 4 (1): 118-127.