361 About the Contributors Abiodun Obayelu started his educational career in University of Ilorin, Kwara State Nigeria where he obtained Bachelor Degree in Agriculture (B. Agric) in 1995. In year 2002, he obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration (M.B.A) and a Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from University of Ilorin and Ibadan, Nigeria respectively. Obayelu obtained his Ph.D degree in Agricultural Economics in August 2009 from University of Ibadan. Between 2005 and 2007, he was University of Ibadan Postgraduate School Teaching and Research Assistant and currently lectures in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) Ogun State, Nigeria. His areas of interest include: Food and Consumer Welfare Economics, Development Economics, Impact Evaluation and Agricultural Innovations. He has published extensively in both international and local journals, and has to his credit over 60 publications. Dr. Obayelu has won a number of awards and international recognitions. These include PhD Doctoral Research Award by African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) and International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in August 2009, PhD Thesis Award by Postgraduate School University of Ibadan in 2009 and United States Association for Small Business and Entrepre- neurship (USASBE) recognition for outstanding service in reviewing, evaluating, and providing scholarly insights for the 2012 national conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2012. Dr Obayelu is a member of editorial board of several international journals among which are: African Journal of Economic and Manage- ment Studies (AJEMS), Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies (EEMCS) and associate editor of the Journal of Agricultural Science published by the Canadian Centre for Science Education. He is also a member of both international and local associations including the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE), Nigerian Association of Agricultural Economists (NAAE), Nigerian Association of Evaluators (NAE), African Growth and Development Policy (AGRODEP) Model- ing Consortium Impact Evaluation Network (AIEN), Emerald Literati Network and African Economics Research Consortium Network. About the Contributors * * * Godwin A. Abu is Professor of Agricultural Economics and currently, the Di- rector, Institute of Food Security, University of Agriculture Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria. He is the Country Coordinator, FERTORAO Project: Sustainable Increase in Agricultural Productivity through Integrated Management of Organic Fertilizers in West Africa. A two-year World Bank funded project for ECOWAS involving Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal. Previously, he had consulted and developed the agro potential for Gombe state, conducted impact evaluation for the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP) in Nigeria. He conducted studies for British-Oxfam Abuja, USAID-MARKETS,DFID- PrOpCom, World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB) and UNICEF. He is a Member, Steering Committee, Rice value Chain in Benue and Nasarawa States under the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development Special Initiative ONE WORLD-No hunger ‘Global Programme on Green Innova- tion Centers for the Agriculture and Food sector’. Kemisola Adenegan lectures in the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan. Her area of specializations are Marketing, Gender Issues and Welfare Economics. She has published widely in both National and International Journals. Clementina Ajayi is a Lecturer at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria and a doctoral student of Agricultural Economics at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She is currently researching on Rural Households Vulnerability to Food Insecurity and Choice of Coping Mechanisms in Nigeria. Her areas of focus are Food, Welfare and Environmental Economics with a special interest in rural households, food security, poverty and gender. She is a chartered banker with experience in management, retail marketing and agricultural finance. A respecter of individuality, promoter of diversity and multiculturalism, she believes our cultural differences are strengths and not weaknesses. She has won awards, grants and commendations locally and internationally. Clementina is also member of many professional organizations including Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), International Food and Agribussiness Management Association (IFAMA), Working Group of African Political Economy (WGAPE), Organization of Women in Science from Developing World (OWSD), Association for the Advancement of African Women’s Economists (AAAWE) and Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria (ICEN). 362 About the Contributors Oluwole Matthew Akinnagbe is a lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. He obtained his professional training at the University of Nigeria Nsukka, and holds Ph.D in Agricultural Extension with specialization in Agricultural Planning and Evaluation. He is member of many professional organizations including African Evaluation Association (AfrEA), Monitoring and Evaluation Nigeria group (Man- dENigeria), European Evaluation Society (EES), American Evaluation Association (AEA), Agricultural Policy Research Network (APRNet), Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria (AESON), African Growth and Development Policy Modelling Consortium (AGRODEP) IFPRI, and International Society of Extension Education (INSEE). Dr. Akinnagbe has participated in many national and internationally funded research studies on impact evaluation, rural development, agricultural innovation systems, agro-technology generation and institutional reforms. He has good mastery of the computer and its applications to problem solving situations including data analysis using computer softwares. He possesses excellent communication skills and has many years of experience in development work, teaching and research at the University level. Dr. Akinnagbe has published widely in reputable national and international scholarly journals with over 40 publications to his credit. He won the Young Extension Professional award in recognition of the outstanding contribution in the field of extension teaching, research and field extension services in 2013 by International Society of Extension Education, India. Dr. Akinnagbe has 6 months’ working experience as Senior Education Fellow with African Network for Agricul- ture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE) - an international organization, based in Nairobi Kenya, between June and December 2015. Henry Alapiki is a Professor of Political science with specialization in Develop- ment studies, Political Economy and Comparative Politics. Professor Alapiki has published widely in National and International journals and served as a resource person and lead researcher for notable international organizations on contemporary Development challenges in Nigeria. He was Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of PortHarcourt and currently Executive Director of University of PortHarcourt Foundation. Luke Amadi is a Senior Research Fellow at the Educational Support and De- velopment Initiatives for the Less Privileged (ESDIL). His areas of research interest include political ecology, sustainable development, security, political economy and development administration. Since 2009, he has engaged in building the capaci- ties of civil society organizations (CSOs), lecturing and consulting assignments on democracy, good governance and development. He was State Media contact for the UNDP/Rivers State 7th Country Programme and has several publications in scholarly journals. 363 About the Contributors Pedro Gomes holds a MSc in Environmental Engineering from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology - New University of Lisbon. Currently working in the Department of Economic Statistics - Environment and Agriculture at Statistics Portugal where the main tasks consist in collecting information internally or by external sources in order to prepare and analyse statistics on environment and economics applied to companies in order to provide information with National and International responsibilities. His work is highlighted in the contributions for publications developed in Statistics Portugal regarding Environmental Statistics and Environmental Management and Protection in Industrial Enterprises. He is an ele- ment of the Working Group “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals”. He is the author of four chapters for the SPRINGER book “BEACH MANAGEMENT TOOLS: Concepts, Methodologies and Case Studies” edited by Camilo M. Botero, Omar D. Cervantes and Charles W. Finkl. Charles B. L. Jumbe is a Professor of Economics at the Centre for Agricultural Research and Development (CARD) and the former Director of Research and Outreach at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) since 2013. He holds a PhD in Economics from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway). Before joining the University in 1996, he worked as an Economist in several government departments including the Office of the President and Cabinet in the Department of Economic Planning and Development (1990-1993), Ministry of Energy and Mining (1993-1996) and Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (1995- 1996). With more than 20 years of research experience, he has worked on a wide range of areas or topics such