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Awudu Abdulai

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Awudu Abdulai
Born1958
Ghana
Occupation(s)Agricultural economist, professor
Years active1990–present
Known forResearch on poverty reduction, food and nutrition security, consumer decision-making, sustainable agriculture; Professor at University of Kiel

Awudu Abdulai (born in 1958) is a Ghanaian expert in agricultural and development economics, currently serving as a professor at the Institute of Food Economics and Consumption Studies at the University of Kiel in Germany. His academic work primarily addresses issues such as poverty reduction, food and nutrition security, consumer decision-making, and sustainable agricultural practices.

Academic background and professional trajectory

Abdulai completed his Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural economics at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana. He then pursued his Master’s and Doctorate degrees at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), finishing in 1990 and 1994, respectively. Notably, he was honored with the ETH Zurich Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award in 1994.

Following his doctoral studies, Abdulai held visiting scholar positions at Iowa State University from 1997 to 1998 and at Yale University in 2002. He subsequently joined ETH Zurich as an Assistant Professor specializing in Food Economics. In 2004, he transitioned to the University of Kiel, where he assumed the role of Professor of Food Economics and Food Policy as well as Director of the Institute of Food Economics and Consumption Studies. Between 2010 and 2011, he was appointed Cargill Visiting Professor at Stanford University’s Center on Food Security and the Environment. From 2012 through 2022, Abdulai served as Editor for Agricultural Economics and has contributed editorial expertise to other publications such as the American Journal of Agricultural Economics and Food Policy.

In 2017, he led the Graduate Committee within Kiel’s Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences. More recently, in 2021, he was selected for a five-year term on the Fellows Selection Committee of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA).

Abdulai’s consultancy experience includes collaborations with major international institutions like the World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), as well as the Bank of Ghana.

Honors and distinctions

In recognition of his teaching excellence, Abdulai received an award from the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the University of Kiel in 2006. The African-German Network Association granted him their Annual Prize for Research and Development in 2015. He was named a Distinguished Fellow by the African Association of Agricultural Economists in 2010. In 2020, he became the first black academic to be inducted as a Fellow of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA). Additionally, in 2021, he was honored as an Honorary Life Member (Fellow) by the International Association of Agricultural Economists.

Academic publications

  • "Determinants of Non-farm Earnings of Farm-Based Husbands and Wives in Northern Ghana" (1999). Published in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, co-authored with Chris Delgado. Vol. 81, No. 1, pp. 117–130.
  • "Structural Adjustment and Efficiency of Rice Farmers in Northern Ghana" (2000). Appeared in Economic Development and Cultural Change, co-authored with Wallace Huffman. Vol. 48, No. 3, pp. 503–521.
  • "Spatial Price Transmission and Asymmetry in the Ghanaian Maize Market" (2000). Featured in Journal of Development Economics. Vol. 63, No. 2, pp. 327–349.
  • "Does food aid really have disincentive effects? New evidence from markets and households in Sub-Saharan Africa" (2005). Published in World Development, with Barrett C.B. and J. Hoddinott. Vol. 33, No. 10, pp. 1689–1704.
  • "Land Tenure Arrangements and Investment in Land Improvement Measures: Theoretical and Empirical Analysis" (2011). Appeared in Journal of Development Economics, co-authored with V. Owusu and R. Goetz. Vol. 96(1), pp. 66–78.
  • "Adoption and Impact of Soil and Water Conservation Technology: An Endogenous Switching Regression Application" (2014). Published in Land Economics, with Wallace Huffman. Vol. 90, pp. 26–43.
  • "Impact of Ex-Ante Hypothetical Bias Mitigation Methods on Attribute Non-Attendance in Choice Experiments" (2016). Featured in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, co-authored with Mohammed Bello. Vol. 98(5), pp. 1486–1506.
  • "Social networks, adoption of improved variety and household welfare: Evidence from Ghana" (2021). Published in European Review of Agricultural Economics, with Abdul-Mumin Yazeed. doi:10.1093/erae/jbab007.

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