Agriculture, Food Security and Rural Livelihoods
The economic wellbeing of rural households, smallholder farmers and agricultural communities — livelihood diversification, agricultural credit, financial inclusion, mobile money, farm productivity, and the relationship between women's empowerment and household food security.
Key topics
- Rural livelihood diversification
- Smallholder productivity and agricultural finance
- Farm-household access to credit
- Mobile money and farmer welfare
- Women's empowerment and food security
- Agricultural reform and rural development
- Non-farm entrepreneurship and household economic precarity
- Microfinance and agricultural development
Contributing faculty
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Prof. Emmanuel Ekow Asmah
Associate Professor of Economics; Vice Dean, School of Economics
Development and health economics, CGE-based policy modelling
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Prof. Ferdinand Ahiakpor
Professor of Economics (currently on formal secondment)
Labour and industrial economics, economic policy modelling
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Dr. Joshua Sebu
Senior Lecturer in Economics and Data Science
Survey data, financial inclusion and energy poverty
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Dr. Raymond Elikplim Kofinti
Senior Lecturer in Economics; Departmental Registration and Examinations Officer
Poverty, inequality and child welfare
