Anthony Ojonimi Onoja – Research & Development

Faculty

Agriculture

Department

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management

Job Description

"Dr. Anthony Ojonimi Onoja, is an Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics (Resource and Environmental Economist) at University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He is a former Head, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, an adjunct lecturer at the Institute of Natural Resource Environment and Sustainable Development (INRES), a part-time Lecturer at the Centre for Marine Pollution Monitoring and Seafood Safety (CEMPOS) in the University of Port Harcourt and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Agricultural Research and Development (IAR & D), both at University of Port Harcourt. Dr. Onoja is also currently an Associate Research Fellow at the Resource and Environmental Policy Research Center (REPRC), University of Nigeria Nsukka, a Project funded by Environment for Development (EfD: https://efdinitiative.org/nigeria ). He obtained a PhD in Agricultural Economics (Resource and Environmental Economics option) from University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 2015. He is currently the President, Agricultural Policy Research Network (APRNet: http://www.aprnetworkng.org). He was a Visiting Research Scholar (May-August 2018) at University of South Africa, Johannesburg. He is also an Executive Board Member (West African Regional Representative) of the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE). Dr. Onoja has been involved in field research (both qualitative and quantitative) for over 20 years now. He is an expert in agricultural policy analysis, trade/macroeconomic policy, applied econometrics, climate change and sustainable agricultural production/consumption as well as an agribusiness finance/project analyst. He serves in the editorial boards of four reputable journals including IFAMR (a Scopus journal), NAPReJ, OJAR and AGEERS. A certified reviewer of various Journals, Dr. Onoja is widely published and well travelled with over 75 peer reviewed publications in reputable journals, books, edited conference proceedings and book chapters. He has had several research presentations at the Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa (TRAPCA) in Arusha, Tanzania. He was also appointed as an Expert Reviewer of the Working Group I contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report and also a reviewer of some international research grants proposals. He had won scholarships, fellowships and research grants from various bodies (national and international) e.g. from TETFund (Nigeria), Global Development Network(GDN)/USAID, USAID/Michigan State University, Forum for Agriculture in Africa (FARA), Association of African Universities (AAU), SIDA & AGRIFOSE2030/University of Gothenburg. A consultant to World Bank/Fadama programme and GTZ, he is also a recipient of an international mobility scholarship funded by the European Union in the Intra-ACP Academic Mobility Scheme called TRECCAFRICA (which saw him doing a PhD exchange in trans-disciplinary studies in climate change at Mekelle University, Ethiopia).He had twice won awards for outstanding contribution to research and development at University of Port Harcourt. In 2017 he was named City Law Review (CTLR) Researcher of the Year by an Abuja based Magazine with bias for public policy and law. He is a member of International Association of Agricultural Economists, IAAE, African Association of Agricultural Economists, AAAE, Nigerian Association of Agricultural Economists, NAAE and Agricultural Policy Research Network (APRNet). Agriculture, Nutrition & Health (ANH) Academy and African Association of Resource and Environmental Economists (AFAERE). He is conversant with the use of econometric and statistical software such as EViews, Frontier 4.1C, STATA, SPSS, MS Excel, Limpdep, R and Genstat. He also uses GIS software such as DSSAT and Q-GIS fairly. Dr. Onoja was one of the Local Organizing Committee members of the 2019 AAAE-NAAE conference held in Abuja. Dr. Onoja is also a public policy analyst dwelling mostly on economic and agricultural policy issues at the national level."

Research Interests

Agricultural Policy Analysis, Resource and Environmental Economics, Applied Econometrics and Macroeconomics Analysis, Agricultural Finance and Project Analysis, Agribusiness

Grants

"Research Grants

Period Funder Title of Grant Amount Your Role
2021 (October 15-30) USAID/Michigan State University Study ID No: 6490) in a Short-term Consultancy contracted with Michigan State University (MSU) to support a Survey with Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI). 2175.7 USD Individual Investigator
2021 (Ongoing) TETFund (Nigeria) National Research Fund (NRFS) under the Cross-Cutting (CC) Research Category. Impact assessment and demographic history of the invasive
Giant Tiger Prawn, Panaeus monodon, along the Nigerian Coast 1.5 Million Naira Co-Researcher
2019-Date Environment for Development (EfD) (Gothenburg (Gothenburg University, Europe) GRANT_NUMBER: MS 552 URL: https://efdinitiative.org/about-efd Gender analysis of vulnerability to flood risk in farming and fishing communities of Kogi State, Nigeria. 49,000 Euros Co-Researcher
2017 University of Gothenburg/Agrifose2030 Sweden Research Grant to Conduct a study on Multifunctional Land use success story in Port Harcourt Nigeria under AGRIFOSE2030 Writeshop Programme. 83000 SEK Principal Investigator
2017 Global Development Network, GDN/USAID Won the Global Research Competition (GRC) of Global Development Network, GDN/USAID to successfully conduct a research on Aid Effectiveness in the agricultural Sector: Evidence from Ghana and Nigeria (with Dr. Freda Asem both under APRNet NGO) 24,550 USD Principal Investigator
2015 Forum for Research in Africa (FARA)/NORAD As a Consultant to Forum for Research in Africa (FARA) Won a competitive Research Grant to Conduct a Research on Impact of Climate Smart Agricultural Practices on Total Factor Productivity of Farmers in West and Central Africa. 38,000 USD Principal Investigator
2014 - 2015 TRECCAfrica(EU Intra-ACP mobility programme) PhD Research Exchange Fellowship awarded via University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Recipient of Transdisciplinary Training Institute of Climate & Society, for Resource Efficiency and Climate Change Mekelle University, EthiopiaAdaptation in Africa 15000 Euros PhD Exchange Student in Trans-disciplinary studies in Climate Change
2013-2014 African Association of Universities, (AAU) Ghana
S2013/2014 mall Grants for Dissertation/Thesis Writing Awards (for data collection in PhD dissertation writing) 3500 USD PhD Candidate Recipient
2011-2014 Education Trust Fund (ETF) Scholarship (Nigerian Federal Government) PhD Research Scholarship 1.5 Million Naira PhD Candidate Recipient
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