Chinwoke Clara Ifeanyi-obi – Research and Development

Faculty

Agriculture

Department

Agricultural Economics & Extension

Job Description

"My job resolves round teaching assigned course both at undergraduate and graduate level, conducting research and public engagement. My research interest is on environmentally sustainable management in agriculture precisely, I work extensively on adapting the agricultural system in Nigeria to climate change threats and risks. I was a Post Doc research fellow of the United Kingdom Department for International Development under the Climate Impact Research Capacity and Leadership Enhancement (CIRCLE) Programme and a Fellow of West African Science leadership Programme. Currently, I am a research fellow of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI) under the fellowship programme for women in climate change science. I have been actively involved in public engagements and the facilitation of strategic partnerships between key stakeholders in rural development in Nigeria. I hope to work more on mainstreaming gender and ICT into Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) discourse and furthering partnerships among key players in agriculture and climate change. This I hope will facilitate the uptake of CSA among rural dwellers in Nigeria; hence improve agricultural productivity, farmers‟ resilience to climate change effects, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Also, I hope to engage more in science communication by making conscientious effort to provide credible evidence for informed policy decision, which I believe will facilitate the overall development of rural areas in my country. "

Research Interests

My research interest is mainly on

Grants

"1. Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies (CHRHS), Watson Institute, Brown University Training seed grant to train Rural women leaders in Rivers State on climate change. Grant awarded November 2021 to be implemented in March 2022.

2. One year Research Fellowship awarded by the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) under the AIMS NEI Women in Climate change Science fellowship programme supported by the Government of Canada, provided through Global Affairs Canada and the International Development Research Centre, (May 2021 to May 2022).

3. Principal Investigator for Capacity building training grant won under the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP Ex pillar 4) output 2 awarded to Foresight and Climate Smart Agriculture Working Group of Nigerian Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (NIFAAS), September, 2020

4. Project team member for National Policy dialogue to Provide technical support for Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) policy formulation at national, sub-regional and continental levels won under the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP Ex pillar 4) output 2. September, 2020

5. Project team member for Research Project on Strengthening Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Technologies, Innovations and Management Practices (TIMPs) Knowledge and Uptake to Influence Policy and Practice through Enhanced Partnership Among Key Stakeholders in Nigeria won under the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP Ex pillar 4) output 2. December, 2020

6. Research uptake grant awarded under the Climate Impact Research Capacity and Leadership Enhancement (CIRCLE) programme, jointly sponsored by the Association of Common Wealth Universities, African Academy of Sciences and Department for International Development (DFID), Jan 2018.
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7. Research uptake grant awarded under the Climate Impact Research Capacity and Leadership Enhancement (CIRCLE) programme, jointly sponsored by the Association of Commonwealth Universities, African Academy of Sciences and Department for International Development (DFID), June 2017

8. Postdoctoral Visiting Research Fellow Awarded under the Climate Impact Research Capacity and Leadership Enhancement (CIRCLE), jointly organized and sponsored by Association of Common wealth Universities, African Academy of Sciences and Department for International Development (DFID). Jan – Dec 2015
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