WORK INFORMATION
| First Name | Anthonia | ||
| Middle Name (initial) | Ifeyinwa | ||
| Surname | Achike |
| Programme | |
| Department | Agribusiness |
| Faculty | Agriculture |
BIOGRAPHY (EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS)
Anthonia Ifeyinwa Achike is a Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Also, a global/Adjunct faculty member of the Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa (Trapca), Arusha-Tanzania. She holds a PhD degree in Agricultural Economics, specializing in Agricultural Finance and Project Analysis. She has attended several training courses on quantitative & qualitative analysis, gender, poverty, policy, time management, leadership and other development issues organized by different institutions. For example, she has been trained at the CODESRIA Gender Institute, Dakar – Senegal; and the Social Science Academy of Nigeria Gender Institute. She was also trained on time series econometrics and Game theory by the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), poverty mapping by the Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) – Community Based Monitoring System (CBMS) Research Network, in Manila Philippines, leadership by Leadbold International and, time management by Greendale Study Centre – a project of the National Association for Women Advancement (NAWA); University Advancement by Alliance for African Partnership based in Michigan States University, USA. She has participated as a consultant and trainer in many Gender evaluations, mainstreaming and training activities at both national and international levels. She has also conducted many baseline, evaluation, benchmarking and impact studies for various national and international organizations.
Professor Achike has served as the Director of the African Climate Change Adaptation Initiative, University of Nigeria Nsukka (ACCAI-UNN), the coordinator of the Transdisciplinary training for resource efficiency in climate change adaptation in Africa (TreccAfrica) of University of Nigeria Nsukka, the coordinator of the climate change project under the African Women in Science and Technology (AWFST), a programme of the African Technology Policy Studies (ATPS), the Head of Department of Agricultural Economics University of Nigeria Nsukka and the President of University Women’s Association, University of Nigeria Nsukka. She is currently the Director of the Gender and Development Policy Centre (GEN-CENT) of University of Nigeria Nsukka, the team leader of Nigeria’s Community Based Poverty Monitoring System (CBMS- Nigeria) and the coordinator of Agribusiness Development programme of the African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE), UNN Prof (Mrs.) Achike has more than eighty publications to her credit comprising journal articles, conference proceeding and technical reports. She is also a member of many international and national professional bodies and an Associate Fellow of the African Institute for Applied Economics. She has participated in more than twenty international research and consultancy works, competed for and won many national and international research grants and successfully completed the projects.
(PEP) – Community Based Monitoring System (CBMS) Research Network, in Manila Philippines, leadership by Leadbold International and, time management by Greendale Study Centre – a project of the National Association for Women Advancement (NAWA); University Advancement by Alliance for African Partnership based in Michigan States University, USA. She has participated as a consultant and trainer in many Gender evaluations, mainstreaming and training activities at both national and international levels. She has also conducted many baseline, evaluation, benchmarking and impact studies for various national and international organizations.
Professor Achike has served as the Director of the African Climate Change Adaptation Initiative, University of Nigeria Nsukka (ACCAI-UNN), the coordinator of the Transdisciplinary training for resource efficiency in climate change adaptation in Africa (TreccAfrica) of University of Nigeria Nsukka, the coordinator of the climate change project under the African Women in Science and Technology (AWFST), a programme of the African Technology Policy Studies (ATPS), the Head of Department of Agricultural Economics University of Nigeria Nsukka and the President of University Women’s Association, University of Nigeria Nsukka. She is currently the Director of the Gender and Development Policy Centre (GEN-CENT) of University of Nigeria Nsukka, the team leader of Nigeria’s Community Based Poverty Monitoring System (CBMS- Nigeria) and the coordinator of Agribusiness Development programme of the African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education (ANAFE), UNN Prof (Mrs.) Achike has more than eighty publications to her credit comprising journal articles, conference proceeding and technical reports. She is also a member of many international and national professional bodies and an Associate Fellow of the African Institute for Applied Economics. She has participated in more than twenty international research and consultancy works, competed for and won many national and international research grants and successfully completed the projects.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| S/N | INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED | DEGREE(S) AWARDED | YEAR |
| 1 | UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA | PHD | 2002 |
| 2 | UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA | M.SC | 1987 |
| 3 | UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA | B.SC | 1984 |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
| S/N | |
| 1 | FINANCE AND AGRIBUSINESS |
| 2 | CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT ISSUES |
| 3 | GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT |
PG PROJECT STUDENTS (NAME OF STUDENT AND A SUMMARY OF COMPLETED OR ON-GOING RESEARCH)
| S/N | |
| 1 | Socioeconomic and Environmental Linkages of Deforestation and Forest land Use Change in Rural farming Communities of South Eastern Nigeria (Completed) |
| 2 | AGROFORESTRY POTENTIALS FOR COMBATING FOREST AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONS IN SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIS (COMPLETED) |
| 3 | ANALYSIS OF LOAN ACQUISITION AND REPAYMENT AMONG SMALL SCALE FARMERS IN EBONYI STATE: IMPLICATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE CREDIT DELIVERY |
| 4 | GENDER DYNAMICS OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA |
| 5 | Do Socioeconomic and Environmental factors and Credit Constraint Determine Adoption and Impacts of Climate Smart Agricultural Practices (CSAPs): Evidence from Nigeria Panel Data (On-going) |
| 6 | Gender analysis of households’ vulnerability to floods in farming and fishing communities of Kogi State, Nigeria (On-going) |
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
| S/N | |
| 1 | MEMBER, AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTS |
| 2 | MEMBER, NIGERIAN ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTS |
| 3 | MEMBER, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA |
| 4 | FELLOW, AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ECONOMISTS |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (MAXIMUM OF WITH LINKS WHERE AVAILABLE)
| S/N | |
| 1 | Oranu, C.O, Achike, A.I, Zenebe, A and Abadi, T(2018).Comparative Evaluation of Farmers’ Perception and Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change and Variability in Bako Tibe, Ethiopia and Abeokuta, Nigeria.American Journal of Climate Change, 2018, 7, 611-623 http://www.scirp.org/journal/ajcc ISSN Online: 2167-9509 ISSN Print: 2167-9495 |
| 2 | OGUNMEFUN, S.O AND ACHIKE A.I (2017). ANALYSIS OF PISCICULTURE VALUE CHAIN IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA. ACADEMIC RESEARCH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH. VOL. 5(1), PP. 65-76, JANUARY 2017 DOI: 10.14662/ARJASR2016.051. ISSN: 2360-7874 HTTP://WWW.ACADEMICRESEARCHJOURNALS.ORG |
| 3 | ONOJA, A. O, ACHIKE, A.I AND AJIBADE, T.B (2017). ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SHORT-RUN AND LONG-RUN DETERMINANTS OF AGRICULTURAL VALUE ADDITION IN AFRICA. AGROSEARCH (2017) 17 NO. 1: 26– 43. HTTP://DX.DOI.ORG/10.4314/AGROSH.V17I1.3 |
| 4 | Achike, A. I and Onoja, A. O., (2014) Green House Gas Emission Determinants in Nigeria: Implications for Trade, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Policies. British Journal of Environment and Climate Change (BJECC) Vol. 4 (1). http://www.sciencedomain.org/download.php?f=Achike412013BJECC8576_1.pd f&aid=3920&type=a DOI : 10.9734/BJECC/2014/8576 ISSN: 22314784. |
| 5 | ACHIKE, A.I (2008). GENDER-BASED ASSOCIATIONS AND FEMALE FARMERS’ PARTICIPATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS IN ANAMBRA STATE OF NIGERIA. BOOK CHAPTER IN C.W. KITETU (ED.).
GENDER, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: PERSPECTIVES FROM AFRICA. PUBLISHED BY COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IN AFRICA (CODESRIA), IN CODESRIA GENDER SERIES 6. CODESRIA, DAKAR SENEGAL. PP.168-177. |
COLLABORATIONS/AFFILIATIONS
| S/N | |
| 1 | CURRENTLY COLLABAORATING WITH THE CENTRE FOR GENDER IN GLOBAL CONTEXT, MICHIGAN STATES UNIVERSITY |
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
| S/N | |
| 1 | AFRICAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE GRANT |
| 2 | ENVIRONMEMT FOR DEVELOMENT RESEARCH GRANT |
| 3 | POVERTY AND ECONOMIC POLICY-COMMUNITY BASED RESEARCH GRANT |