Dr. Akindele Michael Ojo
Dr. Akindele Michael Ojo
Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria
Biography
Dr. Ojo Michael Akindele graduated from Federal University of Technology, Akure in 1999, with a B. Agric. Tech. degree in Agricultural Economics and Extension. He obtained M.Sc. degree in Agricultural Economics from university of Ibadan in 2003. He later obtained his Ph.D in Agricultural Economics in 2013 from Federal University of Technology Minna. Dr. Ojo Michael Akindele is an Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics and the former Deputy Dean, School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna. He has over 13 years of teaching and research experience in the area of Agricultural Production Economics with special interest in establishing and improving the efficiency and productivity of farmers with the aim of enhancing food production and security. He has conducted researches ranging from small, medium and large scale farm production with the aim of identifying the factors and constraints that affect the food crop and poultry farmers production, productivity and efficiency in order to proffer solutions to them thereby increasing food security status of the people. He has supervised and still supervising undergraduate, Master and PhD students. He has over 70 publications covering his areas of research interest. He has also taught Introductory Economics, Introduction to Agricultural Economics, Agricultural marketing, Econometrics and Application of computer to agriculture at undergraduate level, Mathematical Economics and Advanced Statistics and Research Methodology at Postgraduate level.
Research Interest
Agricultural Economics, Productivity and Efficiency