Profiles
Prof. Isaac Oluwatayo
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Prof. Isaac Oluwatayo is a seasoned professor of agricultural economics with extensive experience in achieving tangible results through cross-team collaboration. He is proactive in partnering with like-minded individuals and organizations to achieve goals. As an analytical educator, he is well-versed in the rigors of balancing research with classroom and administrative responsibilities. Prof. Oluwatayo is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Venda, South Africa. He has also taught at the University of Limpopo, South Africa, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and Ekiti State University (Formerly University of Ado-Ekiti), Nigeria. Prof. Oluwatayo obtained his BSc (Hons) degree in Agricultural Economics, MSc and PhD in 1998, 2000 and 2007 respectively from the premier university in Nigeria, the University of Ibadan. Prof. Oluwatayo also holds a Certificate in Advanced Project Management from the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 2020. Prof. Oluwatayo has conducted research and published over 100 articles covering poverty, food security, production economics, agribusiness, climate change, vulnerability, financial inclusion and social protection issues. He has mentored 65 undergraduate projects and supervised over sixty (60) postgraduate dissertations and theses. He is hands on in proposal development, project management, data analysis, stakeholder engagement and policy analysis. Prof. Oluwatayo is a well-travelled person and awardee of several competitive grants/fellowships and he has made presentations at local and international conferences. Prof. Oluwatayo is a consultant to different local and international organisations including the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA), Global Development Network (GDN), International Science Council (ISC), Water Research Commission (WRC), and National Research Foundation (NRF) among others. He is a member of several professional bodies, including the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), South African Council of Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP), and African Growth and Development Policy Modelling Consortium (AGRODEP) among others. He is a member of Editorial Advisory Board to World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development (WJSTSD) and Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business Venturing (JEBV). He is an external examiner to both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of universities within and outside South Africa. Prof. Oluwatayo is also a reviewer for different local and international journals.
Email contact: Isaac.Oluwatayo@univen.ac.za
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8649-2557
Prof. Oluwatayo is a dedicated reviewer, thorough and timely. He also comes through with great advice. We value his support.
Ed. AJFAND
Dr. Tim Thomas
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Dr. Tim Thomas is a Senior Research Fellow in the Foresight and Policy Modeling Unit at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, DC. His research focuses on the impact of climate change on agricultural productivity. This work has expanded recently to include evaluating the fuller impact of climate change by accounting for uncertainty and interannual variability, especially in regard to extreme events and low-productivity years. Tim’s work involves developing innovative methods for simulated climate futures; generating crop yield emulators to provide intuition and to speed simulations; and model coordination between climate, crop, water, energy, and economics. Tim has also worked in a variety of domains developing innovative methods such as spatial disaggregation (applied to gridded agricultural GDP in Brazil); determining optimal cropland level subnationally (for Ethiopia); understanding drivers of land use change and deforestation; and together with other researchers, investigating the impact of climate change on aflatoxins.
Email contact: Tim.Thomas@cgiar.org
Dr. Tim Thomas has been amazingly supportive of the journal, and especially when it comes to complex areas of climate change impacts and analytics. He is thorough and timely. His commitment is highly valued.
Ed. AJFAND
