Ernest MOLUA

Ernest L. MOLUA

Academic Training:

2002: PhD, in Agricultural Science (Agricultural Policy and Rural Economics), Georg-August-University, Goettingen, Germany.

1999: MSc., in Agricultural Science (Land Use & Natural Resource Economics), Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University [RVAU], now Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

1996: MSc., in Agricultural Economics, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.

1995: Diploma in Computer Science, RPC Institute for Computer Science and Business Studies, Nigeria.

1994: BSc., in Agricultural-Economics , Benin City, Nigeria.

1983-1990: General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level, Saint Joseph's College, Sasse, Buea, Cameroon.

Professional Experience:

Teaching and Research Associate at the Department of Agricultural Economics of the University of Benin, Nigeria, Unit of Agricultural Policy of the Institute of Agricultural Economics of the Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany. Visiting Researcher at the Center for Development Research, Denmark. Director of MAIC Agro-economic consultants.

Fields of Interest:

Areas of interests in research, teaching and publishing includes, and not limited to; Macrodevelopment Economics, Rural Policy and Planning, Agriculture and Food Policy, Farm Production and Household Economics, Economics of Environment & natural resources and the Economics of Rural and Agricultural Development, with particular emphasis on Less Developed Countries.

Affiliations:

I am affiliated to the Cameroon Academy of Science (CAS), the Nigerian Agricultural Economics Association (NAES), the Econometric Society, the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), the Interenational Economics Study Group (IESG), England, the Royal Economic Society (RES) in the United Kingdom, the African Researchers Association (ARA) and the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).