Prof. Segun Bamidele FAKAYODE

Professor | Dean

Faculty of Agriculture · Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management

Specialization Agricultural Economics

Office: Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria

Phone: +2348060236283

Email: segun.fakayode@fuoye.edu.ng

Biography

Prof. Segun Bamidele FAKAYODE is a Professor of Agricultural Economics.  He joined the University system in 1999 at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria and thereafter joined Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Nigeria in 2013. He has published several research papers in the local, national and international journals and conference proceedings, and attended many trainings, workshops and symposia locally and internationally. He has also been involved in some AGRODEP, JPAL and CEGA-funded projects in Africa. Prof Fakayode has also served as support consultant under various International researches including those of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), West African Agriculture Productivity Programme (WAAPP), Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), National Fadama Development Project, Survey of production sites/Development Intervention Sites under the vision 20-20-20 of the Federal Government of Nigeria in the year, 2009 among others.  He is also an Awardee of J-PAL initiative grants, North-west South Africa Phd hub promoter, Mentor under the Gender Equality and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries, G²LM|LIC and Reviewer under 50x2030 Data Use Initiative and the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development (ORD) category of the Global Development Awards Competition (GDN)

Prof. Fakayode is the former Director-Institute for Food Security and Commercial Agriculture (IFSCA) at FUOYE.and the current Dean-Faculty of Agriculture, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria.

Research Interests

Agricultural Economics, Development Economics, Grassroot, Gender, Inclusion, Health and Environmental Economics, Food Security, Market Access, Digital and Smart Policies

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Agriculture, Ahmadu Bello Unniversity, Zaria, Nigeria (1997)
• Masters of Science-Agricultural Economics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria (2006)
• Doctor of Philosophy, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria (2009)
• Certificate Short course in Market Access for Sustainable Development, Wageningen University of Agriculture and Research Center; Center for Development Innovation, (WURCDI) (2012)

Awards

• Best Graduating Student of Bachelor of Agriculture Degree Course - Ahmadu Bello Unniversity, Zaria, Nigeria (1998)
• Best All-Round Candidate of Bachelor of Agriculture Degree Course - Ahmadu Bello Unniversity, Zaria, Nigeria (1998)
• Best Graduating Student in Agricultural Economics Option - Ahmadu Bello Unniversity, Zaria, Nigeria (1998)
• Second level-LOT 2 Reviewer/Consultant in the assessment of research proposals under the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development (ORD) category - Global Development NNetwork (2025)

Grants

• Pilot Research grant/Revolutionizing Early Childhood Education: Exploring Evidence from a blended Digital Evidence solution in Nigeria - ,JPAL Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Learning for All Initiative (LAI) (2025-2027) - Amount: 72,841.00
• Pilot research Grant/ The Agribroom App: Piloting Targeted Bundled Digital Agricultural Technology For Inclusive Agricultural Productivity - ,JPAL Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). /DAISI on behalf of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (2024-2026) - Amount: 72,450.00
• Proposal Development Seed Grant/ The welfare impacts of digital credit borrowers in Nigeria - Center for Effective Global Action’s Digital Credit Observatory (DCO), University of California, Berkeley (2023) - Amount: 35,000.00
• DIGIFI Grant / Smart Together: advancing targeted digital financing and group management dynamics for inclusive agricultural productivity and prosperity in Nigeria - Abdul-Jamel latif Poverty Action Lab Africa-JPAL, DIGIFI (2022) - Amount: 10,000.00
• University of California, Berkeley, Digital Credit Observatory Research Fellowship Fund / The welfare impacts of digital credit borrowers in Nigeria - Center for Effective Global Action’s Digital Credit Observatory (DCO) (2022) - Amount: 11,500.00
• Seed Grant on Poverty Measurement and Analysis. - African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium (AGRODEP).International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2014) - Amount: 5,000.00
• proposal Development Research grant / “Enhancing Education and Climate Resilence in Rural Nigeria: The role of Solar Borehole - JPALMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Learning for All Initiative (LAI), (2025-2026) - Amount: 9,948.00
• proposal Development Research grant on “ Soft Skills, Big Impact: Transforming Women-led Businesses in Nigeria’s Informal Sector - JPALMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Jobs and Opportunities Initiatives (JOI) (2025 ongoing) - Amount: 9,900.00

Scholarship

• Netherlands Fellowship Programme Fellowship Nuffic - Wageningen University and Research Centre for Development Innovation. WURCDI, Netherlands./ to partake in a Short Course - Market access for sustainable development' (2012)

Membership of Professional Bodies

• International Farm Management Association - member (2005 to-date)
• International Association of Agricultural Economics - member (2004 to-date)
• Farm Management Association of Nigeria - member (2005 to-date)
• Agricultural Society of Nigeria - member (2003)
• Association of African Agricultural Economists - member (2004 to-date)
• Global Development Network (GDN) - member (2008 to-date)
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