Business & Economics

Dr Wellington Osawe

Phd, MA, B.AGRIC

Contact Details

Postdoctoral Researcher
J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
NUI Galway
T: +353 91 493371
E: wellington.osawe@nuigalway.ie

Biography

Wellington is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the School of Business and Economics, NUI Galway.
He is an agricultural and development economist and his research explore topics around the economics of agricultural technology adoption, agricultural policy, agricultural productivity and economics of animal welfare. His current research focuses on addressing problems arising from the dairy sector expansion in Ireland.

Wellington holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria during which he spent a full year at the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resources Economics (AFRE) at Michigan State University, USA. He also holds a Master’s degree in Agriculture and Rural Development from the University of East Anglia, UK and a Bachelor's degree (First Class) in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Before joining the Economics Discipline at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), he worked briefly with a World Bank-funded Community and Social Development Project in Nigeria. He also worked with a development management training organization in Nigeria where he was a program manager for almost two years providing consultancy and capacity building services across institutions in Nigeria. He completed a research study on “Employment Generation along Beef Value Chain in Nigeria” based on a research grant from the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Kenya.

Research Interests

Wellington's current research interests include topics around Agricultural Technology Adoption, Agricultural Policy, Development Economics, Animal Welfare Economics and Non-market Valuation (Contingent Valuation Method, Choice Experiments etc)

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2021)	'Exploring farmers' attitudes and determinants of dairy calf welfare in an expanding dairy sector' Osawe OW;Läpple D;Hanlon A;Boyle L; (2021) 'Exploring farmers' attitudes and determinants of dairy calf welfare in an expanding dairy sector'. Journal Of Dairy Science, [DOI] [Details]
	(2007)	'TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF SMALL SCALE FARMERS: AN APPLICATION OF THE STOCHASTIC FRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION TO FISH FARMERS IN IBADAN METROPOLIS, OYO STATE, NIGERIA' Osawe, Osayanmon and Akinyosoye, Vincent O. and Omonona, Bolarin T. (2007) 'TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF SMALL SCALE FARMERS: AN APPLICATION OF THE STOCHASTIC FRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION TO FISH FARMERS IN IBADAN METROPOLIS, OYO STATE, NIGERIA'. Journal of Rural Economics and Development, 16 [Details]

Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2018)	*Sustainability and Development Conference (2018)* Osawe, OW (2018) Improving the Competitiveness of Domestic Rice in Nigeria under Different Production and Processing Technologies Sustainability and Development Conference (2018) Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, , 09-NOV-18 - 11-NOV-18 [Details]
	(2018)	*3rd African Graduate Student Association Annual Conference, Michigan State University, USA* Osawe, OW; Salman, KK (2018) Options for Improving the Competitiveness of Domestic Rice Production in Nigeria 3rd African Graduate Student Association Annual Conference, Michigan State University, USA East Lansing, Michigan, USA, , 31-MAR-18 - 01-APR-18 [Details]
	(2013)	*4th International Conference of the African Association of Agricultural Economics (AAAE)* Osawe, OW (2013) Livelihood Vulnerability and Migration Decision-making Nexus: Case Studies from Rural Farm Households in Nigeria 4th International Conference of the African Association of Agricultural Economics (AAAE) Tanzania, , 22-SEP-13 - 25-SEP-13 [Details]

Other Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2014)	'Determinant of Infant Mortality Rate: A Panel Data Analysis of African Countries' Osawe, OW (2014) 'Determinant of Infant Mortality Rate: A Panel Data Analysis of African Countries' Developing Country Studies, 4 (18) :111-115. [Details]

Education

Year	Institution	Qualification	Subject
2018	University of Ibadan, Nigeria	PhD	Agricultural Economics
2018	Michigan State University, USA	Certificate	Agricultural, Food and Resources Economics
2013	University of East Anglia, UK	MA	Agriculture and Rural Development
2008	University of Ibadan, Nigeria	B.Agric.	Agricultural Economics

Honours and Awards

Year	Title	Awarding Body
2018	Visiting Scholar to Michigan State University, USA	USAID-Nigeria (NAPP)
2011	Lord Walston Scholar, UK	University of East Anglia, UK
2008	Best Graduating Student, Nigeria	Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan

Professional Associations

Association	Function	From / To
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), USA	Member	05-FEB-18 /
Agricultural Economics Society (AES), UK	Member	06-JAN-20 /
Nigeria Association of Agricultural Economics (NAAE)	Member	16-NOV-17 /

Employment

Employer	Position	From / To
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)	Principal Investigator	07-MAY-18 / 05-APR-19
Supreme Management Training & Consultancy Services Limited	Program Manager	09-DEC-13 / 02-APR-15
World Bank Community and Social Development Project	Operations Officer	16-NOV-09 / 16-SEP-11