ONGOING Ph.D STUDENTS
Ongoing students that I am currently supervising
Asjad SHEIKH
Research project: Essays on the Economics of Soil Health in Pakistan’s Punjab: Productive Efficiency, Dis-adoption and Willingness to Pay for Land Restoration Schemes
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Year started: 2018
Wilckyster N. OGUTU
Research project: Economic Evaluation of Welfare Effects of Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Practices among Small Maize-Legume Producers in Kenya
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Year started: 2016
Steele Christian WEST
Research project: Effect of Capital Structure on Farm Productivity, Efficiency and Financial Performance in Western Australia
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Year started: 2014
Maharani YULISTI
Research project: Value Chain Analysis of the Shrimp Industry in Indonesia
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Year started: 2015
Jeffrey DURKIN
Research project: Whole Farm Analyses of Smallholder Production Systems in the Ethiopian Highlands
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Year started: 2014
GRADUATED P.h.D STUDENTS
Former students that have already completed their Ph.D. research projects
Dr. Ali OUMER
Field: Agricultural Economics
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Dissertation: The Economics of Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in Ethiopia: Production efficiency, Cost Efficiency and Technology Adoption
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Year: 2019
Dr. Dong WANG
Field: Energy Economics
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Dissertation: China's energy transition: performance possibilities and pathways
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Graduating Year: 2018
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Current Employment: Research Associate, Victoria Energy Policy Center, Victoria University.
Dr. Zhibo GUO
Field: Agricultural Economics
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Dissertation: Financial Models for Agricultural Risk Management in Western Australia
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Graduating Year: 2017
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Current Employment: Statistics and Data Analyst, University of Western Australia.
Dr. Masood AZEEM
Field: Development Economics
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Dissertation: Poverty and Vulnerability to Poverty Analysis in the Punjab Province of Pakistan
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Graduating Year: 2016
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Current Employment: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of New England Business School.
Dr. Manoj MUDALIGE
Field: Agricultural Economics
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Dissertation: Essays on Efficiency and Risk in Rice Production and Food Consumption Patterns in Sri Lanka.
Graduating Year: 2016
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Current Employment: Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka
Dr. Arif WATTOO
Field: Agricultural Economics
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Dissertation: The economics of groundwater irrigation in the Indus Basin, Pakistan: tube-well adoption, technical and irrigation water efficiency and optimal allocation
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Graduating Year: 2015
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Current Employment: Assistant Professor, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Dr. Yang ZHIHAI
Status: Visiting PhD scholar from Huazhong Agricultural University in China
Field: Agricultural Economics
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Dissertation: Soil amelioration Practices and Production Efficiency of Smallholder Farms in Central China.
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Year: 2016
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Current employment: Assistant Professor, Huazhong Agricultural University
Masters and Honours Thesis Supervised
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Stanley NJOKI
Field: Master of Agricultural Sciences (Agricultural Economics)
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Thesis: Lifting the productive efficiency of smallholder maize producers in Tanzania: A metafrontier analysis of conventional and minimum tillage
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Year: 2019
Mwendesha MAKELEMO
Field: Master of Agricultural Sciences (Agricultural Economics)
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Thesis: Determinants and benefits of sustainable intensification practices (SIPs) among smallholder producers in Tanzania
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Year: 2019
Daniel AKPARANTA
Field: Master of Agricultural Sciences (Agricultural Economics)
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Thesis: Does Contract Farming Improve Productive Efficiency? Evidence from Ginger Farming in Nepal
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Year: 2019
Renata TOGNELI
Field: Master of Agricultural Sciences (Agricultural Economics)
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Thesis: Investing in pivot irrigation can be economically feasible for beef production in the Pilbara if high-quality pastures are produced
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Year: 2018
Faris Naseeb AL-RAISI
Field: Master of Agricultural Sciences (Agricultural Economics)
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Thesis: Determinants of Child Malnutrition in Punjab, Pakistan: A Cross-sectional Study
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Year: 2018
Kafayat Abdul KARIM
Field: Master of Agricultural Sciences (Agricultural Economics)
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Thesis: Impact of Food-based interventions on Child Nutrition Outcomes: Empirical Study of Northern Ghana
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Year: 2016
Rose AAWULENAA
Field: Master of Agricultural Sciences (Agricultural Economics)
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Thesis: Effect of Household Headship Gender on Food Security and Child Nutrition in Northern Ghana
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Year: 2015
Denis ABAGNA
Field: Master of Agricultural Sciences (Agricultural Economics)
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Thesis: Vulnerability to Poverty Assessment in Ghana
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Year: 2015
Laurine KITHI
Field: Master of Agricultural Sciences (Agricultural Economics)
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Thesis: Impact Evaluation of Farmers Field Schools in Kenya
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Year: 2015
Monika Bajimaya SHRESTHA
Field: Master of Environmental Sciences
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Thesis: Vulnerability to Poverty in Nepal
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Year: 2014
Jacinta PATTERSON
Field: Bachelors of Science (Agricultural Sciences)
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Honors Thesis: Consumer Preferences for Welfare Friendly Production of Broiler Meat
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Year: 2014
Daniele Metaute HEREDIA
Field: Master of Environmental Sciences
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Thesis: Multidimensional Poverty in Columbia
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Year: 2014
Selina AKOLGO
Field: Master of Agricultural Sciences (Agricultural Economics)
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Thesis: Credit Rationing and Technical Efficiency among Smallholders in Northern Ghana
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Year: 2013
Emma DOWNSBOROUGH
Field: Bachelors of Science (Agricultural Sciences)
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Honors Thesis: Consumer Preference for a Local Label Attribute in Western Australian Fresh and Processed Food Products
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Year: 2013
Joanna LANG
Field: Bachelors of Science (Agricultural Sciences)
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Honors Thesis: Economics of on-farm storage of grain in Western Australia
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Year: 2012
Steven KOLIKOW
Field: Bachelors of Science (Agricultural Sciences)
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Honors Thesis: An Interdisciplinary Framework of Limits and Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture
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Year: 2011
Suliman ALWALI
Field: Master of Agricultural Economics
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Thesis: Local Government Efficiency in Western Australia
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Year: 2010
Reece CURWEN
Field: Bachelors of Science (Agricultural Sciences)
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Honors Thesis: Deregulation of the Australian Wheat Export Market: What Happened to Wheat Prices?
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Year: 2010