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Nigeria

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Development Economist | Research Specialist | Data Analyst | PhD Candidate

Profile Summary

I am a Development Economist and PhD candidate in Agricultural Economics at Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria, specializing in informal credit systems, smallholder farm productivity, and rural financial inclusion. My doctoral research examines informal credit access, participation, and productivity among smallholder arable crop farmers, applying the Double-Hurdle (Cragg) model, Endogenous Switching Regression (ESR), and Likert-scale ranking methods. I bring hands-on field experience from my role as LGA Representative for PIDACC, an AfDB-funded climate adaptation programme in Adamawa State, and my prior post as Sectional Head of Agriculture, Yola South LGA. This combination of econometric training and grassroots agricultural administration gives me a practical, data-grounded perspective on rural livelihoods and policy design. My technical toolkit includes Stata, EViews, SPSS, excel, and my research draws on stochastic frontier analysis, social network analysis, and multivariate econometric modeling. I have a peer-reviewed publication on agricultural financing in Yola South (Onu & Abubakar, 2018), and I have completed technical assessments and survey design work for agricultural data-quality and monitoring projects. I am available for consulting on agricultural economics research, credit/finance studies, survey design, econometric analysis, and technical writing for development organizations.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Development Economics
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Survey Design & Methodology
• ☆ Feasibility Studies
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Gap Analysis
• ☆ Gray Literature Search
• ☆ Macroeconomics
• ☆ Econometrics
• ☆ Microeconomics
• ☆ Socioeconomics

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research User Research, Feasibility Study, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Cleaning, Data Insights

Work Experience

Modibbo Adama University of Technology

- Present

LGA Representative

PIDACC - African Development Bank

May 2025 - Present

Sectional Head

Department of Agric, Yola

July 2023 - January 2025

Research Officer/Senior Research Officer

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria

November 2020 - September 2022

Education

Ph.D Agricultural Economics

Modibbo Adama University, Yola

September 2024 - Present

MSc Agricultural Economics

Modibbo Adama University, Yola

October 2017 - September 2022

B. Tech Agricultural Economics and Extension

Modibbo Adama University, Yola

October 2009 - September 2015

Certifications

• Nigerian Association of agricultural economics student

  Modibbo Adama University, Yola

  October 2009 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Dahiru, L. A., & Onu, J. I. (2018). The Influence of Credit and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Food Crop Farmers on output in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Social Sciences, 1(2), 90-96.