Curriculum vita: dr. Victor afari-sefa personal data



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Consultant to Evalueserve Circle of Experts, 211 East 43 Street, 11th Floor, NY 10017-4820, USA, www.CircleofExperts.com; since February 2008




  1. AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS




  1. Selected sponsored participant on the International DAAD Alumni Summer School “Conservation and Management of Biodiversity in the Tropics” (September 27 - October 05, 2009, Goettingen, Germany) and 2009 German Tropical Day International Conference (Tropentag 2009) on Biophysical and Socio-economic Frame Conditions for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (October 6-8, 2009, Hamburg, Germany).

  2. Sponsorship grant from the Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) to participate in the 2008 Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES) workshop entitled “What Makes Agricultural Economics Research Relevant for Policy Advice?”, Ottawa, Canada, October 23-25, 2008.

  3. Selected sponsored participant of the Yukon River Basin Workshop, jointly organized and sponsored by the Canadian Water Network and University of Waterloo, Whitehouse (Canada) and Alaska (USA), July 23-August 1, 2008.

  4. Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award for Macro-economic Modeling of Water Demand in the Volta River Basin of West Africa within the framework of the GLOWA Volta research project. June 2006-July 2007.

  5. Recipient of a United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) - Sponsored Conference Scholarship for oral presentation of the paper: "The Interlinks Between Agricultural Export Diversification, Food Security and Livelihood of Farmers in Southern Ghana", at the “Ninth Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis” jointly organized by the UNECA and Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP), Purdue University, United Nations Conference Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 15-17, 2006.

  6. Tuition Scholarship Award for Participation in the Training Workshop “Introduction to Dynamic General Equilibrium Modeling with GAMS/MPSGE” jointly organized by Prof. Thomas Rutherford, University of Colorado and the GAMS Development Corporation, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, March 14-18, 2005.

  7. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship award for Ph.D. Studies at the Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, April 2003-May 2006.

  8. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship award for German Language and MSc. Studies at the University of Goettingen, April 1997-September 1999.

  9. Cited on the 2nd Deans’ Lectures Award as the best third year undergraduate student for the 1992/93 Academic year in the School of Agriculture, University of Cape Coast, Ghana.

  10. Cited on the 1st Deans’ Lectures Award as the best second year undergraduate student for the 1991/92 Academic year in the School of Agriculture, University of Cape Coast, Ghana.




  1. REFEREED PUBLICATIONS


10.1 Peer reviewed journals


  1. Afari-Sefa, V., Chagomoka, T., Karanja, D.K., Njeru, E., Samali, S., Katunzi, A., Mtwaenzi, H., and Kimenye, L (2013). Private Contracting versus Community Seed Production Systems: Experiences from Farmer-Led Seed Enterprise Development of African Indigenous Vegetables in Tanzania. Acta Horticulturae 1007: 671-680.



  1. Lin, S-W., Chou, Y-Y. , Shieh, S-C., Lin, L-H., Ebert, A.W, Kumar, S., Mavlyanova, R., Rouamba, A., Tenkouano, A., Afari-Sefa, V., and Gniffke, P. A. (2013). Pepper (Capsicum spp.) germplasm dissemination by AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center: an overview and introspection. Chronica Horticulturae 53(3): 21-27.



  1. Gockowski, J.; Afari-Sefa, V.; Sarpong, D.B.; Osei-Asare, B.Y.; Agyeman, F.N. (2013). Improving the Productivity and Income of Ghanaian Cocoa Farmers While Maintaining Environmental Services: What Role for Certification? International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. Downloadable at DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2013.772714




  1. Afari-Sefa, V., Dagnoko, S., Endres, T., Kumar, S., Gniffke, P.A., Tenkouano A. (2012). Innovative Tools and Approaches for Vegetable Cultivar and Technology Dissemination in West Africa. Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development 4(15): 410-416. Available online at:

http://www.academicjournals.org/jaerd/PDF/Pdf%202012/22%20Aug/Afari- Sefa%20et%20al.pdf.


  1. J.D.H. Keatinge, M.L. Chadha, J. d’A. Hughes, W. J. Easdown, R. J. Holmer, A. Tenkouano, R.Y. Yang, R. Mavlyanova, S. Neave, V. Afari-Sefa, G. Luther, M. Ravishankar, C. Ojiewo, M. Belarmino, A. Ebert, J.F. Wang, and M. Lin (2012). Home, School, Community and Disaster Recovery Gardens and their Impact on the Attainment of the Millennium Development Goals. Biological Agriculture and Horticulture 28(2): 71-75. An International Journal for Sustainable Production Systems, Downloadable at DOI:10.1080/01448765.2012.681344.




  1. Afari-Sefa, V.; Tenkouano, A.; Ojiewo, C.; Keatinge, J.D.H. and Hughes Jd’A (2012). Vegetable breeding in Africa: constraints, complexity and contributions toward achieving food and nutritional security. Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food 4(1): 115-127.




  1. Afari-Sefa, V. (2011): The Micro-Level Distributional Effects of Horticultural Export Value Chains among Smallholders in Southern Ghana. China-USA Business Review 10(7): 493-515.




  1. Asante, B.O; Afari-Sefa, V.; Sarpong, D.B. (2011). Determinants of Small-Scale Farmers’ Decision to Join Farmer Based Organizations in Ghana. African Journal of Agricultural Research 6(10): 2273-2279.




  1. Gockowski, J.; Afari-Sefa, V.; Sarpong, D.B.; Osei-Asare, B.Y.; Dziwornu, A.K. (2011). Increasing Income of Ghanaian Cocoa Farmers: Is Introduction of Fine Flavour Cocoa a Viable Alternative. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 75(2): 175-200.



  1. Afari-Sefa, V. (2010): Horticultural Exports and Livelihood Linkages of Rural Dwellers in Southern Ghana: An Agricultural Household Modeling Application. Journal of Developing Areas 44(1): 1-23, Fall.




  1. Yabi, A.J.; Afari-Sefa, V. (2009): Impact of Rural Development Projects on Agricultural Productivity in Selected Regions of Benin. African Journal of Agricultural Research 4(11): 1120-1128, November. Available online at:

http://www.academicjournals.org/ajar/PDF/pdf%202009/Nov/Yabi%20and%20Afari-Sefa.pdf


  1. Afari-Sefa, V.; Yiridoe, E.K.; Gordon, R. and Hebb, D. (2008): Decision Considerations and Cost Analysis of Beneficial Management Practice Implementation in Thomas Brook Watershed, Nova Scotia. Journal of International Farm Management 4(3): 1-32. Available online at: http://www.ifmaonline.org/pdf/journals/Vol4_Ed3_Afari-Sefa_etal.pdf




  1. Afari-Sefa, V. (2007): The Dynamics of Horticultural Export Value Chains on the Livelihood of Small Farm Households in Southern Ghana. African Journal of Agricultural Research. 2 (9): 435-440, September. Available online at:

http://www.academicjournals.org/ajar/PDF/Pdf2007/Sep/Victor.pdf


  1. Afari-Sefa, V.; Kwakye, P. K.; Okae-Anti, D.; Imoro, I. A. and Nyamiah, M. (2004): Potassium Availability in Soils – Forms and Spatial Distribution, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Preprint No.110, IC 2004, Trieste, Italy. Also available online at:

http://users.ictp.trieste.it/~pub_off/preprints-sources/2004/IC2004110P.pdf

10.2 Refereed books and book chapters


  • Afari-Sefa, V. (2007): Export Horticulture and Pro-Poor Livelihood Linkages in Southern Ghana: Application of the Agricultural Household Model. In: Issues and Challenges in Rural Development – Compendium of Approaches for Socio-economic and Ecological Development in Developing Countries, Farming & Rural Systems Economics, Margraf Publishers, Vol. 86, Weikersheim, Germany.: Book chapter




  • Afari-Sefa, V. (2006): Agricultural Export Diversification, Food Security and Living Conditions of Farmers in Southern Ghana: A Microeconomic and Household Modeling Approach; Farming & Rural Systems Economics, Margraf Publishers, Vol. 81, 227pp. Weikersheim, Germany. : Book




  1. PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION




  1. Chagomoka, T., Afari-Sefa, V. and Pitoro, R. (2013).Value Chain Analysis of Traditional Vegetables from Malawi and Mozambique. Submitted to Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems on October 3, 2013. (Status: In Review)




  1. Asare, R., Afari-Sefa, V. and Muilerman, S. (2013). Cocoa seed production in West Africa: Implications for establishment and rehabilitation of cocoa farms. Submitted to Journal of Crop Improvement on August 10, 2013. (Status: In Review)




  1. Asare R., Afari-Sefa, V., Osei-Owusu, Y., Pabi, O., Gyamfi, I. (2013). Connecting Bia Conservation Area and Krokosue Hills Forest Reserves of Ghana through the use of Cocoa Agroforestry Systems. First submission to Forest, Trees and Livelihoods on April 08, 2013.

(Status: Revised version submitted for review).


  1. Afari-Sefa, V.; Yiridoe, E.K.; Gordon, R. and Hebb, D. (2008): Multi-objective modelling and trade-off analysis of the economic and environmental impacts of introducing BMPs on a mixed crop-dairy production system located in a rural watershed. Submitted to Ecological Economics (Elsevier) on July 07, 2008. (Status: Revisions to be re-submitted for review).



  1. WORKING PAPERS, RESEARCH REPORTS & THESES



  • Afari-Sefa, V. and Holmer, R. 2011. Assessing the Role of Micro-Finance to Empower The Poor. Requested briefing document submitted to AVRDC’s Research and Development Committee, Shanhua, Taiwan, February 28, 2011.




  • Asare, R., Afari-Sefa, V., Gyamfi, I., Okafor, C., Mva, J. 2010. Cocoa Seed Multiplication: An Assessment of Seed Gardens in Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria. Sustainable Tree Crops Program Working Paper Series 11, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Accra, Ghana. August 2010 version. Available online at:

http://molecularbreeding.iita.org/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=98857&folderId=99929&name=DLFE-1328.pdf


  • Afari-Sefa, V. and Gockowski, J. 2009. Impact Assessment of STCP Farmer Training Efforts on Program Beneficiaries in Ghana. Sustainable Tree Crops Program, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Accra, Ghana. December 2009.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. and Gockowski, J. 2009. Economic Cost-Benefit Analysis for Fine Flavour and Rainforest Alliance Certified Cocoa in Ghana. Final Report Submitted to Counterpart International (June), Arlington, VA, USA.




  • Gockowski, J. and Afari-Sefa, V. 2009. Proposed Methodology for Economic Cost-Benefit Analysis for Fine Flavour and Rainforest Alliance Certified Cocoa in Ghana. Interim Report Submitted to Counterpart International (February), Arlington, VA, USA.




  • Yiridoe, E.K., and Afari-Sefa, V. 2008. Economic and Environmental Analysis of Beneficial Management Practices: Thomas Brook Watershed, Nova Scotia. Final Report for Phase I of Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices (WEBs) Research Project (March) Submitted to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. (2003). The World Market Situation for Sugar and Future Policy Developments, Working Seminar Paper in International Development Strategies, Department of Project and Regional Planning, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany:

(downloadable at):

http://www.uni-giessen.de/regionalplan/daad/sem_papers/Seminar_2003_afari-sefa.pdf




  • Afari-Sefa, V.; Mulwa, R. and Santos, N.E. (2003). Globalization and the World Trade Organization: A Developing Countries’ Perspective, Working Seminar Paper in Agricultural and Development Policy, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. (1999-unpublished MSc. Thesis): Organic Farming Practices as a Strategy Towards Sustainable Crop Production in the Northern Region of Ghana, Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany, November 1999. (Thesis defence)




  • Afari-Sefa, V. (1994-unpublished BSc. Thesis): Forms of Potassium and their Relationships with Some Soil Physical and Chemical Properties of the Western and Central Regions of Ghana, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, July 1994. (Thesis defence).



  1. CONFERENCES & SCHOLARLY MEETING PRESENTATIONS



  1. Afari-Sefa, V., Chagomoka, T., Karanja, D.K., Rajendran, S., Njeru, E., Samali, S., Katunzi, A., Mtwaenzi, H., and Kimenye, L. (2013). Farmer Led Seed Enterprises as a Strategy for Improving Smallholder Livelihoods: Experiences from a Comparison between Private Contracting and Community Seed Production Systems of Traditional Vegetables in Tanzania, Selected Oral Presentation to be presented at the FAO, Catholic Relief Services, ICARDA Jointly Organized Expert Consultation Workshop on Community Seed Production. Addis Ababa, December 9-11, 2013.




  1. Ngoni, N., Rajendran, S. and Afari-Sefa, V. (2013). Perceptions of postharvest quality characteristics of tomato and amaranth in selected areas of East and West Africa’. Paper Accepted for Oral Presentation at the upcoming 2nd Southeast Asia Symposium on Quality Management in Postharvest Systems (SEAsia 2013), Vientiane, Laos PDR. December 4-6, 2013.




  1. Afari-Sefa, V. and Rajendran S. (2013). Role of traditional vegetables on household economy and nutritional outcomes in Tanzania: Invited Oral Presentation at Break-out Session 10: Economic Implications: “Analysis of economic implications of shifting investments in the primary production to better meet healthy dietary needs” of the Science Forum 2013, organized by the Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Bonn, Germany, September 23-25, 2013.




  1. Chagomoka, T., Afari-Sefa, V. and Pitoro, R. (2013) .Value Chain Analysis of Indigenous Vegetables from Malawi and Mozambique. Selected Oral Presentation at 4th International Conference of the African Association of Agricultural Economists, Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia, September 22-25, 2013.




  1. Rajendran, S., Afari-Sefa, V., Karanja, D.K. and Musebe, R. (2013). Contract Farming by Traditional African Leafy Vegetable Seed Growers in Tanzania: Implications for Household Cropping Income. Selected Oral Presentation at the 3rd International Conference on Neglected and Underutilized Species, Accra, September 25-27, 2013.




  1. Nenguwo, N., Rajendran, S. and Afari-Sefa, V. (2013). Importance of Postharvest Losses of Indigenous Vegetables on Market Participation by Smallholders in Tanzania. Selected Oral Presentation at the 3rd International Conference on Neglected and Underutilized Species, Accra, September 25-27, 2013.




  1. Nenguwo, N., Afari-Sefa, V., and Hughes, J d’A. (2013). Assessment of postharvest practices and losses of vegetables marketed in selected regions of Ghana. Selected Oral Presentation at the VI International Conference on Managing Quality Chains (MQUIC), Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK, September 2-5, 2013




  1. Nenguwo, N., Hughes, J d’A, and Afari-Sefa, V. (2013). Closing the Nutrition Gap: Improving Vegetable Quality and Availability from Smallholder Production. Selected Poster to be Presented at VI International Conference on Managing Quality Chains (MQUIC), Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK, September 2-5, 2013.




  1. Wong, L., Luoh, J-W., Afari-Sefa, V. and Yang, R-Y. (2012). Growing home gardens into market gardens: A way to improve food and nutrition security of low-income households. Selected Poster Presented at the 5th McGill Conference on Global Food Security. Theme: Food Prices and Political Instability. Organized by McGill Center for Food Security, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 16-18, 2012.




  1. Tenkouano, A., Ojiewo, C, Rouamba, A., Chagomoka, T., Afari-Sefa, V. and Hughes, J. 2012. Recent Developments in Vegetable Breeding: Promoting Vegetable Varieties for Nutrition and Income. Invited Oral Presentation at 2012 AFSTA Congress, Zanzibar, March 5-8, 2012.




  1. Asare R., Afari-Sefa, V., Osei-Owusu, Y., Pabi, O., Gyamfi, I. 2012. Connecting Krokosue Hills Forest Reserves and Bia Conservation Area of Ghana through the use of Cocoa Agroforestry Systems” Selected Oral Presentation at the Session “The Roles of Agrofrestry in Managing Fragmented Multifunctional Landscapes” in the Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology, Erlangen, Germany, February 22-25, 2012.




  1. Afari-Sefa, V., Chagomoka, T., Karanja, D.K., Njeru, E., Samali, S., Katunzi, A., Mtwaenzi, H., and Kimenye, L. (2012). Private Contracting versus Community Seed Production Systems: Experiences from Farmer-Led Seed Enterprise Development of African Indigenous Vegetables in Tanzania. Selected Oral Presentation at the 2nd All African Horticultural Congress, Kruger National Park, Skukuza, South Africa, January 15- 20, 2012.




  1. Chagomoka, T., Afari-Sefa, V. and Tenkouano, A. 2012. Commercialization of AVRDC Improved Vegetable Varieties in Africa. Selected Poster Presented at (i) the 2nd All African Horticultural Congress, Kruger National Park, Skukuza, South Africa, January 15-20, 2012, (ii) 3rd West and Central Africa Agricultural Science Week and 10th General Assembly of CORAF/WECARD, N’Djamena, Chad, May 14-19, 2012.




  1. Karanja, D., Okoko, N., Kiptarus, E., Okongo, P., Samali, S., Katunzi, A., Mtwaenzi, H. Mwakitwange, F., Afari-Sefa, V., Musebe, R., Kimani, M. and Kimenye, L. (2011). Promoting Farmer-led Seed Enterprises of African Indigenous Vegetables to Boost Household Incomes and Nutrition in Kenya and Tanzania. Selected Oral Presentation at the 1st ASARECA General Assembly, Entebbe, December 14-16, 2011.




  1. Karanja, D., Katunzi, A., Chiwanga, R., Afari-Sefa, V., Samali, S., Mtwaenzi, H. Mwakitwange, Njeru, E., Musebe, R., Kimani, M. and Kimenye, L. (2011). (2011). Better seeds better harvest: Strengthening Farmer Seed Enterprises for Indigenous Vegetables in Tanzania. Selected Poster Presented at the 1st ASARECA General Assembly, Entebbe, December 14-16, 2011.




  1. Mariyono, J., Afari-Sefa, V., Sembiring, A., Dewi, H.A., Andri, K.B., Daroini, P.B. and Hakim, A.L. 2011. Socio-Economic Aspects of Vegetable Production and Consumption in East Java and Bali, Indonesia. Selected Oral Presentation at the 2011 Indonesian Society for Horticulture (PERHORTI) Conference. Lembang, Bandung, Indonesia, November 23- 24, 2011.




  1. Afari-Sefa, V., Dagnoko, S., Endres, T., Kumar, S., Gniffke, P.A., Tenkouano A. 2011. Innovative Tools and Approaches for Vegetable Cultivar and Technology Dissemination in West Africa. Selected Oral Presentation at the International Conference in Extension and Advisory Services entitled “Innovations in Extension and Advisory Services: Linking Knowledge to Policy and Action for Food and Livelihoods”. Hilton Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya, November 15-18, 2011.




  1. Afari-Sefa, V. 2011. Horticultural Exports and Livelihood Linkages of Rural Dwellers in Southern Ghana: Application of the Agricultural Household Model. Selected Oral Presentation at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the African Growth and Development Policy (AGRODEP) Modelling Consortium, Dakar, Senegal, June 06, 2011.




  1. Afari-Sefa, V. and Chinyama, E. 2011. Endogenous Migration Model. Joint Oral Presentation at 2011 African Short Course in Global Trade Analysis “Introduction to Applied General Equilibrium Analysis in a Multi-Region Framework. Organized by Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University and jointly sponsored by the World Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 10-16, 2011. Downloadable at:https://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/events/Short_Courses/2011-

African/presentations/Migration1.pdf

  1. Afari-Sefa, V.: Gockowski, J.: Agyeman, F.N. and Dziwornu, A.K. 2010. Economic Cost-Benefit Analysis of Certified Sustainable Cocoa Production in Ghana. Selected Poster Presented at the Joint Third African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE) and 48th Agricultural Economists Association of South Africa (AEASA) Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, September 19-23. Available online at:

    1. http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/97085/2/33.%20Cost%20benefit%20of%20cocoa%20in%20Ghana.pdf

  2. Afari-Sefa, V. 2009. The Micro-level Distributional Effects of Horticultural Export Value Chains among Smallholders in Southern Ghana, Selected Oral Paper Presentation at the 4th Annual Conference of the GARNET Network “Food Security and Sustainable Development: Challenges for the Governance of International Relations.”. IFAD offices, Rome, Italy. November, 11-13, 2009. Available online at:

    1. http://www.idra.it/garnetpapers/C04V_Afari-Sefa.pdf



  1. Afari-Sefa, V. and Gockowski, J. 2009. Economic Cost-Benefit Analysis for Rainforest Alliance Certified Cocoa in Ghana, Invited Oral Presentation at German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Alumni International Summer School on “Conservation and Management of Biodiversity in the Tropics” Goettingen, Germany, 27 September 27– October 05, 2009. Available online at:

    1. http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/document/download/5294a84bf8de44b8bda9d615eff1bcf8.pdf/ECONOMIC COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF RAINFOREST ALLIANCE CERTIFIED COCOA IN GHANA.pdf

  2. Woedem Aidam, P.; Afari-Sefa, V. and Barbier, B. 2008. Climate Change and Small Scale Irrigation in Northern Ghana. Selected Poster presented at the 13th International Water Resource Association (IWRA) World Water Congress, Montpellier, France, September 1-4, 2008.




  1. Afari-Sefa, V.; Yiridoe, E.K.; Gordon, R. and Hebb, D. 2008. Economic and Environmental Impacts of Introducing Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) on a Small Dairy-Based Production System. Selected Paper presented at the joint Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES)/Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA) Conference, Québec City, Québec, Canada, June 30 –July 1, 2008.




  1. Yiridoe, E.K.; Gordon, R.; Afari-Sefa, V. and Brown, B.B. (2007): Impact of Single versus Multiple Policy Options on the Economic Feasibility of Biogas Energy Production: Swine and Dairy Operations in Nova Scotia, Selected Poster Presented at the 2007 Atlantic and Agricultural Science Communication Workshop (AASCW), Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, November 15-16, 2007.




  1. Afari-Sefa, V. (2007): The Distributional Effects of Horticultural Export Value Chains Among Smallholders in Southern Ghana., Selected Oral Presentation in the Sub-Theme “The Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction: Recent Experiences from Africa.” Second International Conference of the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE), Accra, Ghana. Published in AAAE Conference Proceedings pp. 295-299. Also downloadable at: [http://www.aaae-africa.org/proceedings2/003/Afari-Sefa.pdf]. Chairman for the Panel Discussion Session “African Agricultural Multilateral and Regional Trade”, August 20-22, 2007.




  1. Afari-Sefa, V.; Rodgers, C.; Plotnikova, M. and Vlek, P. (2007): The Implications of Increasing Water Demand and Potential Climate Change in the Volta Basin for Ghana’s Socio-Economic Development, Selected Oral Presentation in Workshop No.7 with the Sub-Theme “Water – A Brake on Economic Development?.” of  the 2007 World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden. : Available in Conference Book of Abstracts. August 12-18, 2007. (downloadable at):

    1. http://www.siwi.org/documents/Resources/Synthesis/2007_Abstract_volume.pdf

  2. Afari-Sefa, V. (2006): The Interlinks between Agricultural Export Diversification, Food Security and Living Conditions of Farm Households in Southern Ghana, Selected Oral Presentation in the Ninth Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, jointly organized by the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP), Purdue University and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), United Nations Conference Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 15-17, 2006. : (downloadable at):

https://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/resources/download/2521.pdf


  1. Afari-Sefa, V. and Bauer, S. (2005): The Interlinks between Agricultural Export, Diversification, Food Security and Livelihood of Farm Households in Southern Ghana, Selected Oral Presentation in the International Conference on Research for Development in Agriculture, Forestry and Resource Management, i.e. 2005 Deutsche Tropentag (German Tropical Day), University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, October 11-13, 2005,: (downloadable at): http://www.tropentag.de/2005/abstracts/full/68.pdf



  1. INVITED WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS




  • Afari-Sefa, V. 2013. Progress of Work on Consumption-Theme. Invited Oral Presentation at AVRDC’s Board Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand, April 23-25, 2013.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. 2013. Access to High Value Markets by Smallholders of African Indigenous Vegetables in Tanzania. Invited Oral Presentation at the Inception Workshop of Irish Aid Funded Good Seed Initiative: Upscaling Production of African Indigenous Vegetables Project, Arusha, Tanzania. January 21-25, 2013.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. 2012. Progress of Work on Consumption-Theme. Invited Oral Presentation at AVRDC’s Global Strategy Planning Meeting, AVRDC Headquarters, Tainan, Taiwan, November 26-30, 2012.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. 2011. Progress of Work on Consumption-Theme. Invited Oral Presentation at AVRDC’s Global Strategy Planning Meeting, AVRDC Headquarters, Tainan, Taiwan, October 31-November 3, 2011.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. 2011. Progress on Baseline Socioeconomic & Marketing Related Activities at the Regional Center for Africa and Indonesia. Invited Oral Presentation at AVRDC’s Global Theme – Consumption Meeting, AVRDC Headquarters, Tainan, Taiwan, September 22-23, 2011.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. 2011 Introduction to Participatory Appraisal Techniques in Project Implementation and Evaluation. Invited Oral Presentation at Participatory Appraisal Workshop of USAID-Indonesia funded Project “Mobilizing Vegetable Genetic Resources and Technologies to Enhance Household Nutrition, Income and Livelihoods in Indonesia”, East Java and Bali, May 22- June 4, 2011.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. 2011. Ex-ante and Scenario Analysis of Agricultural and Dietary Approaches. Invited Oral Presentation at Inception Workshop of the German International Cooperation (GIZ) sponsored project “A better bitter gourd: Exploiting bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) to increase incomes, manage type 2 diabetes, and promote health in developing countries”. Shuanua, Tainan, Taiwan, May 3-6, 2011.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. and Tanyongana, R. 2010. Overview of Challenges, Successes and Lessons Learnt in the Vegetable Breeding and Seed Systems for Poverty Reduction in Africa (vBSS) Project. Invited Oral Presentation at International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)-International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project (GAAP) Initiative inception workshop to evaluate the impacts of agricultural development programming on gender inequalities, asset disparities, and rural livelihoods, ILRI campus, Nairobi, Kenya, November 5-7, 2010.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. 2010. Socio-economics and Marketing Research Activities of Vegetables in Africa. Invited Oral Presentation at the Global Theme Meeting in Consumption of AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center, Orchid Breach Resort, Cha-am, Petchaburi, Thailand, October 28-30, 2010.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. 2010. Co-Leader and Facilitator of IITA/STCP Analytical Workshop on the Multivariate Econometric Estimation of the Impact of Farmer Training Efforts of the Sustainable Tree Crop Program, IITA Offices, Yaoundé, Cameroon, May 10-11, 2010.

  • Afari-Sefa, V. 2010. Comparative Overview and Synthesis of Cocoa Livelihoods Program (CLP) Market Opportunities Study. Invited Oral Presentation at German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) Regional CLP Meeting on Curriculum Development for Farmer Business Schools, Eastoment Guest Lodge, Accra, Ghana, February 1-14-, 2010.

  • Afari-Sefa V. and Dji, F. 2009. An Overview of Cocoa Farmer’s Yields by Region, Invited Oral Presentation at Roundtable Discussion of the 7th Regional Executive Committee Meeting of the Sustainable Tree Crops Program (STCP) hosted by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra, Ghana, October 21-23, 2009.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. 2009. Economic Analysis of Value Chains. Invited Oral Presentation at Cocoa Livelihoods Project (CLP) Regional Methodology Workshop on Market Opportunities Study, IITA/STCP Office, Accra, Ghana, July 23-24, 2009.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. and Gockowski, 2009. J. Theoretical and Methodological Considerations in Value Chain Assessment. Invited Oral Presentation at Cocoa Livelihoods Project (CLP) Regional Methodology Workshop on Market Opportunities Study, IITA/STCP Office, Accra, Ghana, July 22-23, 2009.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. and Gockowski, J. 2009. “Value Chain Services and Ex-ante Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Fine Flavour Cocoa Production Systems in Ghana”. Invited Oral Presentation at Fine Flavour Cocoa Summit, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, Akim-Tafo, Eastern Region, Ghana, March 9-10, 2009.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. and Gockowski, J. 2009. “Measuring Economic Returns/Farm Profitability from Farmer Field School (FFS) Training”. Invited Oral Presentation at Sustainable Tree Crops Program (STCP) Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop organized for Nigeria Cocoa Desk Officers, Benin City, Nigeria, February 23-25, 2009.

  • Afari-Sefa, V., Cometon, A., and Nielson, J. 2008. The Reference Condition Approach (RCA) for Aquatic Bioassessment. Selected Oral Presentation at Yukon River Basin Workshop, Canadian Water Network, White Horse, Yukon, Canada, July 25, 2008.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. and Yiridoe, E.K. 2008. Economic and Environmental Analysis of Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) in Thomas Brook Watershed, Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC) Funded Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices (WEBs) in Thomas Brook Watershed, Nova Scotia. Invited Oral Presentation at the WEBs Fourth Annual Technical Research Workshop, Inn at the Forks Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, March 11-14, 2008.




  • Afari-Sefa, V. and Yiridoe, E.K. 2008. Economic and Environmental Analysis of Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) in Thomas Brook Watershed, Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC) Funded Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices (WEBs) in Thomas Brook Watershed, Nova Scotia. Invited Oral Presentation at the WEBs Economics Sub-Project Committee Technical Research Workshop, Minto Suites Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, January 9-10, 2008.




  • Afari-Sefa, V.; Yiridoe, E.K.; Gordon, R. and Hebb, D. 2007. Decision Considerations and Cost Analysis of Structural and Non-structural Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) Implementation in Thomas Brook Watershed, Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC) Funded Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices (WEBs) Project, Invited Oral Presentation at Invited Technical Workshop on Thomas Brook Watershed, Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, October 11, 2007.



  1. TRAINING COURSES




  • Project Monitoring and Evaluation. Course taught at AVRDC-East and South East Asia (ESEA)’s 30th International Vegetable Training Course, Kamphaengsaen, Thailand, November 10, 2011.




  1. WORKSHOP AND FIELD REPORTS




  • Ngoni, N., Afari-Sefa, V. and Owino, W. Stakeholders’ Workshop on Assessment of Physical and Economic Losses of Vegetables in Kenya, Utalii Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya, August 20-21, 2013.

  • Ngoni, N., Afari-Sefa, V. and Appiah, F. Stakeholders’ Workshop on Assessment of Physical and Economic Losses of Vegetables in Ghana, MJ Grand Hotel, Accra, Ghana, June 27-28, 2013.

  • Ngoni, N., Afari-Sefa, V. and Tiisekwa, A. Stakeholders’ Workshop on Assessment of Physical and Economic Losses of Vegetables in Tanzania, Snow Crest Hotel, Arusha, Tanzania, May 31, 2013.

  • Gockowski, J., and Afari-Sefa, V. “Sustainable Tree Crops Program (STCP) Workshop Report on the Assessment of Farmer Training Efforts held in Abidjan from January 28- February 01, 2009. Report Submitted to International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Headquarters, February 02, 2009, Ibadan, Nigeria.

  • Afari-Sefa, V., Gockowski, J. and Asamoah, C. Enumerator Guide and Interviewer’s Manual on “Survey of Farmer Training Impacts on Production, Practices, and Knowledge in the Cocoa Sector of Ghana”. Sustainable Tree Crops Program, Accra, March 15, 2009.



  1. CONSULTANCIES




  1. Afari-Sefa, V. and Öberg, A. (2013). A Vegetable Strategy for the Alliance for a Green Revolution for (AGRA). AVRDC Consultancy Report Submitted to AGRA. Shanhua, Taiwan, November 22, 2013.



  1. Member of World Bank Research Group TFESSD Project “Climate Volatility and the Poor in Southern and Eastern Africa”. April 08-18, 2011.



  1. Member of Team of Consultants who worked on Research Project” Connecting the Krokosua Hills Forest Reserve and Bia Conservation Area through the use of Cocoa-Agroforestry Systems: A Strategic Approach. Technical Report Submitted by Conservation Alliance to the Sustainable Tree Crops Program (STCP) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Accra, Ghana, January 15, 2011.




  1. RECENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCES




  • Integrated Agricultural Systems for the Humid tropics (Humidtropics). The Humidtropics program led by the International Institute of tropical Agriculture (IITA) with several other partners is part of a family of 15 CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs) designed to address major global development challenges that helps poor farm families, particularly women, in tropical Africa, Asia and Americas to boost their income and nutrition from integrated agricultural systems’ intensification while preserving their land for future generations. Project Manager for AVRDC The World Vegetable Center.

  • Enhancing vegetable value chains in rice-based and sole crop production systems to improve farm household income and consumer access to safer vegetables in Morogoro, Tanzania” (Phase 1), April 2012-September, 2012. Funded by USAID. Project Manager with AVRDC The World Vegetable Center as lead institution. Responsible for leading and coordinating project activities involving 5 other institutions namely: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), AfricaRice, Ohio State University, Tropical Pesticide Research Institute (TPRI) and Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Tanzania.

  • “Extension of Appropriate Post-Harvest Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Postharvest Training and Services Center (PTSC) in Arusha, Tanzania”, March 2012-September 2013. Funded by USAID-Washington with University of California–Davis as Lead Institution. Principal Investigator for AVRDC-The World Vegetable Center. Responsible for managing training and project operations in Arusha, Tanzania.

  • “Improving incomes, nutrition, and health in Bangladesh through potato, sweetpotato, and vegetables. October 2011-September 2012” (Phase 1). Funded by USAID-Bangladesh. Oversight on Vegetable Socioeconomics component-AVRDC. Responsible for leading vegetable variety use baseline and value chain and cost-benefit analysis of new variety introduction studies. Responsible for leading (i) baseline survey, (ii) value chain studies, (iii) cost-benefit analysis of introduced AVRDC technologies and interventions, and (iv) ex-post impact assessment of introduced interventions.

  • “Improving vegetable production and consumption in Mali”. August 2011-July 2014. Funded by USAID-Mali. Oversight on Socioeconomics component including monitoring and evaluation activities, tracking and quarterly reporting on USAID Feed the Future indicators of progress.

  • “A better bitter gourd: Exploiting bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) to increase incomes, manage type 2 diabetes, and promote health in developing countries”, March 2011 – February 2014. Funded by German International Cooperation (GIZ). Sub-project manager (Socioeconomics in Africa component).

  • Mobilizing Vegetable Genetic Resources and Technologies to Enhance Household Nutrition, Income and Livelihoods in Indonesia, January 2011 – December 20114. Funded by USAID-Indonesia. Sub-project manager (Socioeconomics component).

  • Scaling up Farmer-Led Seed Enterprises for Sustained Productivity and Livelihoods in Eastern and Central Africa, December 2009 – June 2012. Funded by Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA). Sub-project manager (AVRDC component).



  1. MANAGEMENT TRAINING, SHORT COURSES AND

CERTIFICATE WORKSHOPS


        1. Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Research and Development Interventions Training Workshop: Impact Training & Development Institute in South Africa,: 4-day Onsite Training, AVRDC- The World Vegetable Center, Shanhua, Tainan, Taiwan, December 11-14, 2012.




        1. African Growth and Development Policy Modelling Consortium (AGRODEP) Training Workshop “Panel Data Econometrics” Organized by AGRODEP that is hosted and facilitated by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), IFPRI Offices, Dakar, Senegal, September 24-28, 2012.




        1. 2011 African Short Course in Global Trade Analysis “Introduction to Applied General Equilibrium Analysis in a Multi-Region Framework. Organized by Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University and jointly sponsored by the World Bank, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), Web-based module: January 31-April 3, 2011; On-site intensive training at UNECA, Addis Ababa, April 10-16, 2011.




        1. Teaching Portfolio Workshop: “Recording Teaching Accomplishment” organized by the Centre for Learning and Teaching, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

Part 1: Introduction to the Teaching Portfolio, May 6, 2008.

Part 2: Evaluating Teaching Portfolios for Appointment, Tenure, or Promotion, May 9, 2008.


        1. Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning 2008. “Assessing Student Learning: Where Motivation, Learning, and Evaluation Intersect” Rowe Management Building, Centre for Learning and Teaching, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, April 30-May 1, 2008.




        1. Pre-Teaching Conference Symposium, Centre for Academic and Instructional Development - Seminars & Workshops: The Use of Clickers to Engage Students in the Classroom, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada, April 29, 2008.




        1. Grant Writing and Science Project Management Seminars. Jointly organized by the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Fred Pryor Seminars of the Division of Park University Enterprises Inc. and hosted by the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, Canada, April 28, 2008.



        1. Introduction to ArcGIS I, (14 hours of class instruction and exercises) organized by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) Canada, Halifax, Canada, February 7-8, 2008.




        1. Public Private Partnership PPP Emerging Strategies for Entrepreneurship Development Opportunities for German Trained African and Asian Graduates in the Formal Sector of Developing Economies, Seminar organized by the Association for the Promotion of African-Asian Students in Germany (Afrikanisch-Asiatisch Studienfoerderung). Facilitated by the German Federal Ministry of Development Cooperation (BMZ) and German Development Cooperation (GTZ): Goettingen, Germany, November 11-13, 2005.




        1. Short Course in “Multi-Sector Modeling for Policy Analysis in GAMS,” organised by Prof. Sherman Robinson and jointly sponsored by the Department of Economics and Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom, May 16-20, 2005.




        1. Training Workshop “Introduction to Dynamic General Equilibrium Modeling with GAMS/MPSGE” jointly organized by Prof. Thomas Rutherford, University of Colorado and the GAMS Development Corporation, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, March 14-18, 2005.




        1. Credit for the Poor – Strategies for Formalizing Entrepreneurship Opportunities in the Informal Sector of Developing Countries, Seminar organized by Association for the Promotion of African-Asian Students in Germany (Afrikanisch-Asiatisch Studienfoerderung) and jointly sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Development Cooperation and World University Service, Goettingen, Germany, November 21-23, 2003.





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