FACULTY: Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
DEPARTMENT: Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
NAME OF STAFF: Mvodo M. E. Stephanie
E-mail: mvodo.stephanie@ubuea.cm
Tel: +237 671 537 700
GRADE: Instructor
BRIEF EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
2013 Ph.D in Agricultural Technology Economics and Management Harbin Institute of Technology – China
2010 Masters in International Business Southeast University – China
2008 Bachelor in Accounting University of Buea – Cameroon
RESEARCH INTEREST AREA:
Agricultural marketing and strategic management, agricultural investments in zones affected by conflicts and violence, Entrepreneurship and Agricultural accounting. The impact of agrochemicals on human health, Agricultural policies, Food security and Personal development
MASTER DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED: None
PhD THESES SUPERVISED: None
PUBLICATIONS:
1. SWOT Analysis of cassava sector in Cameroon. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, issue 71, pp. 236-242, 2012
2. Gap Analysis of cassava sector in Cameroon. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, issue 71, pp. 243-250, 2012
3. Cassava sector development in Cameroon: production and marketing factors affecting price. Agricultural Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 651-657, 2012,
4. Cassava sector development in Cameroon: the impact of production on economic growth. Archives des Sciences, Vol. 65, No. 12, pp.103-113, Dec. 2012
5. Using Logistic regression models to assess the adoption of improved sweet potato varieties in developing nations: a case of Sierra Leone sweet potato producers. Archives des Sciences, Vol. 65, No. 11, pp. 394-405, Nov. 2012
6. Using the multiple linear regression models to assess the determinants controlling rice farming in Sierra Leone. Archives des Sciences, Vol. 65, No. 11, pp. 246-254, Nov.2012
7. The evolution of Agricultural policies in Cameroon and its implications in Cassava sector. Archives des Sciences, 2013
8. Evaluating the effects of farmers’ training on rice production in Sierra Leone: A case study of rice cultivation in Lowland ecology. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Issue 79, pp. 163-170
9. Using Supply Response Model To Assess Rice Output in Sierra Leone; (under review)
10. The evolution of agricultural policies in Cameroon and its implications in cassava sector, under review
11. Will Cameroon belong to the next five economic lions of Africa? (Under review)
PERSONAL SUMMARY
A Senor Instructor with the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Stephanie Mvodo has been teaching with universities for more than six years. She lectures courses such as Agricultural Marketing and Prices analysis, farm-strategic-project-financial management, research methods and projects, entrepreneurship and manufacturing strategies. Prior to University of Buea, she worked with the Saint Jerome Catholic University Institute of Douala where she taught marketing and management related courses. Additionally, she was in charge of students’ internship placements and cooperation with external organizations.
She possesses consultancies competences on smallholder farmers’ costs and revenues evaluations, agribusiness investments trends and markets analysis issues. Her publication work focuses on production and marketing factors affecting the agriculture, the impact of cassava sector on Cameroon economic growth, the rice farming decisions in Serra Leone and strategic analysis of the Cameroon cassava sector.
Presently, her ongoing research is on the agricultural investments in zones affected by political instability, conflicts and violence; the impact of agrochemicals misuse on human health, the strategic analysis of upland rice cultivation in rain forest zones of Cameroon; costs estimation and record keeping of smallholder farmers and; the economic evaluation of informal sector in Cameroon: the case of fresh fruits sellers. Her community outreach work relates to a wide network of farmers in southwest as she constantly train them in agricultural entrepreneurship, agricultural marketing, nutritional values of cassava leaves, and benefits of agricultural processing to reduce post-harvest losses. Currently Stephanie Mvodo works in two projects: 1) the impact of higher women agricultural scientists on sustainable public health, 2) the creation of shared value for rural development.
