Draft:Ikechi Kelechi Agbugba

Ikechi Kelechi Agbugba (born February 16, 1979) is a honorary Associate Professor at University of Birmingham, UK, visiting Professor at Rome Business School, and Adjunct Professor with Cavalla International University. As an agro economist and food security specialist, Ikechi specializes on entrepreneurship, agribusiness management and related areas  He is also a United Nations Consultant under the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Connecting Diaspora for Development Project focused on train-the-trainers programme spearheaded by the Hague Office in the Netherlands. He is also a Senior Lecturer at Rivers State University (RSU), and a Mentor on New Faces for Farming at Writtle University College Chelmsford Essex England. Ikechi is also the Director, Innovation/ Research & Development, ADC North and South America, and a technical adviser at Nutricare. He was a post doctoral fellow at the University of Pretoria.

Early Life and Education
Ikechi was born in Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria on February 16, 1979. He attended the University of Nigeria Primary and Secondary Schools between 1991 and 1997. In 1998, he gained admission to to study Agricultural Economics in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and graduated in 2003. He also obtained his MSc in 2008 and a Ph.D. in 2014.at the same University.

Selected Publications
Agbugba, I. K., & Christian, M. (2019). Economic analysis of artisanal fish marketing enterprise in Degema region of Rivers State, Nigeria. Proceedings Book, 24, 11.

Agbugba, I. K., & Shelaby, A. (2018). Marketing Analysis of Selected Vegetables in Port Harcourt Metropolis Rivers State, Nigeria. IOSR-Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science (IOSR-JAVS), 11(2), 26-34.

Agbugba, I. K., & Obi, A. (2013). Market structure, price formation and price transmission for wood charcoal in southeastern Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Science, 5(10), 77-86

Agbugba, I. K., & Binaebi, E. (2018). A comparative study of the agriculture sector contribution to the economic growth of Nigeria and Malaysia. IOSR-J Agric Vet Sci, 2, 18-21.