Akinjide Isaac Akinade | Agricultural Economics | Research Excellence Distinction Award

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Dr. Akinjide Isaac Akinade | Agricultural Economics | Research Excellence Distinction Award

Senior Lecturer | Federal College of Education Abeokuta | Nigeria

Dr. Akinjide Isaac Akinade is an accomplished agricultural economist and food systems researcher specializing in food economics, nutrition security, consumer welfare, and rural development. His research integrates econometric modeling, nutrition science, and AI-supported analytical tools to address food security, agricultural productivity, and livelihood resilience. He has produced impactful scholarly outputs influencing food safety practices, nutrition-sensitive agricultural policies, and value chain analysis, with a growing scholarly footprint reflected in citation metrics Citations: 2, h-index: 1. Professionally, he serves as a senior academic and research scientist, contributing extensively to teaching, student mentorship, scholarly publishing, and academic leadership, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary, policy-relevant research aligned with sustainable development and human capital advancement.

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Moyu Chen | Agricultural Economics | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Moyu Chen | Agricultural Economics | Best Researcher Award

Peking University | China

Dr. Moyu Chen is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, specializing in agricultural economics and rural development. His research focuses on agricultural technological progress, productivity enhancement, science and technology policies, and the broader dynamics of rural transformation and sustainable agricultural development. Dr. Chen’s work integrates empirical economic analysis with policy-oriented research, emphasizing the role of innovation and institutional reform in advancing agricultural performance and food security. He has co-authored publications in high-impact journals such as Economic Modelling, Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, Economic Analysis and Policy, and China Agricultural Economic Review. His research contributions extend to international collaborations, including projects supported by the Australian National University, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. In addition to his scholarly work, Dr. Chen has contributed to multiple consulting reports for policy institutions, focusing on grain yield improvement, rural transformation, and agricultural productivity. He actively participates in academic conferences such as AARES and ASAE, where he presents comparative analyses of rural transformation and agricultural labor productivity across developing economies. As a member and Treasurer of the AARES East Asian Branch, Dr. Chen contributes to advancing dialogue and research exchange within the agricultural economics community across the Asia-Pacific region.

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Chen, M., Jia, S., & Sheng, Y. (2025). Curse or cure: China’s growing food demand and its impact on African agricultural exports and value-added. Economic Modelling, forthcoming.

Chen, M., Findlay, C., Sheng, Y., Chen, C., & Huang, J. (2026). Cultivating success: The role of institutions, policies and investments in driving rural transformation in Australia. Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, 13(1), e70056.

Huang, K., Cheng, B., Chen, M., & Sheng, Y. (2022). Assessing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on China’s TFP growth: Evidence from region-level data in 2020. Economic Analysis and Policy, 75, 362–377.

Qing, Y., Chen, M., Sheng, Y., & Huang, J. (2019). Mechanization services, farm productivity and institutional innovation in China. China Agricultural Economic Review, 11(3), 536–554.

Chen, M., Sheng, Y., & Findlay, C. (2025, February). Contextual drivers of agricultural labor productivity across stages of rural transformation: A cross-country comparison study. Paper presented at the 69th Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES).