Bio

Mohammed Tiyumtaba Shaibu is a Ghanaian and a doctoral candidate at the University of Ghana. He holds an MPhil in Agribusiness from the University of Ghana (2016) and a BSc Agriculture Technology with majors in Agricultural Economics and Extension from the University for Development Studies, Tamale (2007). He also holds a certificate in Local Economic Development from Wageningen University and Research. His Master’s thesis proposal won him two awards, including the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions Project and the A. G. Leventis Scholarship Foundation awards. Mr Shaibu’s PhD studies are being funded by the Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (RSIF) of the Partnership for Skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET). 

He has been part of several teams in the implementation of several collaborative research projects, such as “The integrated management of crop-livestock agro-forestry systems for improved climate-smart agriculture and goat value chains in northern Ghana; Strengthening small ruminant value chains in Ghana north; climate change and variability implications for fodder production and goat value chains in northern Ghana; Candidate fodder trees or shrubs for sustainable livestock production in north of Ghana. Shaibu has 16 publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and a book, and has made presentations, orally and as posters, in both local and international conferences. Shaibu’s research interests are in crop-livestock systems, climate change issues, and agricultural value chains and marketing. Shaibu is married with five children, all females.