Dr. Adebayo M. Shittu is an Associate Professor in Agricultural and Resource Economics at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria. He is currently the Deputy Dean II of the Posgraduate School in the University. He holds a B.Agric. from the Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, an M.Sc. from the Department of Agricultural Economics, the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and a Ph.D. from the Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria. His research interests include applied microeconomic analysis, food policy and development economics, environment and natural resource economics, and efficiency and productivity analysis.