Makafui Dzudzor is a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the “Scaling up agroforestry as a forest landscape conservation and sustainable livelihood strategy” project.
Biography
Before joining the project, Makafui’s PhD is at the Centre for Development Research, University of Bonn, in urban food systems and households’ food and economic decisions. Makafui has a background in agricultural and development economics and has extensively worked with actors along the agri-food supply chain in Sub-Saharan Africa. His research interests are sustainable agri-food systems and smallholder farmers’ economic considerations towards agroforestry and conversation
Research
Food and nutrition security, urban food systems, agricultural development, sustainable livelihoods, economics of land restoration
Publications
Journal articles
Dzudzor, M.I. & Gerber, N. (2023). Urban households’ food safety knowledge and behaviour: Choice of food markets and
cooking practices. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100728
Laar, A.K., Addo, P., Aryeetey, R., Agyemang, C., Zotor, F., Asiki, G., …Dzudzor, M.I… & Holdsworth, M. (2022). Perspective: Food Environment Research Priorities for Africa-Lessons from the Africa Food Environment Research Network. Advances in
nutrition (Bethesda, Md.), 13(3), 739–747. https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmac019
Books chapters
Asante, F.A., & Dzudzor, M. I. (2021). A Reflection on Contemporary Economic, Social, and Cultural Healthcare Issues
in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Contemporary Healthcare Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa: Social, Economic, and Cultural Perspectives, 1.
Reports
Mirzabaev A., Tello Leon C., Dzudzor M.I., Satoyama T., Ingabire C. (2023). Economics of Harmonizing Land Restoration Activities across the Rio Conventions in Rwanda and Implications for Food Security. A Study for the Economics of Land Degradation Initiative. Available from www.eld-initiative.org
Asante, F.A., Fenny, A., Dzudzor, M.I, Chadha, M., Scriver, S., Ballantine, C., ... & Mensah, W. (2019). Economic and social
costs of violence against women in Ghana: Technical report. Galway: NUI Galway
