NKAFU AKAMIN
Bamenda
Summary
I am a Cameroonian Development Economics whois always very curious to learn and share my experience. MY area of interest is Rural development more specifically agriculture and agricultural innovations.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Grant Search and Agricultural Research Consultant
Mission 21
2021.02 - 2023.12
- Participate in project development and Grant search for Mission 21.
- Train project beneficiaries on entrepreneurship.
- Assist beneficiaries in the setting up of their business projects and do constant follow up
Collaborative Research Consultant
ACT ALLIANCE
2022.04 - 2022.09
- Participate in the Designing of the research tool.
- Preparing the budget for Cameroon field survey.
- Organize and conducted data collection and entry in goggle form for Cameroon.
- Participate in the writing the of the final research report .
Agricultural Consultant
AGRO-HUB, Buea
2018.02 - 2020.11
- Participated in the designing of the cassava value chain.
- Participated in the setting up of the cassava farms.
- Did the management of the farm by programming and executing different tasks like sourcing of seeds, planting, weeding, mulching and harvesting.
AIVDP Household Survey Enumerator
AIVDP
2020.03 - 2020.05
- -Identification of household cultivating the crops of interest in the division.
- -Developed the work plan as the survey team leader.
- -Conduct CAPI survey ; used "Droid survey" app to administer questionnaires to agricultural households in the Kupe-Muaneguba division southwest region of Cameroon.
Volunteer
International Institute Of Tropical Agriculture
2016.12 - 2017.02
- Proposed Data collection budjet. Came up with a work plan.
- Contacted and booked appointments with key informants for focus group discussions.
- . Led field survey in Mbalmayo, Kumba, Mbonge, and Konye and administered questionnaire to Members of Mbalmayoand Kumba Innovation platforms (aim was to improve stakeholders’ livelihoods through their participation in Innovation Platforms)
Research Intern
International Institute Of Tropical Agriculture, IITA
2015.10 - 2016.04
- Conducted research within the framework of CGIAR Humidtropics research program gave regular feedbacks on the activities of innovation platforms.
- Work in the in the research farm were integrated farming was done.
- Developed research survey instruments (survey questionnaire)
- Prepared the research Budget Conducted fieldwork/survey in Mbalmayo under Humidtropics.
- Performed data processing such as data entry, encoding, and editing in MS-Excel and Stata.
- Performed quantitative data analyses for Humidtropics program using spreadsheets and statistical analyses in MS-EXCEL & Stata.
Field Research Assistant
IRAD Cameroon, Ekona
2014.10 - 2015.12
- -Identify farmer groups to train and work with.
- -Distribution of improved cassava variety and vegetable seeds for on farm trials .
- -Monitoring of integrated livestock and crop farm trials farm.
- -trained on different agricultural field technics (market gardening, Agroforestry and livestock farming).
Enumerastor
Cameroon Cocoa Socioeconomics Survey
2014.06 - 2014.08
- Translated questionnaire from English to French.
- Administered questionnaires to cocoa farmers in the Centre region of Cameroon (in French).
Store Keeper
ECHACAM COPERATIVE
2012.04 - 2014.11
- Taking of stocks.
- Organizing all logistics
- grading of the cocoa Beans
- Palleting and Stacking
Education
Ph.D. - Agricultural Economics And Agribusiness
University of Buea
CameroonM.D. - Development Economics & International Cooperation
University of Rome II Tor Vergata
Rome, Italy12.2024
M.D. - Agri-food, Development And Rural Economics
University of Yaounde II Soa
Cameroon11.2016
Masters I Business Administration And Management
University of Yaounde II Soa
Cameroon10.2014
BBA - Business Administration And Management
University of Yaoundé II Soa
Cameroon09.2013
Skills
- Project Leadership
- Team Spirit
- Program Evaluation
- Microsoft Office, Stata, ArcGIS , CAPI, KOBO tool box
- English
- French
Additional Information
WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS
- September 21 -24 2022 (Nairobi) Kenya, research consultant in a stakeholders meeting to review and reflect on the ACT/WCC learning project implementation in Malawi and Cameroon.
- Research paper presentation at the congress of the Réseau de Recherche sur l’Innovation, at the University of Montpellier, France 4-5 June 2018
- Humidtropics Cameroon R4D platform Cluster 4 research project review workshop, organized by IITA Cameroon, 03 November 2015.
- Workshop on Innovation Platform facilitation organized by IITA Cameroon, 4 November 2015.
- Workshop on Gender and female leadership organized by IITA Cameroon, 27-29 January 2016.
- Workshop on vegetative multiplication of fruit tree organized by World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) 16-19 December 2015.
- “Econometric Modelling of Policy Interventions: Randomized Control Trials”, CEREGUniv. Yde.
- II, Guest Speaker, Prof. Stephen Votsi, UC-Davis, June 2016.
- -“Democracy and transparency in Cameroon", Afro-barometer conference, Franco Hotel, Yaoundé, December 2, 2015.
- "Séminaire de renforcement des capacités sur les négociations internationales et instruments économiques pour l’atténuation des changements climatiques" ; Co-organised by Institut Français,CIRAD, Fondation Paul AngoEla, and University of Yaounde II, guest speaker Dr Alain Karsenty, CIRAD, June 8-12, 2015
- "La recherché action en partenariat. “Conference organised by CEREGUniversity of Yaounde II. Guest speaker- Pr François Doligez, University of Rennes 1, May 12-13, 2014
- "Value Chain analysis and food security".Conference organized by the University of Yaounde II. Resource Persons-Ludovic Temple (HDR) and Dr. Sandrine Dury, UMR innovation/MOISA, CIRAD Montpellier, April 11, 2014
Timeline
Collaborative Research Consultant
ACT ALLIANCE
2022.04 - 2022.09
Grant Search and Agricultural Research Consultant
Mission 21
2021.02 - 2023.12
AIVDP Household Survey Enumerator
AIVDP
2020.03 - 2020.05
Agricultural Consultant
AGRO-HUB, Buea
2018.02 - 2020.11
Volunteer
International Institute Of Tropical Agriculture
2016.12 - 2017.02
Research Intern
International Institute Of Tropical Agriculture, IITA
2015.10 - 2016.04
Field Research Assistant
IRAD Cameroon, Ekona
2014.10 - 2015.12
Enumerastor
Cameroon Cocoa Socioeconomics Survey
2014.06 - 2014.08
Store Keeper
ECHACAM COPERATIVE
2012.04 - 2014.11
Ph.D. - Agricultural Economics And Agribusiness
University of Buea
M.D. - Development Economics & International Cooperation
University of Rome II Tor Vergata
M.D. - Agri-food, Development And Rural Economics
University of Yaounde II Soa
Masters I Business Administration And Management
University of Yaounde II Soa
BBA - Business Administration And Management
University of Yaoundé II Soa