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Professor Chittur Srinivasan

Professor Chittur Srinivasan portrait
  • Programme Director, MSc Development Finance
  • Programme Director, MRes Agricultural and Food Economics

Areas of interest

  • Diet and nutrition economics- nutrition transitions in developed and developing countries -impact of emerging dietary norms and patterns on consumer demand and the industry.
  • Economics of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in agriculture- assessing the impact of IPR regimes on innovation flows. Economic impacts of WTO/TRIPs induced IPR regimes in developing countries with focus on technology transfer and foreign direct investment in the seed industry.
  • Institutional and regulatory responses to emerging technologies and their impact on innovation processes - with focus on biotechnology and genetically modified crops.

Postgraduate supervision

As Lead Supervisor

  • Opeyemi Illori [Nigeria] Adaptation to Climate Change by Poultry Farmers in Nigeria (with Dr Daniele Asioli).
  • Kwadwo Adusei Peasah [Ghana] Impact of Artisanal Small Scale Mining on Food Security in Ghana (with Dr Sanzidur Rahman).Ā Ā 
  • Rezoyana Rasha [Bangladesh] Impact of Improved Aquaculture Practices on Rural Livelihoods in Bangladesh (with Dr Sanzidur Rahman).

As co-supervisor

  • Sazzadur Rahman [Bangladesh] Competitiveness of Export Crops in Bangladesh (with Dr Sanzidur Rahman).
  • Nsama Nsemiwe [Zambia] Geopolitics of Land Agribusiness and Environmental Sustainability (with Prof Giacomo Zanello)

Completed PhD Supervision:

As Lead Supervisor

  • Samuel Donkoh [Ghana]. Technology Adoption and Efficiency in Ghanaian Agriculture (2006) with Professor Richard Tiffin.
  • Fidea Mgina [Tanzania]. Microfinance and Access to Financial Services for the Poor in Tanzania (2011) with Dr Henny Osbahr.
  • Giacomo Zanello [Italy]. Essays on transactions costs and information technologies (2012) with Dr Bhavani Shankar.
  • Evelyn Ahiale [Ghana]. Economic valuation of soil and water conservation technologies in northern Ghana (2012) with Professor Kelvin Balcombe.
  • Chayada Bhadrakom [Thailand]. Economic analysis of overnutrition in Thailand (2014) with Professor Richard Tiffin.
  • Mohammed Ibrahim [Nigeria]. Off-farm sector participation in rural Nigeria (2014). Sole supervisor.
  • Sophie Payne-Gifford [Canada]. Potatoes and Politics: Following EC Regulation 1107/2009 into a System of Innovation (2016) with Professor Peter Dorward.
  • Damodar Pant [Nepal]. An analysis of the effect of remittances and effect of remittance on expenditure behaviour and child welfare of households in Nepal (2017) with Dr Henny Osbahr.
  • Razan Majar [Syria]. Econometric Analysis of British Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Syrian Organic Olive Oil. (2017) with Professor Kelvin Balcombe.
  • Shakirat Ibrahim [Nigeria]. Ill-Health and Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria (2017) with Professor Nikos Georgantzis.
  • Ciro Dominguez Mendez [Mexico] Public Private Partnerships in the Development and Delivery of Crop Variety Innovations ā€“ Lessons from the MasAgro Consortium for Hybrid Maize in Mexico (2022)- with Dr Giacomo Zanello.
  • Milorad Plasvic [Serbia] Long-Term Effects of Extreme Events on Nutrient Intake from the Great Famine in China (2023) - with Dr Sanzidur Rahman.
  • Natthamon Suwannaprom [Thailand] -The adoption of wireless sensor technologies in greenhouse horticulture in Thailand (2024) - with Dr Giuseppe Nocella.
  • Jurgen Peci [Albania] - Assessing the impact of non-tariff measures on international palm oil trade and their linkages with sustainable development goals (2025) - with Dr Marcello De Maria/ Prof Elizabeth Robinson.
  • Kehinde Odeneyi [Nigeria] Agricultural Technology Disadoption in Nigeria (2024) with Prof Elizabeth Robinson and Dr Laurence Smith.

As co-supervisor

  • Chandra Bahadur Adhikari [Nepal]. Productive Efficiency, Access to Land and Poverty - Evidence from Nepal (2007) with Professor Kelvin Balcombe.
  • Suthep Nimsai [Thailand]. Smallholders coping with food sector transformation: the role of social enterprises and modern supply chains in Thailand. (2012) with Professor Bhavani Shankar.
  • Dare Akerele [Nigeria]. Food Demand, Nutrition and Policy Analysis in Nigeria (2013) with Professor Richard Tiffin.
  • Saud Al Othman [Saudi Arabia]. The influence of government policies on agricultural production in Saudi Arabia (2014) with Professor Richard Bennett.
  • William Ibok Otu [Nigeria] Vulnerability to Food Insecurity Index: A Multi-Dimensional Model for Measuring Householdsā€™ Food Security and Vulnerability in Low, Middle-Income Countries (2019) with Dr Henny Osbahr.
  • Aaron Alesane [Ghana] Participation in Microfinance Programmes and Poverty Reduction through Clientsā€™ Livelihodds: The Case of the Northern Savannah of Ghana (2020) - with Dr Henny Osbahr.
  • ShamsudeenĀ  Abulai [Ghana] Assessing the Exposure and Effect of Adoption of Improved Rice Varieties on Technical Efficiency and Net Rice Income of Rice Farming Households in Ghana (2021) - with Prof Richard Tranter.Ā 
  • Savita Tangwongkit [Thailand] The Survival of Thai Sugar Producers and Stakeholders in the Wake of WTO Enforced Changes to the Thai Sugar Regime (2022) - with Dr Philip Jones.
  • Segun Fadare [Nigeria] Conflicts, Livestock Assets, Nutrition and Health in Nigeria (2023) - with Prof Giacomo Zanello.
  • Chimkanma Wigwe [Nigeria] -Stakeholders' efforts toward enhancing resilience of artisanal fishers and farmers to oil spillages in Ogoni, Nigeria (2023) -with Dr Andrew Ainslee.
  • Oluwatosin Temitope Aderanti [Nigeria]-Rural transformation and malnutrition : three essays on the influence of time use, physical activity, and diet on nutritional outcomes (2023) ā€“ with Prof Giacomo Zanello.
  • Young Kafwembe [Zambia]- Narratives of financial inclusion for youth entrepreneurship in a declining mining economy : the case of Kankoyo Township, Mufulira District, Copperbelt Province of Zambia (2024) ā€“ with Prof Henny Osbahr.

Teaching

For MSc programmes of the Graduate Institute of International Development and Applied Economics

  • Development Finance
  • Appraisal of Agricultural and Rural Development Projects
  • Agricultural Project Planning and Management in Developing Countries

Research projects

External

  • UKRI - Enhancing transformative resilience of fruit and vegetable provision for UK citizens ā€“ as Co-I and Work Package Lead ā€“ 3 year Ā£1.7 million project ā€“ August 2024- July 2027.
  • UKRI ā€“ Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) ā€“ Realigning UK Food Production and Trade for Transition to Healthy and Sustainable Diets ā€“ As PI, 2 year Ā£840, 000 project. August 2023-Dec 2025.
  • Department for International Development/FCDO, UK, award under the ā€œInnovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actionsā€ (IMMANA) programme for research project entitledĀ Activity Spaces and Household Exclusion from Food EnvironmentsĀ ā€“ as PIā€“ (Ā£250,000) ā€“ June 2022 ā€“ August 2024.
  • Global Challenges Round Fund (GCRF) -Strategic Allocation Funding (Substantial Research Project) as PI-Through the Looking Glass: Applying a Gender Lens to Agricultural Transformation, Labour Intensification and Nutrition Outcomes in LMICsā€“ in partnership with the International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). 1 year, Ā£36,000 project. July 2019 ā€“ July 2022.
  • GCRF -Strategic Allocation Funding (Rapid Response Project)-as PI ā€“ Labour productivity in public work programmes:Ā Introducing new technologies for time and motion studies in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in India- in partnership with the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India ā€“ 6 months, Ā£35,000 project from January 2019 -July 2019.
  • GCRF Strategic Allocation Funding (Substantial Research Project)- as Co-I (with Dr Giacomo Zanello as PI) ā€“ Life-stage, occupational, and social transition: Energy expenditure and nutritional status in adolescent boys and girls ā€“ 2 year Ā£180,000 project - December 2018-November 2020.
  • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) -Ā Development of novel value chain from cocoa pod husks in Indonesia: Technological, environmental and socio-economic challenges of a value chain- As Co-I with Dr Dimitris Charalampopoulos (PI) and Professor Kelvin Balcombe and others (Co-Is). 2-year, Ā£700,000 project. May 2017- September 2019.
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) -Ā Developing protocols for the use of wearable accelerometry and sensor-based devices in agricultural livelihoods research in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)Ā - As PI with Dr Faustina Hwaang (Joint PI), Professor William Harwin (Co-I) and Dr Giacomo Zanello (Co-I). 6-month, Ā£15000 project, completed March 2017.
  • Department for International Development (DfID) -Ā New Keys for Old Black Boxes: Developing Methods to Improve Nutrition Assessment by Measuring Energy ExpenditureĀ under the Programme forĀ Innovative Methods and Metrics for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions -Ā with Dr Giacomo Zanello as PI. 2-year, Ā£250,000 project, December 2016- ongoing.
  • Economic and Social Science Research Council (ESRC) -Ā Cognitive Segmentation of Food ChoiceĀ - as Co-I with Professor Richard Tiffin (PI) and Dr Rachel McCloy (Co-I) - 48-month, Ā£600,000 project, completed September 2017.
  • Leverhulme Trust Award for project entitledĀ Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation in UK AgricultureĀ - as PI. 2-year, Ā£93,000) project-August 2010-July 2012 (completed) with Dr Greenwell Matchaya (Research Fellow).
  • GTZ, Germany-Ā Plant Variety Protection and its Impact on the Seed Industry in IndiaĀ - under the EU- India Trade and Investment Development Programme (ā‚¬ 9,000) -as PI, completed 2007.
  • Nuffield Foundation - Assessing the Economic Values and Quality of Plant Variety Innovations using Renewal and Survival Models under Nuffield Foundation Social Science Grants Scheme (Ā£6,994) -as PI, completed 2004.

Internal

  • ĢĒŠÄVlog GCRF Strategic Fund -Ā Automated human activity recognition from accelerometer data in agricultural settings in low and middle income countries (LMIC)Ā - as Co-I with Dr Faustina Hwang & Dr Giacomo Zanello (PIs) and Professor William Harwin (Co-I), Ā£3000 - December 2017- July 2018.
Research Endowment Trust Fund (RETF) -Ā Development of innovative protocols for measuring and embedding livelihood energy expenditure profiles in nutrition actions- as PI, 6 months, Ā£6000, completed December 2016, with fieldwork in Ghana.

Selected publications

Book Reviews:

  • Srinivasan, C.S. and Colin ThirtleĀ (2000). Biotechnology, IPRs and Agriculture. Trends in Biotechnology, 18 (11), 480-481.

Book Chapters:

  • Srinivasan, C.S., Bhavani Shankar and C.ThirtleĀ (2004). An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Plant Variety Protection on Innovation and Transferability. In Katrak, H. and Roger Strange (Eds.)Ā WTO and Developing Countries,Ģż±Ź²¹±ō²µ°ł²¹±¹±š-²Ń²¹³¦³¾¾±±ō±ō²¹²Ō.
  • Heisey, Paul W, C.S.Srinivasan and Colin ThirtleĀ (2002). Privatization of Plant Breeding in Developing Countries: Causes, Consequences and the Public Sector Response. In Byerlee, D. and Ruben G. Echeverria (Eds.)Ā Agricultural Research Policy in an Era of Privatization,Ā CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK.
  • Srinivasan, C.S. and Colin ThirtleĀ (2002). Impact of terminator technologies in developing countries: a framework for economic analysis. In Swanson, T. (Ed.)Ā Biotechnology, Agriculture and the Developing World,Ā Edward Elgar, London, 150-176.
  • Srinivasan, C.S. and C. ThirtleĀ (2002). Impact of Terminator Technologies in Developing Countries: A Framework for Economic Analysis. In Evenson, R.E., V. Santaniello and D.Zilberman (Eds.)Ā Economic and Social Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology,Ā CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK.

Conference Papers:

  • Srinivasan, C.S. and Colin ThirtleĀ (1999). Impact of Terminator Technologies in Developing Countries. Paper presented at a workshop on Terminator Technology, funded by DFID and held at UCL, Sept 26th. Now a chapter in a report submitted to DFID.
  • Srinivasan, C.S., and Colin ThirtleĀ (2000).Winter Wheat in England and Wales: 1923-1995: What do Indices of Genetic Diversity Reveal? Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, Berlin, August 2000.
  • Srinivasan, C.S.Ā (2000). A Review of Empirical Impact Studies of Plant Variety Protection. Paper presented at a workshop on "Economic Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Agricultural Plant Varieties in Asia". Organised by the Agricultural Research Institute (LEI), Waganingen University and Research Centre. The Hague, October 2000.
  • Srinivasan, C.S. and Bhavani ShankarĀ (2001). Some Aspects of the International Experience of Plant Variety Protection". Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Chicago, August 6-8
  • Srinivasan, C.S.Ā (2003). Assessing Economic Returns from Farmers' Rights. Paper presented at the XXV Conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economics, Durban, South Africa in August 2003.

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