EMI Lunch Lecture - Agribusiness in Africa's Emerging Economies

Edward Mabaya

Assistant Director

Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development

Dr. Mabaya is an academic and a development practitioner with more than a decade of experience with African seed systems. He is involved in several programs that seek to improve the lives of African farmers through private enterprises. Ed established and coordinates the Seeds of Development Program, a business development services and networking program for emerging seed companies in East and Southern Africa. As a Research Associate in the Department of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University, he conducts research on food marketing and distribution, seed systems and the role of efficient agricultural markets in AfricaÔÇÖs economic development. He is Assistant Director at the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development. Ed earned his MS and Ph.D. degrees in Agricultural Economics at Cornell University and his B.Sc. from the University of Zimbabwe. In 2007, Ed was an Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow at the African Leadership Institute at Oxford University. During 2010-2011, he was a Visiting Researcher at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.