AAAE Citation

Dr Simeon Ehui

A Distinguished Fellow of AAAE

Dr Simeon Ehui Elected to the Executive Committee of IAAE

Dr Simeon Ehui who is a Fellow of African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE) was successfully elected to the Executive Committee of International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) during its recently concluded 26th international conference in Beijing. Dr Ehui will serve as a member of the committee between 2009 and 2012. The formal announcement is available at http://www.iaae2009.org/down/COWBELL6.pdf. Dr Ehui's profile is presented below.

Announcement: Simeon Ehui Appointed, Sector Manager, Agriculture and Rural Development (SASSD)

Simeon Ehui, a Fellow of African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE) has recently been appointed as the new Sector Manager for Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) in the World Banks's Sustainable Development (SD) Department of the South Asia Region. Full Story

I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Simeon Ehui as the new Sector Manager for Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) in the Sustainable Development (SD) Department of the South Asia Region. Simeon, a national of Cote Ivoire, joined the Bank in 2003 after a distinguished career as a technical specialist and manager in International Livestock Research Institute and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. Simeon has a PhD in agricultural economics from Purdue University and has published extensively in his field. He is currently Sector Leader in the Africa Region based in Abuja, Nigeria. Simeon brings wide experience and a track record of success and innovation from his work in Africa. He is well respected for his leadership abilities, incredible drive for results and his highly developed people management skills. He is an inclusive leader who easily works across boundaries. He will be a great addition to our SD management team bringing vision, terrific client skills and a wonderful problem solving approach. Simeon's three priorities in South Asia will be: (i) provide technical and managerial leadership and strategic vision for the agriculture and rural development agenda in South Asia with a special focus on reinvigorating the Bank’s knowledge and analytic work; (ii) lead a shift to a middle income country focus for South Asia’s clients with a particular emphasis on South-South learning, cross-sectoral programs and the impact of climate change on agriculture; and (iii) support the introduction of innovative lending and knowledge products to help our clients achieve development results. So please join me in welcoming Simeon here in SAR. We expect Simeon will join us around September 1, 2009.

Statement by Isabel M. Guerrero, The World Bank, South Asia Region

AAAE Distinguished Fellow Citation

Simeon Ehui, a national Côte d'Ivoire, completed both his B.S and M A. degrees in Economics from the National University of Côte d’Ivoire, in 1980 and 1981 respectively. Benefiting from scholarships from the government of Côte d’Ivoire and the United States Department of Agriculture, Simeon completed his M.Sc and Ph.D. degrees in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University in Indiana, USA in 1983 and 1987 respectively.

Simeon started his professional career in 1988 as a Rockefeller Foundation Social Science Research Fellow while posted at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, Nigeria, one of the 15 centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). For 13 years (1990-2003), Simeon worked at the International Livestock Research Institute, another CGIAR center where he led the socio-economic and policy research programs.

Simeon's research has concentrated on agricultural development policy, international trade and natural resource management. He has published over 100 publications. Most recently he was Coordinating Lead Author of the Chapter on Food Ecosystem Services in the Millennium Ecosystem volume on Ecosystems and Human-Well Being: Current States and Trends (2006). He also co-edited a book on Strategies for Sustainable Land Management in the East African Highlands (2006) published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Recently he co-published a paper on “Livestock productivity n Developing Countries: An Assessment” in the Handbook of Agricultural Economics (2007) and published a lead article on “Identifying agricultural research and development investment opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa” in the first issue of the African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2006)

Simeon has received several awards and honors including the 2006 and 2007 World Bank Africa Region Awards for excellence. In 2001 Purdue University named him “Distinguished Agricultural Alumnus in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments and significant contributions to Agricultural Economics profession and to Society. In 2006 he received the Zayeb International Prize for the Environment as an author of the “Millennium Ecosystem Assessment” for Scientific and Technological Achievements in Environment. In 2001, he and is colleagues were awarded the Neville Clarke Award of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in recognition of innovative and productive ILRI teams.

Simeon also served or is serving in several international committees including the Advisory Board of the State of Food and Agriculture of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ((2002-present), the Advisory Board of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) project on Successes in African Agriculture (2000-2002), the International Committee of the American Agricultural Economics Association (Chair, 2003-2004), the Editorial Board of the African Journal of Agricultural Economics (2006- present), the Steering Committee of the Eastern and Central Africa Program for Agricultural Policy Analysis (1997 -Present), the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) Commission on Ecosystem Management, 2002-2004. Simeon participated in the Third External Program and Management Review Panel of CIRAD-EMVT (Centre International pour la Recherche et le Developpement-Ecole de Medicine Veterinaire Tropicale, 2002-2003), the Second External Program and Management Review of the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF, 2005-2006) and the Center-Commissioned External Review of the Institutions, Markets, Policy and Impacts Theme the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (Chair, 2006-2007).

Simeon has 20 years of international agricultural research and development experience in Africa, and Asia. He is currently Lead Economist and Sector Leader in the Sustainable Development Department of the World Bank and is based in Abuja, Nigeria.