Mr. Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin
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Mr. Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin

Researcher
Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Nigeria

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics & Farm Management from Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria

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Biography

Olutosin Ademola OTEKUNRIN was born in Kwara State Nigeria. He holds a B. Agric. in Agricultural Economics and Farm Management from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Nigeria in 2008. In 2012 and 2015 he obtained his M.Sc and Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) in Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Education from University of Ibadan, Ibadan and National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) respectively. He is currently pursuing his PhD which has reached an advanced stage (Data Analysis/Thesis writing) in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, FUNAAB. His field of interest includes Agricultural Economics; Agribusiness; Food Security and Nutrition; agricultural Marketing; Agricultural Education; Farm Management.

Oluwatosin is a young and aspiring academic that has published in some internationally recognised journals like Global Food Security, Data in Brief, Current Agriculture Research Journal (CARJ) among others. He also has over 3years expeiencince in reviewing for some top journals like, Environment, Development and Sustainablilty (SpringerNature), Environmental Economics, Caraka Tani: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture among others and serves as an international Editorial board member for Caraka Tani: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (Section Editor), Acta Scientific Agriculture (ASAG), Eduma: Mathematics Education Learning and Teaching among others.

Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
100%
Agricultural Economics
62%
Farm Management
90%
Rural Development
75%
Plant Biology
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
1
Chapters
2
Articles
38
Abstracts
4

Selected Publications

  1. Sawicka, B., O.A. Otekunrin, B. Krochmal-Marczak and D. Skiba, 2022. Food sources of natural antioxidants for body defense against SARS-CoV-2 In: Coronavirus Drug Discovery, Volume 2 : Antiviral Agents from Natural Products and Nanotechnological Applications, Egbuna, C., Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ISBN 978-0-323-95574-4 pp: 105-131.
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  2. Otekunrin, O.A., O.A. Otekunrin, I.A. Ayinde, R.A. Sanusi, O.O. Onabanjo and O.Ariyo, 2022. Dietary diversity, environment and health-related factors of under-five children: Evidence from cassava commercialization households in rural South-West Nigeria. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res., 29: 19432-19446.
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  3. Otekunrin, O.A., I.A. Ayinde, R.A. Sanusi and O.A. Otekunrin, 2022. Assessing the determinants of agricultural commercialization and challenges confronting cassava farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria. J. Socioecon. Dev., 5: 76-87.
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  4. Otekunrin, O.A., A.C. Ogodo, F.O. Fasina, M. Akram, O.A. Otekunrin and C. Egbuna, 2022. Coronavirus disease 2019 in Africa: Why the recent spike in cases? In: Coronavirus disease 2019 in Africa: Why the recent spike in cases? Egbuna, C., Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ISBN 978-0-323-85156-5, pp: 313-330.
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  5. Otekunrin, O.A., 2022. Investigating food insecurity, health and environment-related factors, and agricultural commercialization in Southwestern Nigeria: Evidence from smallholder farming households. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res., 29: 51469-51488.
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  6. Otekunrin, O.A. and O.A. Otekunrin, 2022. Nutrition outcomes of under-five children of smallholder farm households: Do higher commercialization levels lead to better nutritional status? Child Ind. Res., 10.1007/s12187-022-09960-2.
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  7. Otekunrin, O.A. and O.A. Otekunrin, 2022. Exploring dietary diversity, nutritional status of adolescents among farm households in Nigeria: Do higher commercialization levels translate to better nutrition? Nutr. Food Sci., 10.1108/NFS-03-2022-0104.
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  8. Boubekeur, S., M. Messaoudi, C.G. Awuchi, O.A. Otekunrin and B. Sawicka, 2022. Biological properties and polyphenols content of Algerian Cistus salviifolius L. aerial parts. Eur. J. Biol. Res., 12: 163-180.
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  9. Akram, M., C. Egbuna, A. Imtiaz, A.C. Ogodo and O.A. Otekunrin et al., 2022. Drug Discovery Opportunities from Traditional Practices Against SARS-CoV-2. In: Coronavirus Drug Discovery: Volume 2 : Antiviral Agents from Natural Products and Nanotechnological Applications Egbuna, C., Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ISBN: 978-0-323-95574-4 pp: 191-205.
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  10. Adeyonu, A.G., S.O. Adams, M.O. Kehinde, D. Akerele and O.A. Otekunrin, 2022. Spatial profiles and determinants of multidimensional energy poverty in rural Nigeria. Int. J. Energy Econ. Policy, 12: 373-384.
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  11. Otekunrin, O.A., O.A. Otekunrin, B. Sawicka and P. Pszczółkowski, 2021. Assessing food insecurity and its drivers among smallholder farming households in rural Oyo State, Nigeria: The HFIAS approach. Agriculture, Vol. 11. 10.3390/agriculture11121189.
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  12. Otekunrin, O.A. and O.A. Otekunrin, 2021. Dietary diversity choices of women: Evidence from cassava farming households in Nigeria. Arch. Curr. Res. Int., 21: 11-22.
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  13. Otekunrin, O.A., S. Momoh, I.A. Ayinde and O.A. Otekunrin, 2019. How far has Africa gone in achieving sustainable development goals? exploring African dataset. Data Brief, Vol. 27. 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104647.
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  14. Otekunrin, O.A., S. Momoh and I.A. Ayinde, 2019. Smallholder farmers’ market participation: Concepts and methodological approaches from Sub-Saharan Africa. Curr. Agric. Res. J., 7: 139-157.
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  15. Otekunrin, O.A., O.A. Otekunrin, S. Momoh and I.A. Ayinde, 2019. How far has Africa gone in achieving the zero hunger target? Evidence from Nigeria. Global Food Secur., 22: 1-12.
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  16. Otekunrin, O.A., O.A. Otekunrin and L.O. Oni, 2019. Attitude and academic success in practical agriculture: Evidence from public single sex high schools students in Ibadan, Nigeria. Asian J. Adv. Res. Rep., 4: 1-18.
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  17. Otekunrin, O.A. and B. Sawicka, 2019. Cassava, a 21st century crop: How can Nigeria harness its enormous trade potential?. Acta Sci. Agric., 3: 194-202.
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  18. Otekunrin, O.A., I.A. Ayinde, O.A. Otekunrin and J.S.D. Campos, 2018. Effect of avian influenza on household consumption of poultry products: Evidence from first Outbreak in Ogun State, Nigeria. Curr. Agric. Res. J., 6: 328-336.
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  19. Otekunrin, O.A., L.O. Oni and O.A. OteNunrin, 2017. Challenges, attitudes and academic performance of agricultural science students in public secondary schools of Ibadan north, Nigeria. J. Sci. Res. Rep., 13: 1-11.
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  20. Otekunrin, O.A., E.O. Okon and O.A. Otekunrin, 2017. Analysis of candidates' performance in Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) and Post-UTME in the university of Ibadan, Nigeria. J. Sci. Res. Rep., 14: 1-8.
  21. Awoyemi, T.T., J.C. Odozi, O.A. Otekunrin and N.C. Ehirim, 2014. Efficient resource use: Does human capital matter? The case of cassava production farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria. Int. J. Agric. Rural Dev., 17: 1973-1983.