Curriculum vitae
Annet ADONG, PhD
Profile
Annet ADONG is an Agricultural and Development Economist with experience teaching graduate and undergraduate economics, conducting research and community outreach.
She holds a PhD in Agriculture/Development Economics from the University of Bonn, Germany, and a Master's in Development and Natural Resource Economics from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Her research covers agriculture, conflict and forced displacement, with recent work on the hidden costs in coffee value chains in Eastern Africa.
She has published in leading development and agricultural economics journals, including World Development, Food Security and Food Policy, and was recently named in a LinkedIn post as one of the top emerging researchers from the Global South to watch.
Education
PhD, Agriculture/Development Economics
University of Bonn, Germany
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Tufts University, USA
MSc, Development and Natural Resource Economics
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
BSc, Agricultural Economics
Makerere University, Uganda
Fellowships and short courses
Postdoctoral Fellowship, IMMANA
Innovations in Metrics and Methods for Agriculture and Nutrition Action, at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, USA
Visiting Research Fellow, EASST-CEGA
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Teaching pedagogy at graduate school
Agriculture, Health and Nutrition
Employment
Part-time Lecturer
Kyambogo University
Production Economics, Advanced Microeconomics, Mathematics for Economists (Master's); Mathematics for Agriculturalists (undergraduate).
Senior Research Fellow
Center for Population and Applied Statistics, College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS), Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Junior Research Fellow and PhD Candidate
Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany
Research Analyst
Economic Policy Research Center
Research grants
Business networks and climate finance uptake in Uganda
Private Enterprise Development in Low Income Countries (PEDL)
Contract farming and refugee livelihoods
Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), UC Berkeley
Monthly price analysis for key cereals in Eastern Africa
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
IMMANA postdoctoral fellowship
IMMANA
Risk-free sample purchase of inorganic fertilizer in Uganda
Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), UC Berkeley
Fertilizer supply chain and market structure in Africa
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Selected publications
The hidden costs of coffee production in the Eastern African value chains
Using high frequency data to measure the resilience of households to food security and women's dietary diversity in Uganda
The unmet financial needs of intermediary firms within agri-food value chains in Uganda and Bangladesh
Conflict exposure and food consumption pathways during and after conflict: Evidence from Northern Uganda
Encouraging fertilizer adoption through a risk-free sales offer: A randomized control trial in Uganda
Impact of households' membership of farmer groups on the adoption of agricultural technologies in Uganda: Evidence from the Uganda Census of Agriculture 2008/09
Armed conflicts and forced displacements in the Anthropocene: Incentives and consequences in the Great Lakes region of Sub-Saharan Africa, with a special focus on Northern Uganda
The hidden costs of coffee production in the Eastern Africa value chains
Us and them: Prosocial attitudes between refugees and host communities exposed to armed conflict. Experimental evidence from Northern Uganda
Overview of the fertilizer supply chain and market structure in Africa: A cross-country assessment
Smallholder food crop commercialization in Uganda: Panel survey evidence
Conferences and workshops
PEDL workshop on AI, Finance, and Entrepreneurship
Africa Evidence Summit
Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy conference
Africa Evidence Summit
Inclusive private sector development in forced displacement contexts
Learning and co-creation session: Harnessing digital financial services for MSMEs in trade and agricultural value chains
Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week
African Evidence Summit
EGAP Displacement, Migration, and Integration Priority Theme Meeting
Professional affiliations
- International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)
- Network of Impact Evaluation Researchers in Africa (NIERA)
- African Growth and Development Policy (AGRODEP) Modeling Consortium
- African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
- EGAP (Evidence in Governance and Politics)