Welcome to my academic website
After one year in Addis Ababa, I joined the University of Namur as an Assistant Professor in Economics in Fall 2026.
My research focuses on agricultural transformation, local value-chain, and rural markets in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Publications
(2025).
Buyers' response to third-party quality certification: Theory and evidence from Ethiopian wheat traders.
American Journal of Agricultural Economics (Forthcoming).
(2024).
Competition on Agricultural Markets and Quality of Smallholder Supply: The Role of Relational Contracting and Input Provision by Traders.
Economic Development and Cultural Change.
(2024).
Returns to Quality in Rural Agricultural Markets: Evidence from Wheat Markets in Ethiopia.
Journal of Development Economics.
Work in progress
(2026).
Market-Driven Value Chain Development: An Evaluation of Ethiopia's Agricultural Commercialization Cluster Program.
Writing.
(2026).
The double edge sword of social transfers: evidence from Ethiopia.
JOB MARKET PAPER - New Draft Available.
(2025).
Leveraging the Transformational Potential of AI to Empower Small-Scale Farmers in Ethiopia.
Field phase (email me for more information).
(2025).
Experimental design for encouraging the adoption of Aflasafe among small-scale farmers in Nigeria.
Writing.
(2025).
Market Information and R&D Investment under Ambiguity: A Framed Artefactual Experiment with Plant Breeding Professionals.
IFPRI Discussion Paper [Submitted].