Professor Michael Ugota Awoke

Vice-Chancellor, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki

Professor of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Agricultural Economist, University Administrator

Professor Michael Ugota Awoke is a Nigerian academic and university administrator whose specialization is Agricultural Economics and Extension. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Economics, Prague, an M.Sc. in Economic Planning and Development and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics and Extension. His doctoral training was completed at Enugu State University of Science and Technology, while his earlier economics studies were undertaken at the University of Economics in Prague. His research has concentrated on agricultural economics, farm-resource efficiency, agricultural production, rural financial markets, agricultural marketing, poverty alleviation and the socioeconomic conditions affecting smallholder farmers. His published work includes studies of cassava, rice, yam, livestock, rural finance, agricultural trade and resource-use efficiency in southeastern Nigeria. He has also authored academic textbooks including Econometrics: Theory and Application and Foundation Statistics.