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Professor Chittur Srinivasan

Professor Chittur Srinivasan portrait
  • Programme Director, MSc Development Finance
  • Programme Director, MRes Agricultural and Food Economics

Areas of interest

  • Diet and nutrition economics- nutrition transitions in developed and developing countries -impact of emerging dietary norms and patterns on consumer demand and the industry.
  • Economics of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in agriculture- assessing the impact of IPR regimes on innovation flows. Economic impacts of WTO/TRIPs induced IPR regimes in developing countries with focus on technology transfer and foreign direct investment in the seed industry.
  • Institutional and regulatory responses to emerging technologies and their impact on innovation processes - with focus on biotechnology and genetically modified crops.

Postgraduate supervision

As Lead Supervisor

  • Opeyemi Illori [Nigeria] Adaptation to Climate Change by Poultry Farmers in Nigeria (with Dr Daniele Asioli).
  • Kwadwo Adusei Peasah [Ghana] Impact of Artisanal Small Scale Mining on Food Security in Ghana (with Dr Sanzidur Rahman).  
  • Rezoyana Rasha [Bangladesh] Impact of Improved Aquaculture Practices on Rural Livelihoods in Bangladesh (with Dr Sanzidur Rahman).

As co-supervisor

  • Sazzadur Rahman [Bangladesh] Competitiveness of Export Crops in Bangladesh (with Dr Sanzidur Rahman).
  • Nsama Nsemiwe [Zambia] Geopolitics of Land Agribusiness and Environmental Sustainability (with Prof Giacomo Zanello)

Completed PhD Supervision:

As Lead Supervisor

  • Samuel Donkoh [Ghana]. Technology Adoption and Efficiency in Ghanaian Agriculture (2006) with Professor Richard Tiffin.
  • Fidea Mgina [Tanzania]. Microfinance and Access to Financial Services for the Poor in Tanzania (2011) with Dr Henny Osbahr.
  • Giacomo Zanello [Italy]. Essays on transactions costs and information technologies (2012) with Dr Bhavani Shankar.
  • Evelyn Ahiale [Ghana]. Economic valuation of soil and water conservation technologies in northern Ghana (2012) with Professor Kelvin Balcombe.
  • Chayada Bhadrakom [Thailand]. Economic analysis of overnutrition in Thailand (2014) with Professor Richard Tiffin.
  • Mohammed Ibrahim [Nigeria]. Off-farm sector participation in rural Nigeria (2014). Sole supervisor.
  • Sophie Payne-Gifford [Canada]. Potatoes and Politics: Following EC Regulation 1107/2009 into a System of Innovation (2016) with Professor Peter Dorward.
  • Damodar Pant [Nepal]. An analysis of the effect of remittances and effect of remittance on expenditure behaviour and child welfare of households in Nepal (2017) with Dr Henny Osbahr.
  • Razan Majar [Syria]. Econometric Analysis of British Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Syrian Organic Olive Oil. (2017) with Professor Kelvin Balcombe.
  • Shakirat Ibrahim [Nigeria]. Ill-Health and Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria (2017) with Professor Nikos Georgantzis.
  • Ciro Dominguez Mendez [Mexico] Public Private Partnerships in the Development and Delivery of Crop Variety Innovations – Lessons from the MasAgro Consortium for Hybrid Maize in Mexico (2022)- with Dr Giacomo Zanello.
  • Milorad Plasvic [Serbia] Long-Term Effects of Extreme Events on Nutrient Intake from the Great Famine in China (2023) - with Dr Sanzidur Rahman.
  • Natthamon Suwannaprom [Thailand] -The adoption of wireless sensor technologies in greenhouse horticulture in Thailand (2024) - with Dr Giuseppe Nocella.
  • Jurgen Peci [Albania] - Assessing the impact of non-tariff measures on international palm oil trade and their linkages with sustainable development goals (2025) - with Dr Marcello De Maria/ Prof Elizabeth Robinson.
  • Kehinde Odeneyi [Nigeria] Agricultural Technology Disadoption in Nigeria (2024) with Prof Elizabeth Robinson and Dr Laurence Smith.

As co-supervisor

  • Chandra Bahadur Adhikari [Nepal]. Productive Efficiency, Access to Land and Poverty - Evidence from Nepal (2007) with Professor Kelvin Balcombe.
  • Suthep Nimsai [Thailand]. Smallholders coping with food sector transformation: the role of social enterprises and modern supply chains in Thailand. (2012) with Professor Bhavani Shankar.
  • Dare Akerele [Nigeria]. Food Demand, Nutrition and Policy Analysis in Nigeria (2013) with Professor Richard Tiffin.
  • Saud Al Othman [Saudi Arabia]. The influence of government policies on agricultural production in Saudi Arabia (2014) with Professor Richard Bennett.
  • William Ibok Otu [Nigeria] Vulnerability to Food Insecurity Index: A Multi-Dimensional Model for Measuring Households’ Food Security and Vulnerability in Low, Middle-Income Countries (2019) with Dr Henny Osbahr.
  • Aaron Alesane [Ghana] Participation in Microfinance Programmes and Poverty Reduction through Clients’ Livelihodds: The Case of the Northern Savannah of Ghana (2020) - with Dr Henny Osbahr.
  • Shamsudeen  Abulai [Ghana] Assessing the Exposure and Effect of Adoption of Improved Rice Varieties on Technical Efficiency and Net Rice Income of Rice Farming Households in Ghana (2021) - with Prof Richard Tranter. 
  • Savita Tangwongkit [Thailand] The Survival of Thai Sugar Producers and Stakeholders in the Wake of WTO Enforced Changes to the Thai Sugar Regime (2022) - with Dr Philip Jones.
  • Segun Fadare [Nigeria] Conflicts, Livestock Assets, Nutrition and Health in Nigeria (2023) - with Prof Giacomo Zanello.
  • Chimkanma Wigwe [Nigeria] -Stakeholders' efforts toward enhancing resilience of artisanal fishers and farmers to oil spillages in Ogoni, Nigeria (2023) -with Dr Andrew A