Author Biographies | Production Risk in Rice

Man-Keun Kim

Assistant Professor of Applied Economics, Utah State University

Man-Keun Kim is an Assistant Professor in Applied Economics at Utah State University. His research interests center on environmental and resource economics, urban- regional economics and development with an emphasis on climate change.

He was formerly a Research Assistant Professor in Resource Economics at University of Nevada-Reno and an Economist at Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI), University of Maryland. He obtained his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2004.

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Dr. Grant Singleton

Senior Scientist, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Dr. Grant Singleton is a Senior Scientist with the International Rice Research Institute, Philippines. Since 2005 he has been the coordinator of the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC); a consortium that currently has activities in ten countries in Asia. Previously he was at CSIRO, Australia, for 23 years. The IRRC focuses on natural resource management of rice production in the agricultural lowlands. Grant is an ecologist and an international leader on ecologically-based rodent management. A concept he developed in 1997 and is now adopted in 27 countries in Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa and the Americas. He has over 200 scientific publications and is a lead author/editor of 7 books. His latest book is “Rodent outbreaks: Ecology and Impacts”.

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Dr. Seidu Al-hassan

Senior Lecturer, University for Development Studies, Ghana

I am a Senior Lecturer with a PhD Degree in Agricultural Economics and a Diploma in Education. For sixteen years, I have been teaching at the University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana. Within that time, I also served for two years as the Acting Head of Department of Economics and Entrepreneurship Development (DEED), Faculty of Integrated Development Studies (FIDS), Wa Campus; one year as Head of Department of Applied and Business Mathematics, Navrongo and one year as the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Navrongo Campus. Currently I am the Director of the Centre for Continuing Education and Inter-Disciplinary Research (CCEIR). In addition, I have the experience in conducting applied and social research involving techniques of design of research methodology, feasibility studies, data/information gathering, baseline studies, needs assessment, project appraisal, project document preparation and project/training manual design. My research interest areas are microfinance, resource use efficiency and farm planning and management. 

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