NAME:AGU-AGUIYI FORTUNE NNEKA
NATIONALITY: NIGERIAN
STATE OF ORIGIN: ABIA STATE
NSTITUTIONS ATTENDED WITH DATES
Magnet International High School China Town Enugu 2011
General Certificate of Education (GCE) 1981 and 1983
Anambra State College of Agriculture Ikwo 1982 – 1984
Federal School of Agriculture Umudike˒ Umuahia˒ Abia State 1989 – 1992
Federal School of Agriculture Umudike˒ Umuahia˒ Abia State 1989 – 1992
University of Nigeria Nsukka˒ Enugu State 1989 – 1992
Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Enugu 2005 – 2008
Ordinary National Diploma (OND) General Agriculture 1984
Higher National Diploma (HND) General Agriculture 1987
Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) Agricultural Economics
(Farm Management) 1992
Master Degree (M.Sc) Agricultural Economics (Finance) 2008
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) Agricultural Economic
(Finance and Cooperative) 2012
Associations
Farm Management Association of Nigeria
National Association of Agriculture Economist
Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria
Cooperative Federation of Nigeria
Agricultural Society of Nigeria
Rotary International
PAST WORKING EXPERIENCE WITH DATES
Enugu State Post Primary School Management Board 2005 – 2011
Nwafor Orizu College of Education Enugu Campus 2008 – 2011
PRESENT EMPLOYMENT WITH DATE
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike˒ Umuahia
Department of Rural Sociology and Extension 2011 till date
Position: Lecturer 1
PRICE/AWARD
Merit Award as the first female Vice President of
Federal School Agriculture Umudike Umuahia 1986
2nd Position 400m girls all agric games in Umuagwo Owerri 1986
2nd Position 100m girls relay in all agric games in Umuagwo 1986
PUBLICATIONS
Journals
1. Umebali E.E. and Agu F.N. (2009). “Evaluation of Financing Small Scale Farmers in Enugu East Agricultural Zone of Enugu State. Journal of Management Sciences Unizik, Awka.
2. Ojiagu Nkechi, Agu Fortune N. Umebali E.E. (2010). Role of Government in Controlling the Economic Activities of Cooperative in Anambra Central Zone of Anambra State,
Implications for their Effective Performance, Nigerian Journal of Cooperative Economic and Management, Awka Vol 5, No 1.
3. Agu-Aguiyi F.N. and Umebali E.E. (2011). Assessment of Performance of Cooperative Societies in Micro-Credit International in Rural Area of Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State. Journal of Management Sciences Unizik, Awka.
4. Igwe K.C., Agu-Aguiyi F.N. and Uguru J.O. (2013). “Investigation of the Direction of Causality and Effect of Climate Change on Food Grain Output in Nigeria (1970 – 2010)”. The International Journal of Engineering and Science (IJES) Volume/2/Issue/3/, page 49 – 54, 2013. ISSN 2319-1813, ISBN: 2319 – 1805.
5. Nwaobara C.U., Agu-Aguiyi F.N. and Ogbonna M.O. (2013). Cost and Returns Analysis of Okra Farming Among NIHORT Contact Farmers in Enugu State, Nigeria Internal Journal of Applied Research and Technology 2 (12) : 3-9
6. Kelechi Igwe, Fortune Agu-Aguiyi and Gloria Nwazuruoke (2014). Social and Economic Implications of Home Gardening on the Livelihood of Farm Holds in Abia State, Nigeria. International Journal of Developing Country Studies Vol. 4 2014.
7. Umebali E.E., Agu-Aguiyi F.N. and Godson Ibeji C. (2014) Assessment of Performance of Thrift and Credit Cooperative Society (CTCS) in Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. Discourse Journal of Agriculture and Food Science www.resjournals.orgJAFS ISSN:2346-7002. Vol 2(7), 203 – 216, July, 2014.
8. Obinna Leo O. and Agu-Aguiyi F.N.. (2014) Group Dynamic and Innovation Dissemination Among Female Cassava Farmers in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State Nigeria. ARON Journal of Science of Technology Issue Vol. 4 No. 8 August, 2014.
BOOK CHAPTER CONTRIBUTION
1. Anyanwu, C.I. and Agu-Aguiyi F.N. (2015). Agriculture Transformation Agenda. In: Ike Nwchukwu et. al., (eds) Contemporary Issues in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development. Pp. 280 – 284. Published by the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Nigeria.
2. F.N. Agu-Aguiyi, T.U. Anigbogu C. Godson-Ibeji and E.E. Umebali (2014). Agricultural Cooperative Marketing. Readings in Cooperative Economics and Management. Pp 352 – 369.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
1. Ekwueme, C.G., Agu, F.N. and Umebali E.E. (2008). Agribusiness in Enugu State: Lessons for Farmer Entrepreneur. Proceedings on Entrepreneurship and Africa’s Quest for Development 19 – 21 Feb.
2. Umebali E.E. and Agu F.N. (2009). Understanding the Concept, Stages and Principles of Cooperative Group Formation. Paper Presented at a Conference on Cooperative
Formation and Development of Micro Financing Between 28th and 30th October 2009 at Unizik Awka.
3. Agu-Aguiyi Fortune N. and Umebali Emmanuel E. (2011). “Sustaining Rural Development through Public Private Partnership for Africa‟s Prosperity”. Faculty of Management Sciences International Conference Unizik, Awka, 29th – 1st December.
4. Agu-Aguiyi Fortune N., Umebali Emmanuel E. and Okolo Moses F. (2012). Determinant of Loan Repayment among Members of Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative Societies in Orumba North Local Government Area Anambra State Managing Sub-Saharan Africa Competitiveness in the Global Economy. Faculty of Management Sciences Unizik Awka 2012 Conference Processing‟s pg. 83.
5. Agu-Aguiyi F.N., Umebali E.E. and Ani (2012). Assessment of the Savings Mobilization in some Selected Cooperative Thrift and Credit Societies in Enugu North: Implication for Efficient Credit Management Conference Proceedings of the Department of Business Administration, Unizik.
6. Agu-Aguiyi F.N., Godson-Ibeji C., Anigbogu T.U. and Umebali E.E. (2014). Role of Micro Finance Banks in Delivery of Rural Credit in Idemin North and South Local Government Area, Anambra State. Promoting Entrepreneurship in Agricultural Transformation Agenda for Food Security and Poverty Alleviations. Faculty of Agriculture Unizik Awka Maiden Conference 2014.
7. Agu-Aguiyi F.N., Godson-Ibeji C. Anigbogu T.U. and Umebali E.E. (2014). Role of Town Union as Self Organization in Rural Development of Ikeduru L.G.A. of Imo State Nigeria. Promoting Entrepreneurship in Agricultural Transformation for Food Security and Poverty Alleviation. Faculty of Agriculture Unizik Awka Maiden Annual Conference 2014.
HOBBIES
Playing Indoor Game like Scrabble, Reading Novels, Newspaper and Watching Television.
REFEREES
Prof. Emma E. Umebali
Head of Department of Agric Econs & Extension
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Anambra State
Prof. C.J.C. Akubuilo
Past Dean, Faculty of Agriculture,
Enugu State University of Science and Technology
Enugu
Prof. O.O. Ekumankama
Dean College of Agricultural Economic
Rural Sociology and Extension
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike
Umuahia Abia State