Lamin Dibba

Area of Expertise

Agricultural Economics

Current Research

Adoption and impact of rice-based technologies

Research Countries

Benin, Gambia, Senegal

Professional Experience

1. Senior Research officer, Notational Agricultural Research Institute, The Gambia. September 2010 to present

2. National coordinator of Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) funded project. March 2011 to November 2012

3. Visiting Scientist, Africa Rice Center, Cotonou, Benin. March 2011 to April 2011

4. Impact assessment student, Africa

Rice Center, Cotonou, Benin. June 2009 to July 2010

5. Visiting Scientist, Africa Rice Center, Cotonou, Benin. November 2007 to February 2008

6. National Coordinator of Participatory Adoption and Diffusion of Improved Rice-Based Technologies (PADS). March 2007 to September 2008.

Current FSC Status

Participating PhD student

Home Institute

National Agricultural Research Institute

Doctoral Institute

Institute of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics Chair of Rural Development Theory and Policy (490a)

Dissertation

Assessing the impact of improve rice-based technologies on household food security

Degrees

1. BSc (Agriceconomics), University of the

Gambia

2. MPhil (Agriceconomics), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Important Publications

1. Dibba L., Zeller M., Diagne A., Nielson T. (2013) : How accessibility to seeds affects the potential adoption of an improved rice-based technology: The case of NERICA varieties in The Gambia. 3rd

Africa Rice Congress (abstracts), Yaoundé, Cameroon, October 21-24, P 91.

2. Dibba L., Fialor S.C., Diagne A., Nimoh F. (2012): The impact of NERICA adoption on productivity and poverty of small-scale rice farmers in The Gambia. Food Security, Vol 4, No 2, pp 253-265

3. Dibba L., Diagne A., Fialor S.C., Nimoh F. (2012).: Diffusion and adoption of New Rice Varieties (NERICA) in The Gambia. African Crop Science Journal, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 141 - 150