AAEC’s Lyford honored with Fulbright Award to Ghana starting in August
By: Norman Martin
Conrad Lyford, a professor within Texas Tech Universitys Department of Agricultural & Applied
Economics, has been selected to receive a Fulbright Award to Ghana in the academic
year 2022-2023. His project, which runs from August to January, centers on developing
and expanding a model to enhance agricultural productivity and market opportunities
for the relatively disadvantaged female smallholder farmers in the northern part of
Ghana.
“Smallholder farmers play a vital role in the development of rural and national economies,”
Lyford said. “In Africa, 80 percent of the agricultural production comes from small
farmers, and those are mostly rural women. The contribution of smallholder farmers
to food security and overall national growth, along with development could be improved
if women are supported.” Lyford will be based at the University of Development Studies
- Tamale Campus.
Lyford has previous experience with the Fulbright Program. In 2014, he was the recipient of a 2014-2015 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant. As part of that process he travelled to Hawassa University in Ethiopia to work with Ethiopian educators and researchers to facilitate agribusiness development and value chain rationalization. Today, his research broadly focuses on developing solutions in the often interrelated fields of agribusiness, health care and development. He has worked on a number of topics, including strategic management, quality, health economics, development and marketing.
He received his bachelors degree in political science and masters degree in agricultural economics from Texas A&M University. His doctorate in agricultural economics is from Michigan State University. Honors include serving as a member of the Texas Tech Presidents Leadership Institute (2015-2016). In addition to his classroom and research duties, Lyford serves as Coordinator of Techs Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics Master of Agribusiness Program. He joined the Texas Tech faculty in 2001, after serving as an assistant professor within Oklahoma State Universitys Department of Agricultural Economics.
CONTACT: Phillip Johnson, chairman and director of the Thornton Agricultural Finance Institute, Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Texas Tech University at (806) 834-0474 or phil.johnson@ttu.edu
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