Meet the editor

Dr. Ifeoluwapo Oluwaseun Amao has a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She is a Chief Research Officer in the National Horticultural Research Institute, Ibadan, Nigeria, involved in monitoring and impact evaluation of institutional projects. She was the project coordinator of one of the institutional research projects that established innovation platforms for selected horticultural crops such as tomato,

African bush mango, and pineapple. Innovation platforms are an avenue to bring together stakeholders having a common interest in identifying and solving problems in a particular value chain. Dr. Amao has also been involved in technology and knowledge transfer in various aspects of horticulture. Her research interests include socio-economic studies in horticultural value chains and development economics.

Dr. Iyabo Bosede Adeoye is Assistant Director of Research at the National Horticultural Research Institute, Ibadan, Nigeria. She obtained her Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She specializes in value chain development, production, post-harvest economics, market intelligence, analysis of horticultural crops, and monitoring and evaluation of agricultural projects. Gender dimensions and women empower-

ment along the horticultural value chain also form part of her roles and responsibilities. Dr. Adeoye is a fellow of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD 2013). She participated in the Australia Africa Award "Increasing Development Impact of Agricultural Research" (2018), Netherlands Fellowship Programmes on Market Access for Sustainable Development (2011), Managing for Sustainable Impact (2019), and Horticultural Sector Development for Emerging Markets (2021).
