DAAD climapAfrica Postdoctoral Fellow
WASCAL
Competence Centre
Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
David Olufemi Awolala is a Senior Lecturer from the Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria, and researcher from the Competence Centre of West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change & Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. He holds a Master in Agricultural Economics from Federal University of Technology Akure (Nigeria) and a PhD in Climate Change Economics under WASCAL Program jointly hosted by Universite Cheikh Anta Diop du Dakar (Senegal) and Centre for Development Research (ZEF), Universität Bonn, Bonn, Bonn (Germany). Since 2016, Awolala has collaborated with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada on African Climate Leadership and Adaptation Finance Programme; the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Frankfurt, Germany; Thailand Development Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand, and the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF-UK) on African Science for Weather Information and Forecasting Techniques (SWIFT) on several projects in the framework of his postdoctoral assignments. Dr Awolala currently focuses his research interest on modelling parametric weather micro-insurance, climate risk analysis and vulnerability assessment, climate risk management, climate-resilient agriculture, adaptation finance and policy, and agricultural production and resource economics.
Climate change expertise and interests
Climate smart insurance, climate risk analysis and vulnerability assessment, climate-resilient agriculture, adaptation finance, weather and climate services, and agricultural production and resource economics.
Publications (most recent)
Awolala, D. O., Ajibefun, I. A, Ogunjobi, K., & Miao, R (2021). Integrated Assessment of Human Vulnerability to Extreme Climate Hazards: Emerging Outcomes for Adaptation Finance Allocation in Southwest Nigeria. Climate and Development, DOI:10.1080/17565529.2021.1898925
Obisesan, A. A & Awolala, D. O (2021). Crop Diversification, Productivity and Dietary Diversity: A Gender Perspective. Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics. RAAE, doi: 10.15414/raae.2021.24.01.98-108. ISSN 1336-9261
Awolala, D. O. (2020). Is Weather Index Insurance Sufficient for Smallholder Protection? Emerging Insights from Rainfall Index Calibration of Maize Crop Losses in Central-West Nigeria, Revista Espinhaco, 9 (2): 85-97.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4436691
I participate at climapAfrica because...
It is my desire to develop more research capacity from global learning resources, and apply the experience to conduct policy-oriented research outputs that will assist in building climate-resilient agricultural economies, meeting 2050 food security agenda, increase shared prosperity, and fostering green growth from national and global perspectives for Africa.