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Dr. (Mrs) Folasade Olukemi Oke is a Consumer Welfare and Food Economist. She had her PhD in Agricultural Economics with an option in Consumer Welfare and Food Economics at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, in 2018. Before this, she also had an M. Agric. in Agricultural Economics (PhD grade) and a B. Agric. in Agricultural Economics with a Second Class Upper Division (4.37/5.00) from this same University in 2011 and 2006, respectively. She won the prestigious excellence award from the Ogun State Government of Nigeria during her B. Agric. programme.
Dr. Oke had an excellent background in Economics and Statistics and a strong passion for transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable diets for all. Dr Folasade Oke commenced her academic career as an Extension Fellow II at the Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Centre and anchored in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, on August 1, 2019. She rose to the position of Extension Fellow I in October 2022.
She has served in various capacities at the University and, presently, is the Coordinator, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Programme at the University and also a committee member of the Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Centre Media Work Display. Her research focuses on transforming food production systems to alleviate hunger and malnutrition in rural economies. She teaches Agricultural, Micro and Welfare Economics courses at the University's Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels with extension activities in rural livelihood and welfare improvement to eradicate hunger, malnutrition, food insecurity and poverty.
Dr. Oke has successfully supervised fifteen undergraduate students, currently supervising seven undergraduate students and two master’s students. She has seventeen publications in national and international journals and six refereed conference proceedings to her credit and attended conferences, trainings and workshops in Nigeria. She is currently a co-instigator on an EU-funded project titled ‘Promoting Digital Solutions for Farmers in Remote Communities to Adapt to Climate Change. She is willing to hone her skills and engage in comprehensive collaboration. She is happily married and blessed with wonderful children.
Ph.D (Consumer Welfare & Food Economics)
M.Agric. (Agricultural Economics and Farm Management)
B.Agric. (Agricultural Economics and Farm Management)
) Digital Solutions for Farmers in Remote Communities to Adapt to Climate Change.
b) Utilization of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Improved Agribusiness Enterprises Performance.
c) Analysis of Food Expenditure Patterns, Obesity Status of Adult Household Members and Household Food Security of Geopolitical Zones in Nigeria.
Gender and Climate Change Adaptation Decision among Farming Households.
e) Assessment of Carbonated and Healthydrinks consumption Pattern among Tertiary Education Students.
f) High Food Prices and Urban Households Food Security.
g) Food Safety Awareness, Practices and Associated Factors among Rural Women.
Ogun State Government of Nigeria Scholarship Award, 2002 – 2006
Programme Coordinator; Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Programme, AMREC, FUNAAB
a) Nigerian Association of Agricultural Economists (NAAE).
b) Farm Management Association of Nigeria (FAMAN).
c) Agricultural Society of Nigeria (ASN).
d) Rural Sociological Association of Nigeria (RuSAN)
1.56th Annual Conference of the Agricultural Society of Nigeria (ASN) held at Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Nigeria, 24th – 28th October, 2022. Paper Read: Socioeconomic Analysis of Artisanal Fish Production Output in Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria.
2.2nd International Conference of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology (ICAAT) oftheSchool of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology (SAAT) held at Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria, 28th – 31st August, 2022.
Paper Read: Profitability Analysis of Poultry Egg Production in Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria.
3.30th Annual National Congress of the Rural Sociological Association of Nigeria (RuSAN) held at Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, 4th – 8th October, 2021.
Paper Read: Agricultural Media Information Utilization and Profitability of Catfish Farming in Ogun State, Nigeria.
4.26th Annual Conference of Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria (AESON) held at Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, 26th – 30thApril, 2021.
Paper Read: Effect of Cooperative Loan on Food Security Status of Fish Farming Households in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria.
5.33rd Annual National Conference of the Farm Management Association of Nigeria (FAMAN) held at Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, 7th – 10th October, 2019.
Paper Read: Urban-Rural Differences in the Prevalence and Determinants of Overweight and Obesity: A Case Study of Ogun State, Nigeria.
6.18th Annual National Conference of the Nigerian Association of Agricultural Economist (NAAE) held at Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, 16th – 19th October, 2017.
Paper Read: Economic Analysis of Cassava Processing in Yewa South Local Government
Area, Ogun State, Nigeria.
1. Oke, F. O., Kareem, I. A., Bamigbade-Sanni, S. A., Akerele, D. &Oose, M. O (2023): Impact Assessment of Cooperatives on Food Security among Catfish Farming Households in Oyo State,Nigeria. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 23(4): 23081-23098.Published by African Scholarly Science Communications Trust (ASSCAT), KenyaAvailable online at https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.119.21765. Indexed in Scopus.
2. Adekunle C. P., Oke, F. O.,Aromolaran, A., K. &Coster, A. S. (2022): Gender’s Time Utilisation Pattern among Rural Dwellers in Ogun State, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology, 22(2): 14-19. Published by The Nigerian Rural Sociological Association.
3. Oke, F. O.& Akerele D. (2022): Effect of Income Diversification Strategies on Smallholder Cassava Farmers’ Household Food Security in Southwest, Nigeria. Scientific Papers Series Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 22(4): 477-486.Published by Faculty of Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, Romania.Indexed in Web of Science Core Collection (Thomson Reuters).
4. Orounladji, B. M., Oke, F. O., Tozo, S. K. & Chrysostome C. A. A. M. (2022): Socioeconomic Correlates, Typology and Characterization of Indigenous Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris, Linnaeus) Farming in Benin, West Africa. Heliyon, 8 (e09226): 1-10.Published by Elsevier, United Kingdom.Available online athttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402200514X.Indexed in Scopus
5. Oke, F. O.,Arowolo, A. O., Olorunsogo, G. O. & Akerele, D.(2022):Information Communication Technologies Utilization and Profitability of Catfish Farming in Ijebu-Ode Zone of the Agricultural Development Programme, Ogun State. Journal of Agricultural Extension, 26(2): 53-60.Published by Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria. Available online athttps://www.ajol.info/index.php/jae/article/view/225387Indexed in Scopus.
6. Oke, F. O., Kareem, I. A., Bamigbade- Sanni, S. A., Oose, M. O&Olayode, A. K. (2022):Economic Analysis and Determinants of Maize Production in Oyo State, Nigeria. Nigeria Agricultural Journal, 53(1): 60-66. Published by Agricultural Society of Nigeria. Available online at https://www.ajol.info/index.php/naj/article/view/227574
7. Oose, M. O., Oke, F. O., Oladoyinbo, O. B., Adetarami, O.&Adesina, O. M. (2022):Organizational Citizenship Behaviour and Job Performance of Agro-faculties in Two Universities Offering Agriculture: Does Emotional Intelligence Matters? Nigeria Agricultural Journal, 53(1): 6-13.Published by Agricultural Society of Nigeria. Available online at https://www.ajol.info/index.php/naj/article/view/227566
8. Oke, F. O.,Kiyesi, C. I.& Akerele, D. (2021):Socioeconomic Correlates of Catfish Production Status in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria. AgriculturaTropicaetSubtropica, 54 (OV): 184-191. Published by Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic. Available online at https://sciendo.com/it/article/10.2478/ats-2021-0019
9. Oke, F. O., Olorunsogo, G. O. & Akerele, D.(2021): Impact of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Mass Media Usage on Technical Efficiency of Catfish Production in Ogun State, Nigeria. Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development 60(2): 143-150. Published by University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland. Available online at https://www1.up.poznan.pl/jard/index.php/jard/article/view/1378
10. Kareem, I. A.,Adekunle, M. F.,Oke, F. O. &Ojo, B. O. (2021): Economic Analysis of Two Giant Land Snails in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria AgriculturaTropicaetSubtropica, 54 (OV): 238-246. Published by Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic. Available online at https://sciendo.com/it/article/10.2478/ats-2021-0025
11. Oke, O. E., Uyanga, V. A., Iyasere, O. S., Oke, F. O.,Majekodunmi, B. C., Logunleko, M. O., Abiona, J. A. Nwosu, E. U., Abioja, M. O., Daramola, J. O. &Onagbesan, O. M. (2021). Environmental Stress and Livestock Productivity in Hot Humid Tropics: Alleviation and Future Perspectives. Journal ofThermal Biology, 100: 1-10. Published by Elsevier, United Kingdom. Available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030645652100245X
Indexed in Scopus.
12.Oke, O. E., Alo, E. T., Oke, F. O.,Oyebamiji, Y. A., Ijaiya, M. A., Odefemi, M. A. Kazeem, R. Y., Soyode, A. A., Aruwajoye, O. M., Ojo, R. T., Adeosun, S. M., &Onagbesan, O. M. (2020). Early Age Thermal Manipulation on the Performance and Physiological Response of Broiler Chickens under Hot Humid Tropical Climate. Journal of Thermal Biology, 88: 1-7. Published by Elsevier, United Kingdom. Available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030645651930511XIndexed in Scopus
13. Oke, F. O.,Dipeolu, A. O., Adegbite D. A. &Kareem I. A. (2019): Urban-Rural Differences in the Prevalence and Determinants of Overweight and Obesity: A Case Study of Ogun State, Nigeria. FAMAN Journal 19(2): 23-36. Published by Farm Management Association of Nigeria.
14. Obayelu, A. E., Olaleke, O. A., Oke, F. O.&Oladeji, S. A. (2018). Economic Analysis of Cassava Processing in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. Ife Journal of Agriculture 30(2):22-32. Published by ObafemiAwolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.Available online at https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/105
15. Oke, O. E., Bamidele, F. A., Oluwatosin, O. O., Oke, F. O. Adeleye,O. O., Adegbenjo, A. A., Uyanga, V. A., &Ogundipe, A. A. (2018). Comparative Physiological Responses of Exotic Turkeys fed Different Dietary Methionine types under Hot Humid Tropical Climate.Tropical Agriculture, 95, (4): 337-349. Published by The University of West Indies, Mendelu. Available online at https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/6543
Indexed in Scopus
16. Oke F. O, Dipeolu A. O, &Akinbode S. O. (2015). Analysis of Nutritional Label Use on Packaged Foods among Urban Homemakers in Ogun State, Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Science and Environment(formerly: ASSET), 16(1):1-8. Published by Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.Available online athttps://journal.unaab.edu.ng/index.php/JAgSE/article/view/1661
17. Oke, O. E., Obanla, L. O., Oke, F. O. Abiola, S. S., Sogunle, O. M. Ladokun, A. O. Adejuyigbe, A. E. & Adegbite, J.A. (2014). Effect of substitution of fat with melon seed meal on quality characteristics of pork sausages.Journal of Agricultural Science and Environment(formerly: ASSET), 14:50-57. Published by Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.Available online at https://journal.unaab.edu.ng/index.php/JAgSE/article/view/1237
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