Dr. Gifty Sienso is a versatile woman with over eight years’ experience in academia. She is currently a Senior lecturer in the Department of Applied Economics, School of Applied Economics and Management Sciences, University for Development Studies (UDS). Gifty holds a BSc degree in Agriculture Technology from the University for Development Studies, Ghana, Mphil in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ghana and PhD. in Agricultural and Applied Economics from Texas Tech University USA. She also holds a diploma in Financial Management from the Institute of Commercial Studies, England.

Gifty teaches and mentors students as well as undertake research and community service. Her aim is in exploring the agriculture-nutrition linkage to foster food and nutrition security by finding solutions to societal problems through research in the areas of agriculture, economics, nutrition, food security, gender which will lead to the overall development of society

She has been part of a number of interdisciplinary research teams such as Smallholder Farmers’ Resilience to COVID-19: Insights from USAID Zone of Influence in Ghana. Since August, 2020 and the Rice Sector Support Project, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana.  2010-2011.

Email me: gsienso@uds.edu.gh

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/gifty-sienso-a33032bb/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gifty-Sienso

ORCID :https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3864-1893

Tel: +233242574273