Dr. Ebere Ihemezie

I am a lecturer at the Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. I am currently on a post-doctoral research fellowship at Aberystwyth Business School, Aberystwyth University Wales, UK, working on the NERC-funded project ‘Understanding nature’s multiple values for integration into decisions’.

My PhD in Environmental Economics from the University of Leeds focused on understanding the multiple values people hold for forest conservation. I hold a master’s degree in Environment and Development from the University of Leeds and a Bachelor of Agriculture in Agricultural Economics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

I have diverse research interests around the interactions between people and nature. My work employs an interdisciplinary mixed-methods approach from both the natural and social sciences. My specific research areas include nature conservation, valuation, human values, and natural resource management.

Publications

Ogbanje, E.C. and Ihemezie, E.J (2023). Cocoa export growth and long-run export drivers in Nigeria: a vector error correction model approach. Agricultural Economics and Extension Research Studies, 11(2), 85-102, https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ageers/article/view/263130

Ogbanje, E.C. and Ihemezie, E.J (2023). Agricultural credit guarantee scheme fund and oil palm production in Nigeria: A vector autoregressive (VAR) approach. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2023.2274669

Ihemezie, E.J., Albaladejo-García, J. A., Stringer, L.C. and Dallimer, M (2023). Integrating biocultural conservation and sociocultural valuation in the management of sacred forests: What values are important to the public? People and Nature, 00:1–19. http://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10542

Olumba, C.N., Ihemezie, E.J., Olumba, C.C. (2023). Climate change perception, adaptation strategies, and constraints amongst urban farmers in Anambra Metropolis, Nigeria. Climate and Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2023.2221685

Onyekuru, A.N., Ihemezie, E.J., Ezea, C.P., Apeh C.C. and Onyekuru, B.O. (2022). Impacts of Ebola disease outbreak in West Africa: Implications for government and public health preparedness and lessons from COVID-19. Scientific African, 19, e01513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01513

Ihemezie, E.J., Stringer, L.C. and Dallimer, M (2022). Understanding the diversity of values underpinning forest conservation. Biological Conservation, 274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109734

Ihemezie, E.J., Adeosun, K.P. and Omeje, E. E (2021). Influence of Political Economy Mechanisms on the International Climate Agreements: A Review and Case Studies. FUTY Journal of the Environment, 15(3), 32-46. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/fje/article/view/225591

Ogbanje, E.C. and Ihemezie, E.J (2021). Impact of Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund on Oil palm production in Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Economics, Extension, and Science, 7(4), 111-130. https://jaees.org/documents/journals/1653502257.ogbanje%20116-135.pdf

Ogbanje, E.C. and Ihemezie, E.J (2021). Impact of Broad Money and Exchange Rate on Agricultural Gross Domestic Product: An Unrestricted Var Model Approach. Journal of Agripreneurship and Sustainable Development, 4(4), 115-127. https://jasd.daee.atbu.edu.ng/manuscriptview/fulltext/JASD164014111047

Ihemezie, E.J. and Dallimer, M. (2021). Stakeholders’ Perceptions on Agricultural Land-Use Change, and Associated Factors, in Nigeria. Environments, 8(11), 113. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments8110113

Ihemezie, E.J., Nawrath, M., Strauß, L., Stringer, L.C. and Dallimer, M (2021). The influence of human values on attitudes and behaviours towards forest conservation. Journal of Environmental Management, 292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112857

Ihemezie, E.J., Adeosun, K.P. and Onunka, C.N. (2020). Critical perspectives on agricultural land- use change: evidence from sub-Saharan Africa. The Nigerian Agricultural Journal, 51(3): 126-133. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/naj/article/view/205589

Onyekuru, B.O., Onyekuru, A.N., Ihemezie, E.J., Nwokorie, U.M. and Ukonu, M. (2020). Effectiveness of the Use of Movies in Climate Change Communication: Empirical Evidence from York, United Kingdom. Quarterly Review of Film and Video, 37. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509208.2020.1778424

Omeje, E.E., Okpukpara, B.C., and Ihemezie, E.J. (2020). Effects of child poverty on child labour and deprivation among rural farming households in Enugu state, Nigeria. Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics,23(1): 22-29. Doi: 10.15414/raae.2020.23.01.22-29

Ihemezie, E.J., Onunka, C.N. and Umaru, I.I (2019). The implication of agricultural land-use change on food security in Benue State, Nigeria. Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 57(2): 105-113. http://jtropag.kau.in/index.php/ojs2/article/view/777

Ukwuaba, I.C., Agbo, F.U. and Ihemezie, E.J. (2019). Performance of Watermelon Marketing in Enugu State, Nigeria. Journal of Marketing and Consumer Research, 62: 54-67. https://iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JMCR/article/view/50532

Onyekuru, N.A., Ihemezie, E.J. and Chima, C.C. (2019). Socioeconomic and profitability analysis of catfish production: a case study of Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria. Agro-Science, 18(2), 51-58. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/as.v18i2.9

Adeosun, P.K., Ihemezie, J.E., Ume, O.C., & Egu, U.L. (2019). The nexus between maize importation, local production and local prices: Empirical analysis from Nigeria. Alanya Academic Review, 3(2), 201-213. https://dergipark.org.tr/alanyaakademik/issue/45559

Ume, C. O., Adeosun, K. P. & Ihemezie, E. J. (2019). Determinants of the extent of adaptation to climate change by female farmers in Enugu State, Nigeria: a hurdle model application. Climate Change, 5(17), 48-54. http://www.discoveryjournals.org/climate_change/current_issue/v5/n17/A6.pdf