Title: Dr./Lecturer

Address: Anyalai Village, Palaet Parish, Tubur S/County, Soroti District

Tel（Office）: +256 414 531152

Tel（Mobile）: +256 782 758887/705196228

Email: gabriel.elepu@mak.ac.ug or gelepu@gmail.com

Education Background:

2005 College of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, majoring in Food and Agribusiness Management, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

1998 College of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, majoring in Food and Agribusiness Management, Master of Science

1995 College of Agriculture, Makerere University, Kampala, majoring in Agricultural Economics, Bachelor of Science

Working Experiences:

2013-present, Senior Lecturer for Makerere University

2006-2013, Lecturer for Makerere University

1999-2006, Assistant Lecturer for Makerere University

1995-1996, Assistant Manager for Uganda Coffee Development Authority

Research Interests:

Commodity value chains, warehouse receipt system, collective action, value chain analysis, markets and supermarkets, contract farming, organic agriculture, food security, and poverty.

Professional Activities:

Head of Department of Agribusiness & Natural Resource Economics

Vice-Chairperson of Regional Network for Agricultural Policy Research Network, ReNAPRI

Board member of Regional Network for Agricultural Policy Research Network, ReNAPRI

Board member of Academic Board, Collaborative Masters in Agricultural and Applied Economics, Africa Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi, Kenya