Felicity Addo

Biography

Felicity Addo joined the Integrated Biosphere Futures Research Group of the IIASA Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program as a research scholar in 2021. Her scientific interests focus on economic modeling of agricultural and food systems and resource management to enhance productivity and efficiency. She contributes to multiple projects in Europe, where she primarily estimates the costs of agri-food production using the GLOBIOM model and evaluates the impacts of agricultural policies on farm input use intensity and performance.

As part of her work, she is developing a comprehensive global database on agricultural production costs, highlighting critical regional, environmental, and technological differences. This initiative involves active collaboration and engagement with stakeholders in the agri-food sector across the EU and Africa. In Africa, she collaborates with policymakers, NGOs, and farmer organizations to analyze the impacts of climate change on food system vulnerabilities and underscore the importance of agricultural productivity. She has also led training and knowledge exchange programs in sub-Saharan Africa, working with policymakers, research funders, and researchers to enhance regional capacity in food system modeling and analysis.

Addo earned her doctoral degree in agricultural economics from the Institute for Sustainable Economic Development at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, in 2023. Her final project, titled Assessing productivity and efficiency and its determinants: The case of crop farms in Austria, explored the drivers of productivity and efficiency in Austrian agriculture, focusing on economies of scale in crop farming systems. During her doctoral studies, she served as a university assistant in research and teaching, further improving her expertise in agricultural production dynamics and efficiency.

In 2024, she was awarded the prestigious Prize of the Austrian Society of Agricultural Economists (Preis der Osterreichischen Gesellschaft fur Agrarokonomie) in recognition of her innovative contributions to agricultural economics. This honor reflects her dedication to advancing sustainable farming systems and developing modeling approaches to address pressing agricultural challenges.

Looking ahead, Addo aspires to expand capacity-building initiatives that enhance the accessibility of econometric and system models to policymakers and scholars. She aims to provide practical tools and actionable knowledge to drive data-informed decision-making and foster innovation in agricultural and food systems.

Her current research examines the interplay between environmental and economic factors shaping agricultural production dynamics. She brings a wealth of expertise to her work, striving to inform policies and strategies that enhance agricultural resilience and efficiency.


Last update: 21 JAN 2025