Dr. Obi Joy Nneamaka J.N Obi
About me
Joy Nneamaka Obi is a graduate of Agricultural Economics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (2021) and a Diploma holder in Sustainable Urban Development from the Institute of Urban Housing, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands (2024). She is currently employed as a lecturer at Alex-Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, and concurrently holds a position as a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Dr Joy Nneamaka Obi is an agricultural economist, lecturer and postdoctoral researcher whose work focuses on climate-resilient agriculture, rural livelihoods, renewable energy transitions and sustainable development. She holds a degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and completed a professional diploma in Sustainable Urban Development at the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in 2024. She is a Lecturer at Alex-Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Dr Obi is a Fellow of the inaugural Women in Agriculture Leadership Programme implemented by African Women in Agricultural Research and Development and supported by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. She was competitively selected as one of 50 women agricultural researchers from Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone, representing Nigeria and Alex-Ekwueme Federal University. The programme’s Leadership and Negotiation Skills Course, held in Dakar, Senegal, from 27 to 31 July 2026, strengthened her leadership, communication, negotiation and management capabilities and enhanced her commitment to advancing climate-resilient agriculture and women’s leadership in agricultural research.
Her research combines field econometrics, mixed-methods evaluation, bibliometric science mapping and participatory approaches to examine where vulnerability is concentrated, which policy interventions are effective and how research evidence moves into practice. She advances this agenda through collaborative projects on climate-smart skills, food security, rural livelihoods, climate justice, decentralised renewable energy and agricultural transformation in partnership with universities and practitioner networks across Africa.
Her work contributes to Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 2 through research on poverty and food security; Goal 4 through studies of knowledge transfer and adaptive learning; Goal 7 through research on decentralised renewable energy systems; Goal 13 through climate justice, mitigation and adaptation analysis; and Goal 17 through South–South collaboration and open-science practices. Across these areas, she generates policy-relevant evidence to support inclusive agricultural development, sustainable livelihoods and equitable transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa.