Expertise

Yacob's research focuses on intertemporal demand analysis for food and agricultural commodities; analyzing agricultural technology and production behavior of farms using parametric and nonparametric techniques; studying the impact of agricultural research and development (R&D) investments on farm incomes and national economy, adoption of agricultural technologies; and modeling poverty and malnutrition in developing countries.

Communities
Agriculture, Agriculture Business and Management, Economics
Degrees
PhD, Kansas State University, Economics, 2010
MS, Kansas State University, Agricultural Economics, 2009
MS, University of the Free State, South Africa, Agribusiness, 2003
BS, University of Asmara, Eritrea, Plants Sciences, 1997
Keywords
agricultural economics