Biography
Dr. Ephraim Nkonya is a nonresident fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington D.C. Ephraim. Ephraim earned his Ph.D. degrees in agricultural economics from Kansas State university. He has published widely in referred journals on issues related to natural resource management, poverty reduction, climate change and role of rural services on poverty reduction.
In collaboration with scientists from around the world, Ephraim led a global study on the economics of land degradation (ELD), which aimed to measure the cost of inaction against land degradation and the benefit of taking against land degradation. A springer book on LED was published in 2016.
Ephraim is a true East African – with parental heritage from Kenya and Uganda but born and raised in Tanzania. He grew up on a small farm in northern Tanzania, which inspired him to pursue his land management career
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