Dr Patience Ifeyinwa Opata is a senior lecturer in Agribusiness and Marketing at University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). She is currently teaching courses in agricultural business and marketing at graduates and undergraduates levels at University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). She obtained her PhD and MSc in Agricultural Economics at University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). Her research interest includes transformation of agriculture from subsistence to market oriented production through access to input and output market institutions and gender in agriculture.
Dr Opata was awarded the 2008 African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) fellowship. She has participated in many national and internationally sponsored research studies which border on natural resource management, innovation studies, development issues, policy issues, technology management and transfer, advocacy, and private sector involvements. She has good mastery of the computers and its applications to problem solving situations. Dr Opata is a member of many professional organizations, has published in local and international journals and has attended many conferences/workshops within and outside Nigeria. She is very well prepared to accomplish tasks in academic, professional, research and development endeavours aimed at raising the standard of living of Nigerians and the world at large. Dr Opata’s vision is to be at the frontier of learning and in the consequent application of rich knowledge acquired to make a positive difference to humanity. She holds many distinctive prizes and awards for academic excellence and good community leadership.
