Biography

A member of the NC A&T faculty for the past 13 years, Yeboah’s scientific interests began at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in his native Ghana, where he earned an undergraduate degree in Agricultural Science. After working as an Assistant Agricultural Economist in charge of agricultural statistics from 1987 to 1991 in the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana, he came to NCA&T to his earn a Master’s Degree in Production Economics in 1993 and a doctorate in Agricultural Economics (Resource Economics/International Agricultural Trade) at University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1998. He served as a postdoctoral research fellow at University of Nebraska-Lincoln on a U.S. EPA funded grant project from 1998 to 2000. In January 2001, he became Visiting Scholar teaching M.S. and PhD. courses in resource economics at Auburn University, Alabama. He was also an adjunct faculty at the Auburn University Environmental Institute. In September2003, Dr. Yeboah returned to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in the department of Agribusiness & Applied Economics as an Assistant Professor in international trade, international marketing, and agribusiness marketing. In April 2004, he became the interim director of the then North Carolina A&T International Trade Center and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2009; Professor in 2014; and Professor and director in 2016. Dr. Yeboah received Gamma Sigma Delta award of Excellence in Research in 2008; and the university’s Senior Excellence in Research Award in 2013. Dr. Yeboah is a recipient of many grants awards from agencies such as USDA and USIAD. Most recently, including evaluation of alternative storage technologies for maize in Ghana; and strengthening the peanut value chain in Ghana, all USDA-FAS funded projects. Dr. Yeboah is a member of the American Agricultural Economics Association.

Research Interest

Dr. Yeboah’s research interests focus on international trade (theory and policy); international agribusiness marketing; agricultural marketing and cooperative development, environmental and natural resource economics and policy; agricultural policy; production economics; small scale agriculture; and others.