Former Legon student wins McRorie scholarship

A former student of the University of Ghana,  Legon, Mr Albert Boaitey, is the recipient of the Douglas McRorie Memorial Scholarship 2014. He received a  $5,000 PhD level award to pursue his PhD in Agricultural Economics.

The scholarship was created in 1990 by the Agricultural Institute of Canada to honour past presidents and agri-finance leaders. It is awarded to agricultural post-graduates majoring in Business, Economics, Finance or Trade. 

Douglas McRorie served as the Vice-President of Agriculture for the Royal Bank and was a well-respected agricultural leader in Canada.

Programmes

Mr Boaitey, currently a student at the University of Alberta, Canada, is pursuing his PhD in Agricultural Economics focusing on research into assessing the economic value of the use of genomic technologies to improve the feed efficiency of Canada’s beef cattle sector.

The outcome of his research work is likely not only to influence measures aimed at improving Canada’s competitive position, but also provide insights into the impacts of these technology applications on primary agricultural production.

Mr Boaitey, an old student of Prempeh College, proceeded to the University of Ghana, where he obtained a BSc in Agriculture and then to the University of Saskatchewan, where he had his MSc in Agricultural Economics.

Other winners

Two other winners, Ms Hawley Campbell of the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Alberta and Sebastian Daly Kindsvater of the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph.  The two received $3,000 each

For her thesis  Ms Campbell plans to evaluate the economic impacts of Canadian biofuel policies. The result of her work is expected to contribute to the existing literature on the economy-wide impacts of biofuel policies with analysis and discussion of economic impacts of biofuel policies.

Mr Kindsvater is currently pursuing an MSc programme in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph.

His thesis research is focused on the area of food security, specifically in assessing the economic impact of an international bean improvement programme.