Bjorn Van Campenhout
Senior Research Fellow at International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Buggenhout, East Flanders, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolBjorn Van Campenhout is a Senior Research Fellow specializing in how agricultural markets, technologies, and extension systems shape smallholder livelihoods in low- and middle-income countries. With a PhD in Economics from KU Leuven and over a decade at IFPRI, he combines rigorous impact evaluations and experimental methods with behavioral science to unpack farmers’ decision-making under risk. He has led extensive fieldwork across East and Southern Africa—notably Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Malawi—and published in top development journals while shaping policy debates through blogs and stakeholder forums. Recent work focuses on seed adoption dynamics, gendered access to services, and digital extension tools that boost food-system resilience, and he serves as an editor of the European Journal of Development Research. An often overlooked strength is his ability to translate complex experimental findings into practical innovations for on-the-ground extension programs.
10 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Economics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Economics at KU Leuven
Github Skills (10)
variable-selection5
r-language4
anova4
declare3
regression3
variance3
simulations3
regression-models2
python2
r1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bjvca/malawi
May 2021 - Jun 2024
Contributions:79 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
bjvca/maizeUG
Apr 2017 - Oct 2024
Contributions:179 pushes, 20 branches in 7 years 7 months
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