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Prof. Reuben M.J. Kadigi is an Agricultural Economist with more than twenty five years of experience in research, consultancy and teaching at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA); College of African Wildlife Management in Moshi, Tanzania; Visiting Professor at the National University of Rwanda; and External Examiner at the Midland State University in Zimbabwe and University of Dar es Salaam (Department of Agricultural Economics and Business). His research work focuses on Valuation of Economic Benefits of Water Utilization; Valuation of ecosystem goods and services; Analysis of Value Chains, Trade Policies and Impacts on Nature and Livelihoods. He is the author of several (more than 30) journal papers, 4 book chapters, several working papers, research reports and conference papers. Prof. Kadigi participated in conducting the Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA) for the National Irrigation Master Plan (NIMP) and National Irrigation Policy (NIP) in Tanzania. He accomplished several value chain studies in the agriculture, fisheries and tourism industries, including the fisheries sector in Senegal where he worked as the Southern Resource Person for ENDA/REPAO Managed Action Research Study – Productive Strategies Call for Proposals (IDRC Value Chains Project) which evaluated social impacts of eco- and ethical- fish labelling on small-scale producers in Senegal. He has accumulated a worth of experience from working as a Principal Investigator and Researcher in several other projects funded by different Bi-lateral donors, NGOs and Development Banks, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, DFID, NORAD, Global Development Network, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank, African Development Bank, USAID, as well as from federal, regional and local governments in different countries including Tanzania, Senegal, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Zimbabwe, UK, USA and Norway. He is a Work Package and Country (Tanzania) Lead of the Trade, Development and the Environment (TRADE) Hub which runs from February 2019 to February 2024. The Hub is funded by the UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund (UKRI GCRF) and led by the UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre |