Prof. Olagunju, Funke Iyabo obtained her Ph.D. in 2006 in the field of Agricultural Economics at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State Nigeria. Her research interests are in the area of Agribusiness, Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Agricultural finance with special emphasis on Policy development. At present she is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo- State, Nigeria. She had to her credit, a postdoctoral fellowship award from African Women in Agriculture and Rural Development (AWARD), Kenya. In quest for more knowledge, she has attended several international training workshops organized by various bodies as African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP) Fellowships, Global Development Network (GDN), African Growth and Development Consortium (AGRODEP), and (AWARD) to mention a few. She also benefitted from institution based Tetfund grant. She was a Consultant to McGeorge Consulting Firm on Capacity Building and Specialized Manpower Training on Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation for Senior Public Servants, Ilorin, Nigeria. And also, a Co-Investigator in the Assessment of IFAD/FGN Poverty Reduction Programme among Farm Households in Ondo State of Nigeria sponsored by AGRODEP Seed Fund, Dakar, Senegal. She belongs to many professional bodies including Nigerian Association of Agricultural Economist (NAAE), African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Nairobi, Kenya, Africa Growth and Development Policy, AGRODEP, IFPRI Senegal and Nigerian Women in Agricultural and Rural Development (NIWARD) Nigeria. She has several years of experience in quantitative agricultural and development economics, and good knowledge of methods for analyses and use of standard econometrics software (e.g. STATA, SHAZAM, SPSS, LIMDEP and R) and has capacity to translate findings of applied research into policy recommendations.  She is a technical consultant to Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Empowerment, CSAE, Ilorin, Nigeria.  She is happily married and blessed with children.