Nasir Adam

Nasir received his Bachelor's degree in Economics from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, in 2016 with First Class Honours, and a Master's degree in Energy Economics and Energy Studies with Distinction from the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee, in 2019. He previously worked as a lecturer at the Department of Economics, ABU. He is also the co-founder of ABU policy lab.

His research interests include;

1. Productivity and efficiency analysis (Stochastic Frontier Analysis, Data Envelopment Analysis)
2. Microeconometric analysis of choice models (Discrete Choice Experiment, Item Response Theory, Stated Preferences Methods and Environmental Valuation)
3.  Spatial econometric analysis
4. Machine learning (Deep Learning)
5. Stochastic Partial Budget, Life Cycle Assessment in agricultural systems

Nasir has collaborated in research projects and grants particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The ongoing collaborations he is participating are:

1. Towards Fossil-free agriculture in Sweden: farm practices and farmer preference​
​Source: Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development [FORMAS]

2. Weather-Index Crop Insurance for Adaptation to Climate Risk in the Sudano- Sahelian Zone of Nigeria: Evidence from A Framed Field Experiment

Partners: International Centre for Evaluation and Development,  University of California Davis and Ahmadu Bello University.

Source: Advancing Local Leadership, Innovation and Networks (ALL-IN) Project, 2022.

3. Consumer Protection for Financial Inclusion in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Bridging Regulator and Academic Perspective.

Partners: Busara Centre for Behavioural Economics, Trinity College, Ireland and Ahamdu Bello University.

Source: Bill and Melinda Gate foundation and Innovation for poverty action (IPA) project, 2021.

9. Huang, W., Adam, N., Hansson, H., Huang, W. (2025). Are Environmental Efficiencies of Swedish Agriculture More Transient or More Persistent? Heterogeneity and Determinants. Forthcoming.                                                    

8. Tao, H., Adam, N., & co-authors (2025). The Effect of incentives on farmers’ transition to fossil-free fertiliser: Experiment evidence in Sweden. Forthcoming.

7. Adam, N., Tao, H., & co-authors (2025). Swedish farmers’ preference for fossil free fertilisers: Evidence from a choice experiment. Forthcoming.            

6. Adam, N., Tao, H., & co-authors (2025). Assessing the Status quo of Farmers’ Uptake of Fossil-Free Practices in Sweden: Evidence from integrated item response Model. Forthcoming.

5. Adam, N., Manevska-Tasevska, G., Hansson, H., Huang, W. (2025). Agricultural Production Efficiency in Producing Calorie or Monetary Output — Exploring Synergies in Output Dynamics in Swedish Dairy Farms. Under Review.

4. Adam, N., Tayebi, A., Huang, W., Manevska-Tasevska, G., Nordberg, A., Hansson, P-A., Hansson, H. (2025). Economic and Climate Effects of Farm-level Biogas Adoption: A Stochastic Partial Budget Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment for Swedish Dairy Farming. Agricultural Systems. Accepted for publication.

3. Manevska-Tasevska, G., Huang, W., Chen, Z., Jäck, O., Adam, N., Ha, T.T.M., Weih, M., Hansson, H. (2024). Economic outcomes from adopting cereal-legume intercropping practices in Sweden. Agricultural Systems, 220. /https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104064. 

2. Adam., N. (2020). Privatisation of Electricity Industry in Nigeria, where did we get  it  Wrong? Centre for energy, petroleum and mineral law and policy (CEPMLP) annual review. https://www.dundee.ac.uk/corporate-information/cepmlp-annual-review-car.

1. Adam, N. (2020). Analysis of Causal Relationship between Electricity Consumption and Economic growth; a literature survey CEPMLP annual review. https://www.dundee.ac.uk/corporate- information/cepmlp-annual-review-car