Asst. Prof. DENIS WAISWA

Denis Waiswa is an Agricultural Economist and Assistant Professor at Atatürk University, Türkiye. He holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Atatürk University (2021–2025). His research focuses on agricultural and development economics, with particular interests in agricultural technology adoption and impact evaluation, agroecological transitions, livestock economics, agricultural markets, and smallholder livelihoods.

His PhD research focused on understanding the barriers, behavioural drivers, temporal dynamics, and system-level trade-offs shaping the adoption and scaling of Push-Pull Technology (PPT) in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Rwanda). This research was conducted under the Postgraduate Research Training Fellowship of the African Regional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Science (ARPPIS), during which Denis served as a Postgraduate Research Fellow at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (2023–2025). The research was conducted within the DYNADOPT project (funded by the Biovision Foundation) and the UPSCALE project (funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program), both of which aim to scale and evaluate PPT in East Africa.

Additionally, he holds a Master’s degree in Animal Husbandry Economics and Management from Selçuk University (2018–2021), and a Bachelor’s degree in Animal Production and Management from Busitema University (2013–2016).

In addition to his work on agricultural systems, Denis has contributed to policy-relevant research on agricultural markets and institutions, including licensed warehousing systems in Türkiye under a TÜBİTAK-funded project.