Staff Profile

Albert Boaitey is a Lecturer in Global Agri-Food Supply Chains. He holds a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Alberta, Canada. Albert has previously worked as Assistant Professor in Agricultural Economics (University of Wisconsin - River Falls), Teaching Fellow (University of Alberta) and Professional Research Associate (University of Saskatchewan). His research focuses on understanding stakeholder incentives in the uptake of sustainable innovations in livestock supply chains, consumer decision-making pertaining to ethical food attributes and the design of emerging carbon offset schemes in food supply chains. Click here for full list of publications

I currently lead the following modules:

Agribusiness Management Simulation (NES2105)

Advanced Agribusiness Management (NES3103)

Current project: Integrating genomic approaches to improve dairy cattle resilience: A comprehensive goal to enhance Canadian dairy industry sustainability 2020-2025

Funder: Genome Canada [PI: Christine Baes ($12.1 million ), GE3LS Lead: Ellen Goddard, Albert Boaitey: co-applicant].

Research interests

Ethical food choice

Farm animal welfare

Farmer participation in sustainable supply chains

Carbon offsets and incentive-based schemes design issues

Postgraduate Supervision

I am interested in supervising research students on any aspect of sustainable innovations in food systems, ethical food choice (including animal welfare), and global agri-food value chains.

If you would like further information on reading for a research degree at the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences please see https://www.ncl.ac.uk/nes/

• Articles

  • Boaitey A, Lai Y, Kehoe S. The value of additional calf–mother contact in milk choice: an analysis of US consumers. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 2022, 37(6), 683-694.
  • Lawrence-Dill CJ, Allscheid RL, Boaitey A, Bauman T, Buckler IV ES, Clarke JL, Cullis C, Dekkers J, Dorius CJ, Doruis SF, Ertl D, Homann M, Hu G, Losch M, Lyons E, Murdoch B, Navabi ZK, Punnuri S, Rafiq F, Reecy JM, Schnable PS, Scott NM, Sheehan M, Sirault X, Staton M, Tuggle CK, Van Eenennaam A, Voas R. Ten simple rules to ruin a collaborative environment. PLoS Computational Biology 2022, 18(4), e1009957.
  • Lai Y, Boaitey A, Minegishi K. Behind the veil: Social desirability bias and animal welfare ballot initiatives. Food Policy 2022, 106, 102184.
  • Boaitey,A,Minegishi,K. Who are farm animal welfare conscious consumers?. 2020.
  • Boaitey, A, Minegishi, K. Determinants of household choice of dairy and plant-based milk alternatives: Evidence from a field survey. Journal of Food Products Marketing 2020.
  • Boaitey, A, Goddard, E, Mohapatra, S. Environmentally friendly breeding, spatial heterogeneity and effective carbon offset design in beef cattle. Food Policy 2019.
  • Boaitey, A,Goddard, E,Hailu,G,Poon, K. Improving sustainability of beef industry supply chains. British Food Journal 2016.