Ernest L. Molua is a Professor of Agricultural Economics in the Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, University of Buea, Cameroon. He obtained academic degrees from the Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany and the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark. He is a member of the College of Research Associates of the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, a continent-wide network of senior research scientists for natural resources management. A Fulbright Research Fellow at Yale University, USA, he also serves as a Visiting Professor to the United Nations Institute for Economic Development and Planning, Dakar, Senegal and the Africa Program of the United Nations University for Peace, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.