Bandabla, Tamba

Experience

November 2, 2009 to Present

Biometrician/Statistician, Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute (SLARI)

Activities include

·        Deputy project coordinator; “Enhancing Cocoa, Coffee, Cashew, Horticultural Crops and Livestock Diversification and Income Generation for Smallholder Farmers and Exports in Sierra Leone” project under the European Union supported Boosting Agriculture for Food Security (BAFS) in Sierra Leone.

·        advise researchers working for SLARI on the techniques and procedures on the design of experiments based on their objectives

·        manage data from the research fields and analyze them appropriately as needed by the scientists

·        Give guidance and develop sampling methodologies for socio-economic surveys (including baseline, adoption, impact etc.) studies of improved varieties/new technologies developed/introduced by the institute.

·        Analyse data collected from Socio Economic Surveys in the institute

·        participate in the assessing and screening of proposals for the annual program of work for the institute

February 1, 2021 to Present

Associate lecturer in the school of Natural Resource Management (NRM), Njala University

Activities include

• Teaches MPhil/PhD Field Experimental Design, Statistical Analysis & Research Methods

October 2015 to June 2017

Research Fellow, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Activities included

·        developed Bayesian model for the estimation of stability measure of quantities traits across environments,

·        learnt the r software via internet

·        learnt the Bayesian Using Gibbs Sampling (BUGS) software via internet

·        wrote a synthetically correct BUGS codes for the Bayesian model

·        used stimulated data for the Bayesian model using R2OpenBUGS software

·        developed Priors Distributions for the Bayesian Model using the R software

·        validated the Bayesian Model

·        estimated other parametric stability statistics of the yields from the database using R software

·        did exploratory data analysis and ANOVA

·        did the GGE by plot analysis on the data

·        analysed the data using Additive main effects and multiplicative interaction (AMMI)

·        did Friedman's Two-way Analysis of Variance by Ranks to determine whether or not the various stability have the same distribution of scores

·        acquired knowledge in the use of Fieldbook IMIS breeding tool

·        write up of thesis

October 2005 to November 2009

Statistician, Economic and Social Statistics Division in the Statistics Sierra Leone

Activities included

·        Lead in the acquisition of trade and development of trade database

·        Supervised the coding of Trade data

·        Supervised the capture of Trade data

·        Data collection, analysis and writing reports in the areas of economic statistics

·        Supervisor, Micro-Finance Survey 2008

·        Supervisor, Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2008

·        Coordinator of the baseline survey on National Information and Communication Infrastructure (NICI) in Sierra Leone

·        Assistant Coordinator of a Survey to study the Characteristics and Sources of Informal Economic Activities in Sierra Leone

·        Supervised data collection for the compilation of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

·        Analysed and summarized household economic data and national trade data

July 2003 to January 2005

Research Scholar-International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Activities included

·        estimated income and expenditure poverty lines for different strata in the study area

·        estimated income and expenditure poverty headcount indices for different strata in the study area

·        estimated income and expenditure poverty gap indices for different strata in the study area

·        estimated income and expenditure squared poverty gap indices for different strata in the study area

·        estimated Geni’s coefficient among the poor for different strata in the study area

·        estimated Sen indices for different strata in the study area

·        determined summary statistics of socioeconomic household characteristics

·        estimated income and expenditure per capita poverty status by household socioeconomic characteristics in the study area

·        estimated poverty status of household characteristics in the study area

·        estimated the determinants of poverty headcount using the Logit Model

·        estimated the determinants of the poverty using the Tobit Model

·        used Bootstrapped method to determine the statistical distributions of the poverty indices

·        determined the moments, precision, skewness and excess of kurtosis

·        determined the relative efficiencies of the poverty indices

1999-2002

 Teacher, Freetown Secondary School for Girls, Freetown, Sierra Leone

·        Taught high school level Mathematics, Further Mathematics, and Physics.

1991-1992

Laboratory and Teaching Assistant, Ahmadiyya Muslim Secondary School, Bo, Sierra Leone

·        Assisted the physics teachers in setting up of experiments for high school students.

CONSULTANCIES

September 2020 -  January 2021

Consultant Biometrician/Statistician, Investment Forum for Community Agricultural Value Chain Development (IFCod), Sierra Leone

Consultancy Service for the Conduct of the Baseline Survey for the Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (AVDP) AVDP-PMU/QCBS/3/6/20

Consulted by: Agriculture Value Chain Development Project (AVDP), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)

Activities included

• Designed survey methodology
• Contributed in designing the survey tools
• Designed a Tablet/Smartphone based Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) database for electronic data collection
• Trained enumerators and supervisors to collect electronic data using CAPI
• Monitored the electronic data collection to ensure quality data collection
• Analysed the data collected using SPSS

September 2019 to November 2019

Associate Consultant; Statistician and Survey Designer in the consultancy firm “Economic Policy Research Development and Statistics (EPRDS)”

Consulted by: Smallholder Commercialization Program/Global Agricultural and Food Security Program (SCP/GAFSP) to do Terminal Evaluation of the Smallholder Commercialization Programme/Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (SCP/GAFSP)

Activities included

• Designed survey methodology for the Terminal Evaluation of the Smallholder Commercialization Programme/Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (SCP/GAFSP)
• Contributed in designing the survey tools for the Terminal Evaluation of the Smallholder Commercialization Programme/Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (SCP/GAFSP)
• Monitored data collection to ensure quality data collection for the Terminal Evaluation of the Smallholder Commercialization Programme/Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (SCP/GAFSP)

November 2013 -  February 2014

Consultant Statistician, Database Designer and Data Analyst, Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) and Search for Common Ground (SFCG), Sierra Leone.

Database Designer and Analyst for the baseline survey on Equitable Land Rights Promotion in Sierra Leone

Activities included

·        Designed survey methodology and monitored data collection

·        Design a template using Census and Survey Processing (CSPro) software for inputting data

·        Contract data entry clerks who will undergo some orientation for the work to be accomplished

·        Ensure that all questionnaires will be inputted

·        Clean the inputted data

·        Analyse the cleaned inputted data and generate tables according to the detail instruction given by Search for Common Ground

·        Develop chart from the tables according to the detail instruction given by Search for Common Ground

15^th February 2012 -  15^th March 2012

Consultant Statistician, Database Designer and Analyst, Network Movement for Democracy and Human Rights (NMDHR)

Database Designer and Analyst for National Advocacy for Healthcare Services for Pregnant Women, Lactating Mothers and Victims of Teenage Pregnancy Survey

Activities included

·        Designed survey methodology and monitored data collection

·        Design a template using Census and Survey Processing (CSPro) software for inputting data

·        Contract data entry clerks who will undergo some orientation for the work to be accomplished

·        Ensure that all questionnaires (300 in total) will be inputted

·        Clean the inputted data

·        Analyse the cleaned inputted data and generate tables according to the detail instruction given by NMDHR

·        Develop chart from the tables according to the detail instruction given by NMDHR

1^st June 2011-7^th July 2011

Consultant Statistician, Data Designer and Analyst, Search for Common Ground

Data Analyst for UNICEF KAP and listenership Survey

Activities included

·        Designed survey methodology and monitored data collection

·        Designing and managing database for data collected from the survey on the UNICEF KAP and listenership

·        Contract Entry Clerks and orientates them and supervised the data entry clerks to capture the data on UNICEF KAP and listenership Survey

·        Analysing and developing summaries tables (as requested by the Search for Common Ground and UNICEF team) from the data on UNICEF KAP and listenership Survey.

December 2010-March 2011

Consultant Statistician, Data Designer and Analyst EXCEL CONSULTANCY FIRM (ECF)

Evaluation of Existing Country Strategic PLAN and Country Program Outlines in Sierra Leone 

Activities included

·        Developing sampling methodology for the survey on the Evaluation of Existing Country Strategic Plan and Country Program Outlines in Sierra Leone 

·        Training enumerators on the administration of the questionnaires including selection of sample for the survey on the Evaluation of Existing Country Strategic Plan and Country Program Outlines in Sierra Leone 

·        Designing and managing database for data collected from the survey on the Evaluation of Existing Country Strategic Plan and Country Program Outlines in Sierra Leone

·        Analysing the Evaluation of Existing Country Strategic Plan and Country Program Outlines in Sierra Leone Survey data and preparing table summaries

March 2010-May 2010

Consultant Statistician, NGO Desk Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Food Security, Freetown Sierra Leone

Activities included

·        Developing sampling methodology for the COOPI survey project on Applied Study of Credit and Financing Opportunities for farmers in urban and peri urban Freetown

·        Designing and managing database for data collected from the survey on Applied Study of Credit and Financing Opportunities for farmers in urban and peri urban Freetown

·        Supervising of all Data Entry and properly cleaning data before analysis

·        Analysing the Applied Study of Credit and Financing Opportunities for farmers in urban and peri urban Freetown Survey data and preparing tables summaries for each parameter within a set of data as appropriate

November 2009-March 2010

Consultant Statistician, Dalan Development Consultants (DDC), Freetown Sierra Leone

Activities included

·        Developing sampling methodology for the Baseline Survey of Health & WatSan in Concern operational areas

·        Training enumerators on the selection of sample for the Baseline Survey of Health & WatSan in Concern operational areas

·        Designing and managed database for data collected from the Baseline Survey of Health & WatSan in Concern operational areas

·        Analysing the Baseline Survey data and preparing table summaries for each parameter within a set of data as appropriate

March 2005-June 2005

Consultant Statistician, Cassava Enterprise Development Project (CEDP) of International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan Nigeria

Activities included

·     Receiving and preparing inventory of all post harvest data from CEDP states

·     Analysing the post harvest data and preparing table summaries

·     Assisting the Supervisor in preparing draft reports

January 2005-February 2005

 Consultant Statistician, Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in Borno State (PROSAB) IITA Ibadan Nigeria: Analysis of data from PROSAB on-farm and mother trials; analysis of data from field survey of Striga infestation in PROSAB areas

Activities included

·     Supervising of all Data Entry and Ensured that all were properly cleaned before analysis.

·     Carrying out Analysis of Variance using GLM Procedures on all data sets.

·     Performing multivariate analysis on generated means for each data set and ascertained Interrelationship among a Set of Factors Responsible for Crop performance or distribution of parasitic weeds in the project communities.

·     Compiling tables of means and graphs for each parameter within a set of data as appropriate

September 2004-December 2004

Member of consulting group of statisticians-PROSAB-Analysis of baseline survey

Activities included

·     Descriptive Statistics

·     Distribution of Household by Economic Activities

·     Descriptive of Years of Farming

·     Livestock Farming Activities

·     Non-farm Income

·     Rural Enterprise

·     Crop Production Techniques

·     Level of Input Used

·     Food Expenditure and Consumption

·     Poverty Measurement