Sulman is an agricultural and applied economist with a strong commitment to implementing novel research techniques to shape sustainable policies for the agri-food sector. In 2023, he achieved recognition as the Best Collaborative Masters in Agricultural and Applied Economics (CMAAE) student in the CMAAE programme participated by eight major universities across East and Southern Africa. Earlier that year, he was also acknowledged as the second-best master’s student in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Nairobi. Currently, Sulman serves in several roles within the academia and industry. Since 2022, he has been a Research Fellow at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) under the Agroecology Initiative. In the same year, he was appointed as a Teaching Assistant at the Department of Agricultural Economics of the University of Nairobi. Sulman is also an Agroecological Systems and Research Analyst consultant at the International Center of Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF). His research interests span production economics, econometrics, statistics, and quantitative modelling, with a special focus on sustainable agricultural technology adoption and innovation systems as avenues for food sovereignty, poverty alleviation and reversal of climate change effects.