Lewis Ikechukwu OKAFOR

Agronomist

B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, agronomist, born January 8, 1934; married Edna Chiesokwu Chiozie 1955, two sons, two daughters; Education: Dennis Memorial Grammar School, 1943-47, School of Agriculture, Ibadan, 1954-56, Lancashire Institute of Agriculture, UK, 1956-57, University of Reading, UK, 1959- 63, University of the Philipppines, 1971-73, University of Wales, UK, 1974-76; Career: Appointed Senior Research Officer, National Cereals Research Institute, Moor Plantation, Ibadan; Chief Research Officer, Lake Chad Research Institute, Maiduguri, 1978-85; Senior Lecturer in Agronomy/Weed Science, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa College, Ahmadu Bello University Campus (now Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University of Agriculture), Bauchi: Life member, International Weed Science Society; member, West African Weed Science Society, Vice-President, 1985- 88: Publications: Co-author, Weeds and their Control, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 1982; Co author, Weed and their Control II, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 1983; Hobbies: walking, table tennis, lawn tennis, reading, photography; Official Address: Department of Crop Production, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University of Agriculture, PMB 0248; Bauchi: Telephone:…