Abel Babalola Akinwumi OGUNWALE

and Rural Sociology, (OAU), 1989-91; Farm Supervisor, Commercial Farm Ltd., (OAU), 1988-89; chairman, Faculty Committee, since 2004; mem, Faculty Board of Executives, since 2004; member, Postgraduate Admission and Scholarship Committee, since 2004; Assoc. Editor, The Nigerian Rural Sociological Association; Assoc- Editor, International Journal of Agricultural and Agricultural Research; mm: Associate member, Nigerian Institute of Management Nigerian Rural Sociology Association; Nigerian Association of Agricultural Economists; African Technology Policy Studies Network; Global Development Network; seminars/ conferences: Co-author, Factors Associated with the participation of Rural Women in Agricultural Production in Ogbomoso Area of Oyo State, Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria, Annual Conference University of Ibadan, 2000; International Conference on Alley Farming, International Institute of Tropical Agricultural, Ibadan, 1992; Alley Farming Network for Tropical Africa (AFNTETA) Zone A, 1"Annual Research Planning meeting, University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana,1994; International Conference and Workshop on Science and Technology Policies for Sustainable Food Security in Africa Organized by the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS)at Maseru, Lesotho,South Africa,2003; Publication: co-author, Sources of Information on Poverty Alleviation Programmes among Small Scale Farmers in Ogbomoso Agricultural Zone of Oyo State, Journal of Rural Reconstruction and Development 2000; Adoption of Farm Innovations Among Rural Women in Ogbomoso North LGA International Journal of Gender and Health Studies, Development Universal Consortia, 2003; A Case Study of Small Scale Farmers Participation in Nigerian Agricultural Development Programmes: Oyo and Osun State Agricultural Development Programmes, Journal of Rural Development South Korea Institute of Economics, 2005; Sustainability of Agricultural Extension Services in Nigeria in Introduction to Extension Science, 2004; Examiner: M.Sc, Obafemi Awolowo University, 2002-03; University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, 2003-04; University of Ilorin, 2002-04; Ph.D Programme, University of Ibadan, 2004-05; Award: Master Degree Research Writing Award from Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal, 1990; Doctorate Degree Research Thesis Award from (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal, 1992; Scholarship from Alley Farming Network for Tropical Africa (AFNET Ay UTA Ibadan to attend the 1994 East and South Africa Regional Training Course on Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)Techniques, Nairobi, Kenya; Scholarship from ITTA, Ibadan to attend the 1991 Regional Training Course en Alley Farming Technology, Nairobi, Kenya; off: Dept. of Agricultural economics and Extension, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State; tel: (234) 8035087445, 038-720285; pha: Ile-Abodere, Roundabout, Ogbomoso, Oyo State; e-m: [email protected]