B.Sc, MA, Ph.D, agricultural economist, ad ministrator, born December 4, 1943, Idah, Kogi State; married Esther Aye Okpanachi 1967, two sons, four daughters; Education: Qua Iboe Mission Primary School, Idah, 1949-55, Provincial Secondary School, Okene,1956-61, King's College,Lagos, 1962- 63, University of Ibadan, 1964-67, Univer sity of Chicago, USA, 1967-69, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA, 1970- 72; Career: Appointed Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, USA, 1972; Lecturer II, Depart ment of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan. 1972-74; Lecturer I, Department of Agricultural Economics, UI, 1974-75; Se niorLecturer inAgricultural Economics, UI, 1975-77; visiting Researcher, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, 1977-78; Associate Professor of Agri cultural Economics, University of Ibadan, 1977-81; Professorof Agricultural Econom ics, UI, 1981-87; Pioneer Vice-Chancellor, University of Agriculture, Makurdi, 1988- 95; Head, Federal Agricultural Coordinating Unit, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, 1984- 86; Senior Research Fellow, International Service for National Agricultural Research, 1996-98; Deputy Director-General, ISNA, 1998-date; member, Governing Council, University ofNigeria, Nsukka, since 1986- 89; Consultant and Policy Adviser, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, since 1971; Chair man and Team Leader, World Bank-Nigeria Joint Food Strategies Mission that produced the blueprint for Nigeria'sGreen Revolution, 1980; Consultant, The World Bank, since 1979; Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United "Nations, since 1981; Consultant, Ford Foundation, USA, 1977-83; Consultant, The International De velopment Research Centre, Federal Minis try of Agriculture, 1981-86; Consultant, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan, 1985-86; Consultant, International Fund for Agricultural Development, since 1987;Con sultant, World Health Organisation, 1987; member, Presidential Advisory Committee, 1985; Consultant, Economic Commission for Africa (on Integrated Rural Development), 1986; ChiefConsultant, Federal Ministry of Agricultural Water Resources and Rural De velopment and Team leader, Tariff Study Groupand PolicyAnalysis, since 1987;Con sultant, Agricultural Planning Economist, 1987-88; member, American Agricultural Economics Association; member, International Association of Agricultural Economics; member, Nigerian Economics Society; member, Nigerian Association of Agricultural Economists; member, West African Association of Agricultural Economists; Senior Re search Fellow, International Service for National Agricultural Research, The Hague, 1996-98: Deputy Director General, Interna tional Service for National Agricultural Re search, 1998-date; Traditional Title: Amana Or'Ata of Igalaland; Foreign Honours/ Awards: Recipient, ISNA Outstanding Per formance Awards; recipient, The Hague, Switzerland, 1997; recipient, Rockefeller Foundation Scholar, University of Chicago &Michigan State University, 1967-72; recipi ent, Rockfeller Foundation Bellagio Fellow ship Residency Award, 1996; Publications: Agricultural Research Policy inNigeria, In ternational Food Policy Research Institute, 1980; Co-author: Elements ofRural Econom ics, Oxford University Press, 1981; The Crop Subsector in the Fourth National Develop ment Plan, 1981-1985, Dura Press, 1982; Managing Agricultural Development in Ni geria, Atoto Press, Ilorin, 1983; Crop Mar keting and Input Distribution in Nigeria, FAOand FACU/Inlec Printers, 1985; Rural Infrastructures in Nigeria, University Press, Ibadan, 1985; in addition to over 60 articles in nationaland international learned journals; Hobbies: reading, music; Official Address: Deputy Director General, International Ser vice for National Agricultural Research, (ISNAR), PO Box 93375, 2509 AJ The Hague, The Netherlands; Telephone: +31- 70-349-6100, +31-70-381 -9677; Home: De partment of Agricultural Economics, Univer sity of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State.
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