ONWEAGBA, Prof. Anthony Emereuwaonu

Date of Birth: Thursday (Afo) 26'" June, 1947 State of Origin: Imo Local Government Area: Oru East Village/Town: Isieke Awo-Omamma Contact Address: Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine Imo State Universitv, Owerri mm ProfessorAnthony Emcreuwaonu Onweagba vvas born in Isieke Awo-Omamma town in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State on June 26"' 1947. He iscurrently a professor ofAgricultural Extension at the Faculty ofAgriculture and Veterinary Medicine. Imo State University. Owerri. Education St. Patrick's School Awo-Omamma 1952 1958 • Community Grammar School Awo-Omamma 1959 1963 WASC Trinity High School Oguta for Higher School ( A-Levels) University of Nigeria Nsukka B.Sc Hons Agricultural Economics/Extension 1973 University of Florida. Gainesville Florida. M.Sc in Journalism and Mass Communication 1979 University of Nigeria Nsukka PhD Agricultural Extension 1989 Jobs and Posts Held Several positions as a University Teacher, administrative andresearch head in government parastatals and other Federal Research Institute • Officer In charge. Extension Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture Zonkwa Station, in the then Norlh Central State 1973 1974 as a member of the NYSC Higher Technical Officer and Head Communications Unit. Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) 1974 1978 Research OfficerGrade I. (Socioeconomic/Extension Research,) Forestry Research Institute (FRIN) 1979 1981 Senior Research Officer ( Socio-economic/Extension Research) Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) 1982- 1983 Lecturer1, Michael Okpara College of Agriculture Umuagvvo, ( Extension Communication) 1983 1986 Rector/ChiefExecutive of the College of Agriculture Umuagvvo 1994 1996 Served as Chairmanof many Boards at the Collegeas the Rector/Chief Executive Professor and Dean . Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine , Imo State University . Owerri. 1999- date • Successful supervised postgraduate research projects, post-graduate diploma and MSc/PhD projects in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development. • Member of Imo State Universily Senate since 1996 dale National and International Posts Outside the University • Co-ordinator. Outreach Programme on Agricultural Extension Systems (Tropical Extension Systems) United States Department of Agriculture ( USDA) and Institute of Food and Agricultural Science ( IFAS) University of Florida • Co-ordinator. Studies in African Languages. Institute of African Languages University of Florida Gainesville. 1977 1980 • Administrative Secretary. Society of Technical Communication. Florida Chapter 1977 980 • Chairman. Organising Committee for a two week-training Programme on Scientific Editing for Science Editors in Africa jointly sponsored by the University of lbadan/lnlernalional Institute of Tropical Agriculture 1977 • Chairman. Sub-committee on International Training Workshop for Agricultural Communicators and Information Managers, 1988 • Visiting Reader (Associate Professor) Department of Agricultural Economics/Extension. School of Agriculture and Technology. Federal University of Technology ( FUTO) Owerri, 1993 1994 and 1998 date • Visiting Scholar. Michigan State University . East Lansing. Michigan USA 1992 1993 • Visiting Professor. College of Agricultural Economics. Rural Sociology and Extension. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture. Umudike. Umuahia 1999 till date • External Examiner. Higher Degree Examinations to University of Nigeria Nsukka 1998 date • External Examiner. Higher Degree Examinations to Federal University of Technology Owerri 1999 dale Publications • Published extensively in many journals, and presented many papers al conferences, workshops; none listed here. .Membership of Learned Associations • Fellow . Institute of Sales Management of Nigeria (FISMN) • Member. West African Farming Systems Research Network ( WAFSRN) • Member. Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Network on Agricultural Administration Research and Extension (ii) Irrigation Managemenl (socio-economic aspect) • Member. FUTO Research Team on Small Scale Technology Adoption • Life Member. Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria • Member. Nigeria Audio- Visual Association • Member. Nigeria Guild of Agricultural Communicators • Member. Society for Scholarly Publishing. USA • Member. Society for Technical Communication. USA • Member. International Union ofForestry Research Organisation (IUFRO) Working Group (56.08) on applying research results. • Member. Forestry Association of Nigeria • Member Nigeria Participatory Rural Appraisal Network ( NIPRANET) Local Contributions to Development • Chairman. Academic Staff Union. Michael Okpara College of Agriculture Umuagvvo • Chairman. Awo-Omamma Water Project • Chairman, Okparaku Development Union • Chairman, Awo-Omamma Progressive Union Educational Foundation Committee • Secretary. Awo-Omamma Town Union • Patron. Awo-Omamma Students Union • Guest Lecturer at a Colloquium on ' Local Government Administration in Nigeria" organized by the Central Awo Omamma Patriotic Union 1995 He is happily married and has live children.