{"id":12723,"date":"2017-02-28T11:20:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T10:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=12723"},"modified":"2017-11-01T14:27:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T13:27:14","slug":"idachaba-professor-francis-sulemanu","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/idachaba-professor-francis-sulemanu\/","title":{"rendered":"IDACHABA, Prof Francis Sulemanu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;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&#8217;sGreen Revolution, 1980; Consultant, The World Bank, since 1979; Consultant, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United &#8220;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&#8217;Ata of Igalaland; Foreign Honours\/ Awards: Recipient, ISNA Outstanding Per formance Awards; recipient, The Hague, Switzerland, 1997; recipient, Rockefeller Foundation Scholar, University of Chicago &#038;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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[749,2403,2413],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-12723","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-administrator","category-economist","category-farmer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12723"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=12723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}