{"id":14586,"date":"2017-03-08T17:25:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T16:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14586"},"modified":"2017-05-11T17:04:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T16:04:17","slug":"onwudike-prof-ogbonnaya-chikwe-2","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/onwudike-prof-ogbonnaya-chikwe-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ONWUDIKE, Prof. Ogbonnaya Chikwe"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date of Birth: Sunday (Afo) 12,hOctober, 1947 State of Origin: Abia Local Government Area: Bende Contact Address: Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike Contact Telephone: 234-8035043029\/0806351 Email Address: oconwudike@yahoo.com Professor Ogbonnaya C. Onvvudike is a top academic in the area of Poultry and Monogastric Animal Production and a seasoned as well as ebullient administrator. He is currently, the Vice Chancellor, the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike. He has put in a lot of intellectual and administrative effort to see the Universily take off on a solid international standard. Education \u2022 Methodist College Uzuakoli \u2022 University of Ife- (the present Obafemi Awolowo University) Ife Ile-Ife \u2022 Colorado University, PhD 1980 Jobs and Experiences in Employment \u2022 Graduate Assistant, University of Ife, Ile-Ife 1975 \u2022 Associate Professor 1987 \u2022 Associate Professor, Federal University of Technology Owerri, ( FUTO) 1991 1994 \u2022 Associate Professor, Michael Okpara Federal University ofAgriculture, 1995 \u2022 Professor till date \u2022 Vice Chancellor till date. Awards and Prizes \u2022 Eastern Regional Scholar for Secondary Schools, 1960 \u2022 Federal Government Scholarship for undergraduate studies, 1970 \u2022 University of Ife Scholar for Graduate Studies, 1974 \u2022 International Atomic Energy Agency Fellowship for training in Colorado State University USA on the Use ofNuclear techniques in Animal Production, 1980 \u2022 Matsumae International Foundation Fellowship for Research in Nagoya University, Japan \u2022 Beneficiary NARP Research Grant funded by World Bank 1996 \u2022 Joint Co-ordinator ofthe Grant in the South Eastern Zone of Nigeria for NARP Projects Membership of Professional and Academic Associations \u2022 Member, New York Academy of Sciences 1981 \u2022 Member, Association for the Advancement ofAgricultural Science in Africa \u2022 Member, World Poultry Science Association Publications Over 43 confirmed referred academic publications that are well researched and published. Among them are: \u2022 Agronomic Evaluation ofStylosathes guynensis and its use in diet of laying hens. Journal ofAgric. Science. (1978) \u2022 The Effect of prolonged feeding ofStylosanthes guyanensis meal on laying performance, egg quality and hatchability. (1979) \u2022 Evaluation of Stylosanthes guyanensis meal in the diets of growing chicken (1979) \u2022 The Utilization of Stylosanthes guyanensis meal by broiler chicks, (1979) \u2022 Observation on the use of biscuits crumbs by laying hens (1980) \u2022 Investigations of the treatment of sawdust for rabbit feeding : Effects of Sodium hydroxide treatment, (1981) Community Service and Efforts \u2022 Deeply involved in Community Development both in teaching in the university and also in the practical assistance to farmers at the rural communities \u2022 Has helped to boost the economy of the state through food production by helping and assisting local poultry and animal farmers. \u2022 Improvement of living standard of the rural and urban dwellers by making people live self-reliant lives. \u2022 Produced many local farmers through seminars and workshops \u2022 Supervised many postgraduate theses in the area ofanimal husbandry. \u2022 Attracted world grants to support rural fanners. \u2022 Served as Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources with commitment and really improved living standard of people. Produced enough food for the state during his tenure by encouraging new technological methods of agriculture. \u2022 Chairman, Imo State Agricultural and Development Project, \u2022 Chairman, Management Committee of the Local Government Agro-Industrial Development Fund \u2022 He touched the lives of people at the grassroots with positive policy fonnulation and implementation that granted loans, and offered grants to food production experts. \u2022 He encouraged massive production of food for the improvement of living standard of the people Professor O.C Onwudike is a great man who has used his intellectual gifts and administrative positions to help human beings and has been consistent in rendering selfless services to the community. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,1505],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14586","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-educationist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14586","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\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20153,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14586\/revisions\/20153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14586"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}