{"id":18541,"date":"2017-03-30T18:14:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T17:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18541"},"modified":"2017-06-02T14:25:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T13:25:41","slug":"umanah-chief-effiong-etim","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/umanah-chief-effiong-etim\/","title":{"rendered":"UMANAH, Chief Effiong Etim"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc M.Sc; lecturer, researcher, administrator, b: November 6,1935; p: Ikot Akpan Abia; Iga: Ibesikpo, Uyo; so: Akwa Ibom; m: Scholastica A. O. Dim, (deceased) 1967; nc: six; ed: Boeder Memorial Primary School, Obot Idim, Uyo, 1944-50; Government College, Umuahia, 1951-56; University College, Ibadan, 1956-61; UniversityofHawaii, Honolulu, USA, 1970-72; cr: Teacher, (HSC Class), Trinity High School, Oguta, 1961 -66; Vice Principal\/Ag. Principal, Trinity High School, Oguta, 1964-66; Research Officer II, Federal Dept. ofAgricultural Research, Ibadan, 1966-70; Research Officer 1,1970-73; Promoted Senior Research Officer, 1973-76; Principal Research Officer, 1976-78;Asst ChiefResearch Officer, Federal Dept. ofAgricultural Research Officer, 1978; Scientific Officer (Agriculture),Agricu!tural ResearchCouncil ofNigeria, 1978; Head, National Cereals Research Institute, Umuahia, 1978; ChiefAgricOfficer, CRBDA, Calabar, 1980;Ag. Asst. gmMOD,Agriculture, 1983;Asst.GM(Agriculture), 1985; Retired from River Basins, 1989; Part-time Senior Lecturer (PT) Agronomy Dept. University ofUyo, 1995; Senior Lecturer (on contract) UNIUYO, 2000-04;Ag. Head, Dept. ofCrop Science, 2001; ch\/Coordinator, Teaching&#038;Research Farm committee, Faculty ofAgriculture,2001-04; ch., Tree Planting Committee ofthe Nigerian Conservation Foundation, 1995- 96; mm: Science Association ofNigeria; Agricultural Science Society of Nigeria; The Genetics SocietyofNigeria; International Society for Tropical Root Crops; InstituteofBiology; ah: Eastern Region ofNigeriaGovernment Scholarship Award for Secondary Education, 1951-56; Eastern Region of Nigeria Scholarship Award for University Education, &#8220;956-61; Federal Government of Nigeria Staff Development\/in-Service T&#8217;cining Award Postgraduate Diploma Education Award, 1956-61; h\/awards. Citation in International Who&#8217;s of Intellectuals, Seventh Edition, 1987, Cambridge England; Distinguished Award ofExcellence, Federated Ibesikpc-Asutan Students AssociationWorldwide, January 1998; National Certificate Merit Award,Government College Umuahia Old BoysAssociation, National Body, January 31,1998; Traditional Title.AguNVgbo. Amakama, Umuahia, Abia State, May, 1980;Um\u00abzra,IlxH5ikpoAsutan, July,2007; publ: Cassava: Production; Utilization &Trade; Higher School Certificate Botany Questions &#038; Model Answer, 1955-66, (1966); Identification &#038; Cultivation of currently recommended improved cassava (Manihot esculentacratz) varieties, Federal Department of Agricultural Research Memo No. 93,1970; The Impact of Research on Cassava Production in Nigeria-FMANR, Lagos, 1974; Rice Breeding for Quality Characteristics, 1977; Preliminary Studies on Total Non-Structural Carbohydrate, (TNC) asabasis for determining ratoon crop yielding ability in rice (Oryza Sativa L.) NCR1 Research Bulletin No. 7, 1978; co-author, Crops Relations in the Cross River Basin Development Authority  Agric Products, 1980; Co-published Kary types of some Manihot spp. J. Am. Sco. Hort. Sc998(3)272-274 (1973) and several other journal publications including papers, presented at conferences; sc: mem, Rotary International District 9140; pp: mem, National Republican Convention; Auditor\/Sec, National Republican convention, Akwa Ibom Branch, 1990- 93; hob: table tennis, gardening, reading; off: c\/o Dept. of Crop Science, University of Uyo, Uyo; res: 4\/5 Nsit Lane, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,749],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18541","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-administrator"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18541","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":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18541"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}