{"id":8310,"date":"2017-01-18T12:37:51","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T11:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8310"},"modified":"2017-04-19T18:47:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T17:47:09","slug":"ekefan-dr-ebenezar-jonathan","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ekefan-dr-ebenezar-jonathan\/","title":{"rendered":"EKEFAN, Dr. Ebenezar Jonathan"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> B.Agric, Ph.D; plantpathologistacademic, administrator;b: September 10,1965; p: Bibinu; ht: Bibinu; Iga: Donga; so:Taraba; m: Elizabeth Auta, May 27,1995; nc: one s, threed; ed: Lupwe Primary School,1973-79; Government Secondary School, Jalingo, 1979-84; University ofAgriculture, Makurdi Benue State, 1985-90; University of Reading, Reading, U.K, 1993-96; Institute of Post-Harvest Sciences, Bet Dagan, Israel, 2000; cr: Extension Agent, Gongola Integrated Rural Development Programme,(now ADP Adamawa State), 1985; industrial Training,Commercial Farm,University ofAgric, Makurdi, 1988;NYSC, TravelingSecretary, NIFES,Akure, 1990-91;GraduateAssistant University ofAgriculture, Makurdi,1991-97;Lecturer11,DepartmentofCropProduction, UniversityofAgriculture, Makurdi, 1997-2000;Ucturer 1,2000-02;Senior Ucturer, 2002; Associate Professor, since 2006; Ag. Head ofDepartment at varioustimes; Deputy Director,Academic Planning,since 2005; College of Agronomy Representativeat Senate, since 2008;College Examination Officer, 2003-05; Departmental Examination Officer, 2000-03; mmAdmission Committee, University ofAgriculture, Makurdi, since 1998; Convocation Lecture Subcommittee,5*-10*Convocation oftheUniversity ofAgriculture, Makurdi, 2003; AdministrativeCommitteeonCtoersto<*ingofCentral Stores, 2002; Implementation Committee on Report ofAdministrative Committee onOverstocking ofCentral Stores, 2003; Anti-Corruption and Evaluation Committee, 2005; Commercial Farm Co-ordinating Committee, 2005; University ofAgriculture, Data Base Committee, 2005; Secretary, Quality AssuranceCommittee, University ofAgriculture, Makurdi, 2006; Resource Person, Co-ordinated Extension Centre University ofAgriculture, Makurdi Outreach rVcgrammesGraduatingStudOT^ CommitteeonBenueAgricultural Summit2005; Taraba State Government Technical Committeeon Taraba BluePrint2004;a\/h:University Prize for the Best Faculty ofAgriculture, Makurdi Campus, 1995-%;College Prize fbr the bestGraduatingStudent College ofAgronomy, University ofAgriculture, Jack-Tilley Gyado Prize, forthe Best Graduating Student; University of r Agriculture, Makurdi, 1989-90; Gongola State Scholarship for First-Degree Study atthe then University ofJos, Makurdi Campus, (now University of Agriculture), Makurdi, 1985; Overseas DevelopmentAdministration (now Department for International Development) Scholarship toStudy for Ph.D in Plant Pathology atthe University ofReading, U.K\/1992; Israeli Government ScholarshiptoCarryOut Researchon BiologicalControlofPepperAnthracnose atthe University ofReading, U.K, 2006; publ: Co-Author, Pod-Sucking Bug Damage toCowpea in Relation toTime and Frequency ofInsecticide Application in the Southern Guinea Savanna Zone ofNigeria, Journal of AgriculturalTechnology4(2), 1996; Chemical and hot-WaterTreatment to Improve the Survival ofyam minisetts, Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad>75 (I),1998; EffectsofIntercroppingonthe Incidence ofFoliarAnthracnoseand tuber yield ofsusceptible Dioscorea alatayam inNigeria, Joumai ofPlant Protection in the Tropics, 1999; Semi-selective medium for. isolation of Coiletotrichum gloeosporioides (Causal agent ofyam Anthracnose) from soil Experimental Agriculture, 2000; Survival ofCollectrichum gloeosporioides causal agent ofyam anthracnose) insoil, Tropical Science, 2000; etc; hob: travelling, reading, volley ball; off: Department ofCrop and Environmental Protection, University ofAgriculture, Makurdi; e-m: drekefan@yahoo.com; tel: 08051584263; pha: c\/oC.R.C.N Church Bibinu,Taraba State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,749],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8310","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-administrator"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8310","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\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19461,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8310\/revisions\/19461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8310"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}