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Prof. V. I. Olowe

Victor Olowe startedhis research carrier as a Senior Research Fellow in 1990 at the National Cereals Research Institute, Badeggi, Nigeria under Oilseeds Research Programme. He later transferred his service to the Research and Development Centre (RESDEC) now Institute of Food Security, Environmental Resources and Agricultural Research (IFSERAR), Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta as Research Fellow I/Lecturer I in 1993. He rose through the ranks and was promoted to the rank of Research Professor in 2008 under the Crop Production Research Programme of IFSEAR. In his over 30 years in academics, he has acquired relevant experience in project conception, execution, monitoring, research methodologies, impact assessment and recently organic agriculture. He is very vast in multi-disciplinary research and a very good team player. He has participated in local, regional and international research projects on organic agriculture and funded by national and international donor agencies. Professor Olowe’s main area of research interest is agronomy of tropical oilseeds (sesame, soybeans, sunflower and cotton) and has contributed several publications as articles in learned journals, refereed conference proceedings, technical reports,chapters in books, and papers read at conferences to learning in his field.He is currently a World Board Member of the International Society for Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR) and immediate past President, Association of Organic Agriculture Practitioners of Nigeria and member of Organic Agriculture Professionals in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria (OAPTIN).