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Emmanuel
Owusu-Bennoah
Emmanuel
Owusu-Bennoah is formerly the Director General of the Ghanaian
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), a publicly
funded research organization consisting of 13 mission-oriented
research institutes. CSIR is mandated to provide expert advice to
the Ghanaian Government on issues of policy related to agricultural
technologies, industry and health. Dr. Owusu-Bennoah has since
retired from CSIR and is Professor of Soil Science at the College of
Agriculture of the University of Ghana-Legon.
Professor Owusu-Bennoah is a graduate of the University of Reading
in the UK, where he obtained a PhD in Soil Science. He joined the
WARDA Board in April 2004.
He brings a lot of NARS experience to the WARDA Board having served
as a member of the WARDA National Experts Committee for many years,
as Chair of CORAF/WECARD and a member of the Board of Trustees of
the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). He is member
of the International Soil Science Society and a reviewer for the
Australian Journal of Soil Science.
Professor Owusu-Bennoah is married with three children.
Contact details
University of
Ghana
College of Agriculture, Legon Accra
Cel.: 00(233) 244 77 257
Email:
eobennoah@ucomgh.com |
