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Name:

Eklou Attiogbevi-Somado

Nationality:

Togolese

Position held:

Coordinator, INGER-Africa

Year of Employment:

October 2004

Qualifications:

Ph.D. in Agronomy, 2000, Georg-August Göttingen Universität, Germany
M. Sc., Plant Production & Plant Nutrition, 1996, Georg-August Göttingen Universität, Germany
Ing. Agronome, Crop production/Soil Fertility, 1990, University of Lome, Togo
Specialization/Expertise: Plant Genetic Resources Management /Seed Technology/ Biodiversity/ Rice Agronomy/ Soil Fertility improvement and Networking

Experience:

About 16 years in agricultural research and development in above cited areas

Major Achievements:

  • Contributed to regeneration and characterization of about 20,000 rice germplasm accessions for conservation as IPGs for present and future generations;

  • Contributed to upgrade WARDA's genebanks up to international standards for in-trust collections;

  • Facilitated seed exchange of about 3,000 germplasm accessions for rice crop improvement research programs in 17 countries in SSA and 5 other in Asia and America.

  • Senior author of 5 articles accepted/published in international peer reviewed journals in 2006.