Experience

University of Ibadan

• Nigeria
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Fellow & Lecturer

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Research focuses on the identification and development of novel cropping/farming systems including soil health management in diversified farming systems. Teaching and mentoring under- and post-graduate students in sustainable farming and cropping systems, and digital agriculture technologies. Training and communication of locally-adaptive agronomic management practices and sustainable intensification of underutilized/orphan crops to smallholder farmers. Research focuses on the identification and development of novel cropping/farming systems including soil health management in diversified farming systems. Teaching and mentoring under- and post-graduate students in sustainable farming and cropping systems, and digital agriculture technologies. Training and communication of locally-adaptive agronomic management practices and sustainable intensification of underutilized/orphan crops to smallholder farmers.



Polish Academy of Sciences

• Poland
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Research Fellow

  • Oct 2021 - Feb 2022

  Developing a sustainable model for digital agriculture in smallholder systems in Africa Developing a sustainable model for digital agriculture in smallholder systems in Africa



Universität Rostock

• Germany
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Aug 2019 - Sep 2020

  Influence of phosphorus on soil nitrogen transformations and nitrous oxide emission in soils Influence of phosphorus on soil nitrogen transformations and nitrous oxide emission in soils



Benson Idahosa University

• Nigeria
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Lecturer & Researcher

  • Nov 2017 - Jul 2019

  Cropping Systems and Soil Fertility Soil Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gases Emissions Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems Agricultural Systems Modelling and Big Data in Agriculture Cropping Systems and Soil Fertility Soil Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gases Emissions Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems Agricultural Systems Modelling and Big Data in Agriculture



Dangote Industries Limited

• Nigeria
• Consumer Goods
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Research, Agronomy

  • Dec 2016 - Nov 2017

  Implementation of innovative technologies and good agronomic practices in sugarcane: Driving Nigeria’s potential towards self-sufficiency in sugar production. Our goal is to produce 15 mt of sugarcane from cultivating high-yielding sugarcane varieties on 150,000 ha across Nigeria, translating into 1.5 mt of refined sugar annually. Responsibilities: -Evaluation and recommendation of sustainable agronomic practices (fertilizers, herbicides, irrigation) and schedules for productivity increase, resource efficiency, and environmental sustainability -Identification of high-yielding varieties for multiplication Key achievements: ◦Increased sugarcane productivity by 8 % within the first year through the appropriateness of varieties, fertilizer and weed management ◦Identified six promising varieties that increased yield by 5 – 10 % in the first year ratooning. ◦Evaluated and validated a pre-emergent herbicide with weed control efficiency of 98%. ◦Improved soil fertility (high organic carbon) through organic and mineral fertilizers.



Indian Agricultural Research Institute

• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Research Fellow

  • Dec 2012 - Jan 2016

  Responsibilities: Improving crop productivity, profitability, soil health, resource use efficiency, and environmental sustainability through innovative, sustainable, and adaptive agronomic technologies in the Indo-Gangetic Plains. Research Project: Nitrogen and weed management in maize-wheat system under conservation agriculture of the Indo-Gangetic Plains (2013 - 2016). Key achievements: ◦Developed an adaptive nitrogen fertiliser rate with the aid of sensor technology (GreenSeeker) ◦Optimized nitrogen fertilizer application (25% fertilizer dose) by soil test value and optical sensor ◦Reduced weed density by 90% with brown manuring and herbicide combinations ◦Increased maize and wheat yields and profitability by 20 – 25 % ◦ Decoupled greenhouse gases emissions through increased soil organic carbon accumulation



Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)

• Germany
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Visiting Research Scholar

  • Apr 2014 - Jul 2014

  Parameterisation of the Model for Nitrogen and Carbon in Agroecosystem (MONICA): Simulated maize and cotton yields and carbon and nitrogen stocks Parameterisation of the Model for Nitrogen and Carbon in Agroecosystem (MONICA): Simulated maize and cotton yields and carbon and nitrogen stocks



African Union

• Ethiopia
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Aug 2010 - Jul 2012

  Sustainable intensification and diversification of cropping systems. Research Project: Productivity, profitability, and soil fertility of sesame-based systems in North India, Gujarat. Key achievements: ◦Developed ten sesame-based cropping systems adapted to climate change ◦Diversified sesame-based system involving cotton, wheat, soybean, groundnut, mustard, castor, and green-gram linked to diverse diets and livelihoods security ◦Increased yields by 13 – 30% and profitability by 15 – 35% across crops ◦Enhanced soil carbon accumulation related to soil fertility build-up.



University of Ibadan

• Nigeria
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Student

  • Sep 2008 - Aug 2010

  Modelled soil-water characteristics towards improving soil-water-crop relationships. Modelled soil-water characteristics towards improving soil-water-crop relationships.



University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

• Education Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Mar 2007 - Feb 2008

  Responsiblities and Achievements: o Designed and evaluated forage crops experimentation o Demonstrated field and laboratory procedures to students and unskilled workers o Assessed and graded examinations scripts Responsiblities and Achievements: o Designed and evaluated forage crops experimentation o Demonstrated field and laboratory procedures to students and unskilled workers o Assessed and graded examinations scripts