PRIZES, HONOURS, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

· Best final Year Project in AE&FM Dept. UNAAB 1992/93

· The Best All-round graduating Student from the school of Agriculture, Oyo 1986/87

· University Scholarship to pursue M. Agric. Programme, 1995/97

· Best result in M.Agric. Programme, in the 1995/96 Academic Session 1995/96

· Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarship to pursue Ph.D. degree 2003

· Grant by CIAT (international Centre for Tropical Agriculture) Colombia 2004

· Grant by the Department for International Development (DFID), UK to carry out research on commercialization of cassava Fufu processing in West Africa, in collaboration with the National Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Kent, United Kingdom 2000 – 2002

· Grant by the European Union (EU), to carry out a research on the “development of small and medium scale enterprise sector producing cassava based products to meet emerging urban demand in West Africa” In collaboration with the natural resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Kent, United Kingdom; University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana; Food and Flour Limited, Ghana Institute of Advanced research, Vienna, Austria; Food Research Institute, Accra, Ghana 2002-2006

· Member, Academic Brief Committee, Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State 2003 · Consulting Editor, American Biographical Association. 2004-till date

· Research Grant by Department for International Development to carry out a study on Investigations on building a food marketing policy evidence base in Nigeria. CNTR 04 5785 2005 · Resource Person, FAO sponsored Development of Land Use Policy for Nigeria n2005-2006

· Resource Person, Development of Cash Policy for Ogun State, Aug., 2007

· Business Manager, Nigeria Association of Agricultural Economics 2007 till date

· Sponsorship by Chinese Government to attend international workshop for teachers in African Countries held at Hebei University of Economics and Business, China. 2009

· Linkages with the Department for international Development (DFID), UK

· Linkages with the Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Kent, United Kingdom

· Linkages with the University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

· Linkages with the Institute of Advanced Research, Vienna, Austria 2009 Chinese Scholarship: To attend “Seminar on Economics and Business for Teachers of African countries. Sponsored by the People’s Republic of China and organised by the Hebei University of Economics and Business. Held at the World Trade Plaza Hotel, Shijiazhuang, China from September 7 – 28, 2009.