PRIZES, HONOURS, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
• Mentor, International Union of Food Science and Technology Ed Food Dehydration forum (http://www.iufost.org/forum/), July 2009 till date.
• Resource Person, Train the Trainer Workshop on Cassava Processing and Product Development by Unleashed the Power of Cassava in Africa Project, IITA/Sierra Leone Root and Tuber Crop Research Station/Food Research Institute, Pokuase, Ghana, 14-16 July, 2009
• Resource Person, Train the Trainer Workshop on Cassava Processing and Product Development by Unleashed the Power of Cassava in Africa Project, IITA/Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institutes, SLARI, Freetown, 9-13 June 2009
• Resource Person (Advance Instrumentation and its sustainability) for UNAAB EMC 2nd in-house training workshop for technologists, Julius Okojie Lecture Theatre, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, 12 March 2009.
• Resource Person (writing a winning research grant proposal) for the Federal College of Education Training Workshop on Empirical Research, Abeokuta, Nigeria, 3 March 2009
• Attended Roundtable on university-Firm Interaction in Nigeria at the Seminar Room of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Ibadan, Nigeria, 19 February, 2009
• Resource Person for the training of Unemployed graduates/Youth as Special Agricultural Extension Service Providers by the Federal Government of Nigeria via Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, 18 December 2008
• CGIAR Award Regional Technology Development in Sub Saharan Africa, 2 Dec 2008
• Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST) 16 October 2008.
• Vice President 2, Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST) October 2008 till date.
• Secretary, Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST) Foundation, 2007-2008.
• Visiting Fellow, Greenwich University/Natural Resources Institute, Uk, June 2008 to date. http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:G8gGTFV-b9cJ:www.gre.ac.uk/__data/assets/word_doc/0008/242477/Court-minutes-21-10-08.doc+Sanni+Lateef+Natural+Resources+Institute&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=il
• Task force Member for the implementation of 10% inclusion of cassava flour in bread, with the Office of the Special Assistant to the President on Food Security, Abuja, February 2007.
• Outstanding Award-2006 Academic Accomplishment by Junior Chambers International, Abeokuta, 2 October, 2006, Gateway Hotel, Abeokuta, Nigeria
• Outstanding Alumni 2006 by UNAAB Alumni Association, Lagos Chapter, Paragon Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, 1st October 2006
• Outstanding Award – 2005 Annual Performance Appraisal Exercise, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria
• The most Outstanding Alumnus Award-2005 presented by UNAAB Alumni Association at the 10th Anniversary, Gateway Hotel, Abeokuta, 14 January 2006.
• Best Oral Presenter at the 7th African Crops Science Conference organized by African Crops Science Society, Entebbe, Uganda, 5-9 December 2005.
• Editorial Member, International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2005; Reviewer to Journal of Food Science and Agriculture, UK, 2006; African Journal of Root and Tuber Crops; West African Journals of Foods and Nutrition; Nigerian Food Journal, ASSET-An International Journal; Journal of Nigerian Society of Animal Production & Health; Conference Proceeding of Horticulture Society of Nigeria, etc.
• National Secretary, Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology, October 2003 to 12th October 2005.
• National Assistant Secretary, Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology, 2001-2003.
• Outstanding Service Award (2001), in recognition of my contribution as Chairman of a Subcommittee of the LOC, of the 5th African Crop Science Conference held at Lagos Nigeria from 21-26 October 2001.
COMMENDATION
• Commendation letter by the Director RESDEC for Innovative contributions during World Intellectual Property Day 2009 dated 29 April, 2009
• Commendation letter by the Chairman, OMAT/Stakeholders Planning Committee, 10 March, 2009
• Congratulatory Letter by the National President, Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology, Lagos, 31 December 2008
• Appreciation Letter by the Registrar, UNAAB for donating Spectrophotometer (UNISPEC 23D) to the University as my noble contribution to the growth and development to the University, 29 December 2008
• Congratulatory Letter by the Registrar, UNAAB for receiving CGIAR Award, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, 29 December 2008
• IITA Board Chair Commendation Letter on CGIAR AWARD, 26 Dec 2008
• Appreciation letter by the President & Governing Council, Nigerian Institute of Food Science & Technology, for dedicated service as the Secretary of NIFST Foundation (2007-2008) dated 30 January, 2008.
• Commendation letter by Chairman, Scientific and Training Committee, Nigerian Institute of Food Science & Technology, as facilitator to the 6th Training workshop on Research Methodology, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, 14-16 August, 2007.
• Letter of commendation and appreciation by the Acting Vice Chancellor-Prof I. Adamson, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, May 17 2007.
• Departmental Commendation (2002): in recognition of my contributions to the progress of the department.
• College recognition (1999): in recognition of the completion of my PhD in record time and other achievements.
