Professor E.B. Soniaya

Ph.D (Cornell), M.Phil., B.Sc., (Ife). Professor of Animal Science, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Visiting scientist, Federal Meat Research Centre, Kulmbach, Technical University Berlin, International Livestock Research Institute. Visiting professor, Universities of Hohenheim, Bonn, and Copenhagen.

Founder, International Network for Family Poultry Development. Principal Investigator for African Chicken Genetic Gain – Nigeria (2015-2019). 160 publications, 16 books (latest in 2014 by FAO in English and French). Chairman, Smallholder Poultry Forum.

Consultant, FAO, World Bank, German, Netherlands, Danish, Tanzania, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Kenya and Sudan governments. Scientific adviser, International Foundation for Science. Team Leader, Poultry Value Chain, Agricultural Transformation Agenda, Federal Government of Nigeria.