Dr. Ibrahim Folorunsho Ayanda

Community/Town of Origin: Ilala, Irepodun ;LGA

• Educational Background:

B.Sc(Hons), Agric. In Animal Science, (1977), Master of Business Administration (MBA, 1983), M.Sc.Agric. Extension and Rural Development (2003), Ph.D  Rural Development (2009).

• Professional Career/Experience:

Employed as Livestock Office II, November, 1978 by Ministry of Agriculture, Ilorin, Kwara State, Seconded to Kwara Agricultural Development Project in 1988 as Subject Matter Specialist (SMS) Livestock in 1988: Appointed Zonal Extension Officer (ZEO, Zone C, Malete, 1001, 19991), Deputy Director (Extension Services (1991) and Director of Technical Services (1997), Deployed back to the Ministry of Agriculture, as Head, Livestock Services Division in 2004. Retired in 2010 Employed as Lecturer II in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development (on Contract) in 2010 and appointed, Senior Lecturer in Agricultural Extension in 2024. I published 74 Research papers in Local, National and International Journals. I also published 2 Chapters in different books on Agricultural Extension and Rural Development. Attended International Conferences on Extension in United States of America (2014, 1981), Thailand (2012), Great Britain (1991).

• Present Career and Occupation: Consultancy Services, Farming

• Awards, Honours and Recognition:

1. National Award (University Scholarship) University of Ibadan, 1974/75 Academic Session
2. Chief Baa’Shelu of Ilala (1985)L *Chief Otun Aare Muslim of Ilala, 2008
3. Member/ Chairman Board of Governors, Oyelagbawo Grammar School, Ilala (179 – 2004)
4. Financial Secretary, Omo Ibile Igbomina, 2008- 2014
5. Current Treasurer, Asepo Igbomina 2026
6. Fellow, Post Graduate College of Animal Science of Nigeria (FCANS), 2015
7. Fellow, Nigerian Institute of Animal Science ( FNIAS, 2011).
8. Member, International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS, ID MI60197), 2016
9. Member, Rural Sociological Association of Nigeria (RUSAN, (Membership No. 0109, 2015)
10. Registered Member, Nigeria Institute of Animal Science, (ASAN, RAS 00041, 2014)
11. Member, Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria (AESON, No. 89, 2011)
12. Registered Member, Animal Science Association of Nigeria (77/006), 2010
13. Council member, Animal Science Association of Nigeria (2010-2014)
14. Secretary, Board of Fellows (BOFs), Nigerian Institute of Animal Science (NAIS), (2014-2021)