Dr. Debo Akande is a distinguished international development leader with over 30 years of strategic leadership experience. He is the Executive Adviser to the Governor of Oyo State on International Cooperation Development and doubles as the pioneer Director-General of Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency. Debo is also a Director with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) with four portfolios in 17 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa.
He was the former Head of Olusegun Obasanjo Station in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the third largest IITA Research for Development station in Africa. He has led several international development projects for and with diverse international institutions, including the World Bank, African Development Bank, Deloitte LLP USA, USAID, UK DFID, Canada Finance, Gate Foundation Australia Aid, and British Council.
He has piloted several global agricultural development projects with verifiable success, which include the World Bank Integrated Project for Agricultural Growth (PICAGL) in the Great Lakes of Africa and the Multi-Donor AgResults Global Initiative. He was a member of the Global Consortium Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Research Program on Agriculture for Health and Nutrition and one of the four Country Coordinators of the CGIAR Flagship on Food System and Healthier Diet in the World, and the second in Africa.
He has a Doctoral Degree in Business Administration from the University of Hertfordshire, the United Kingdom. He also holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in international development studies from the United Kingdom and Diplomas in International Environmental Law at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Switzerland, and Agribusiness Management from the African University, Nigeria. He was trained in Climate Change Management at Oxford University, United Kingdom, Food Security Policy at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Bank, Negotiation, Conflict Analysis, and Management from the United States Institute of Peace, United States, among others.
He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute of the United Kingdom. He has authored over 20 articles in leading high-impact global journals, contributing to the discourse on agribusiness and international development worldwide. His articles have received distinct awards, including co-author of the Best Paper of the Year 2016 by the World Mycotoxin Journal.
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