Tomilayo Adekanye, Date of Birth

Tomilayo Adekanye

Nigerian agricultural economics professor

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1942

Profession: economist, academic

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Tomilayo Adekanye is a Nigerian professor of Agricultural Economics.
She was the first female professor in any Agricultural-related field in Nigeria, and the first in Agricultural economics in Africa.
She commenced her university teaching career as staff member of Department of Agricultural Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University (then University of Ife) between 1966 and 1975.
She moved subsequently to University of Ibadan\'s Department of Agricultural Economics, as Lecturer I (1975) rising there steadily through the rank of Senior Lecturer (1977), Associate Professor (Reader) in 1980 to full position of Professor in 1983.
Between 1990-91, she was commissioner for Trade and Investment in Oyo State.
She is also a one-time commissioner of Agriculture in the state.
She is married to Bayo Adekanye, a professor of Political Science and chairman of the governing council of Chrisland University.
Organizations and agencies with which she has previously consulted at the international level include ECA, ILO, FAO, IFAD, UNDP, UNICEF, UNIFEM, and Ford Foundation.