Asamoah Larbi is IITA\u2019s Country Representative in Ghana and a Chief Scientist for the USAID-funded project on \u2018Sustainable Intensification of Cereal- based Farming Systems in the Guinea Savannahs of West Africa\u2019, based in Tamale, northern Ghana. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Florida, Gainesville (1989) with a major in forage agronomy and a minor in ruminant nutrition, M.Sc. in Animal Production and Forage Science (1982), and a B,Sc, in Agriculture, Animal Production (1979).<\/p>\n
He has worked as a research scientist at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), 2003 to 2011, and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), then known as the International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA), 1989 to 2003. Earlier in his professional career, he was a Lecturer at the Animal Science Department, University of Ghana (1982-1986), and an Animal Husbandry Officer (1979-1980) with the Ghana Ministry of Agriculture.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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