{"id":11877,"date":"2026-06-09T18:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/staff\/kamai-nkeki\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T18:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:24:08","slug":"kamai-nkeki","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/staff\/kamai-nkeki\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamai, Nkeki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nkeki Kamai, a Nigerian, is the Coordinator N2Africa, Borno State. Kamai holds a BS degree in General Agriculture from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1984), MSc degree (1994), and a doctorate degree in Crop Production and Physiology (2010) from the University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before he took up this appointment, he was a Lecturer at the University of Maiduguri where he conducted research work tailored toward the improvement of crop production for biotic and abiotic stresses in the Nigerian savannas. 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