{"id":11885,"date":"2026-06-09T18:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/staff\/omoigui-lucky\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T18:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:24:08","slug":"omoigui-lucky","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/staff\/omoigui-lucky\/","title":{"rendered":"Omoigui, Lucky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"s4\">Lucky Osabuohien Omoigui, is a <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Professor of <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Plant Breeding and Genetics<\/span><span class=\"s4\">.<\/span> <span class=\"s4\">He joined<\/span> <span class=\"s4\">the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) as a <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Seed Systems Specialist in 2016. <\/span><span class=\"s4\">He received his <\/span><span class=\"s5\">bachelor\u2019s <\/span><span class=\"s4\">degree in Agriculture (<\/span><span class=\"s6\">Crop science option<\/span><span class=\"s4\">) from the <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Ahmadu<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> Bello University, Zaria, in 1999, <\/span><span class=\"s5\">a Master of Science<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> degree in <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Plant Science<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> and a Doctorate in <\/span><span class=\"s5\">Plant Breeding and Genetics<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> also from the <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Ahmadu<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> Bello University, Zaria in 2003 and 2010, respectively. <\/span><span class=\"s4\">He also received <\/span><span class=\"s4\">a non-degree<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> training in plant molecular biology and genomic tools from the University of Virginia<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, USA. <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Omoigui has extensive experience spanni<\/span><span class=\"s4\">ng over 20 years in fast-paced, <\/span><span class=\"s4\">multidisciplinary and multicultural environments, working on improving productivity and profitability for smallholder farmers, gender equity, youth empowerment, and solving the perpetual problem of food, nutrition and income insecurity of the less privileged in developing countries. \u00a0<\/span> <span class=\"s4\">Il<\/span><span class=\"s8\"> is leading seed systems research to develop innovative seed system models for increased demand-driven, gender-equitable and timely access to quality seed of leg<\/span><span class=\"s8\">umes and other inputs by small-<\/span><span class=\"s8\">scale producers. <\/span><span class=\"s4\">He is currently leading and managing the cowpea seed delivery component of the <\/span><span class=\"s4\">AVISA <\/span><span class=\"s4\">project in West Africa and a co-lead, WP2, <\/span><span class=\"s4\">SeEdQual<\/span><span class=\"s4\">-Delivering Genetic Gains in Farmers\u2019 Field of the <\/span><span class=\"s4\">OneCGIAR<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> initiative.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucky Osabuohien Omoigui, is a Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics. 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