Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole

Ogunwole has his first, second and third degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Between the year 1990 - 1992, he served as manager of Yula farm, Kaduna.^[3]

Ogunwole taught in the department of Crop Production and Protection, Federal University, Dutsin-Ma between Dec 2013 - Mar 2016, and served as Director of the University Advancement and Linkages.^[4]

He is a Professor of Soil Physics, Department of Soil Science & Land Resource Management, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, until his appointment as a Vice-Chancellor of Bowen University.^[5]

In 2004, Joshua Ogunwole received research merit award for sustainable agriculture, from the Schweisfurth foundation and support Africa international of Germany.^[6]

In 2012, at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, he successfully organized an International Workshop on Soil Physical Processes in West Africa.^[7]

Ogunwole was admitted to the College of Research Associates of the United Nations University – Institute for Natural Resources for Africa in 2015. He is a member of soil science society Nigeria.^[8]

Projects include:

• Tracking the fate of pulse-labeled carbon and nitrogen in Pearl Millet residues, freshly incorporated, into soils
• Evaluation of Maize-Desmodium-Soybean Cropping Effect on Soil Quality and Crop Yields in an Alfisols of Northern Guinea Savanna, Nigeria (which he researched with other six professors).
• He is also one of the eight collaborators on the research project titled Soil properties Characterisation.

Joshua Ogunwole had written over 60 research paper and article, notable among them are:

• contribution of Jatropha curcas to soil quality improvement in a degraded Indian entisol.
• Soil organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus distribution in stable aggregate of an Ultisol under contrasting land use and management history.

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