Prof. Akeem Abolade OYERINDE, fesn is the current Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Abuja, Nigeria. Member of the 10th Governing Council of University of Abuja, Member University of Abuja Senate. Prof. Oyerinde is the Country Representative for the 2024 Food System Innovation Challenge & 2025 Nature-Based Solutions in the Food System organized by Wageningen, University, the Netherlands. He is the National Chairman of the Standard Organization of Nigeria Technical Committee on Apiculture Products, Technical Chairman of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Raw Materials and Research Development Council Committee on Capacity Development of Village Technicians in the Action Against Desertification (AAD) Communities in Nigeria and Council member of the Entomological Society of Nigeria (ESN), Nigeria Apiculture Platform, Society for the Conservation of Phytofuels and Sciences (SCOPAS) and member of the 2024 Ad-hoc Accreditation Panel for the Faculty of Agriculture, Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto for the Agriculture Programme as well as a researcher of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCC). Oyerinde is an alumnus of University of Ilorin (The Better by Far University) Ilorin, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, China, Galilee Institute of Management (GIMI) Israel and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Sciences (CAAMS), China. Associate Consultant for the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) Market Assessment and Capacity Building on Agricultural Value Chains in Nigeria by Kapital Benchmarks Limited, Bancorp Limited, HADAS Store Limited, Consultant to the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) Strategic Projects. Prof. Oyerinde is the Vice President of the Society for the Conservation of Phytofuels and Sciences (SCOPAS), National Secretary of the Entomological Society of Nigeria (ESN), National Secretary of the Nigeria Apiculture Platform as well as the National Assistant Secretary of Nigeria Honeybee Stakeholder Forum (NHSF). He is member of American Society of Microbiology (ASM), Pakistan Entomological Association (PAK), African Union Working Groups of the African Apiculture Platform (AAP), International Congress of Entomology (ICE), Nigeria Academy of Science NAS), Institute of Entrepreneur (IoE) Nigeria, Federation of Beekeeper Association of Nigeria (FEBKAN), Nigeria Society of Experimental Biology (NISEB), Nigerian Society for Plant Protection (NSPP), Nigeria Institute of Landscape Horticulturist (NILH) and the Nigerian Biological Safety Association (NIBSA).
Oyerinde served as initiator and project coordinator of University of Ilorin/NYSC Apicultural Venture (2003-2007) as well as the University of Abuja Apiculture Project financed by the STEP B (World Bank assisted) 2008 to date. Akeem was a member of the University of Ilorin Resource Management Board (2003-2007) .He served as Resource Person/Facilitator to African Union Development Agency AUDA-NEPAD Manufacturer Association of Nigeria (MAN),Economic and Business Strategies (EBS), NIRSAL, World Bank, FAO, GIZ, NYSC, NAPEP, FADAMA III Project, Global Share Alliance (GSA), Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technologist (NISLT), National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), ISECO, INIT, COMSATS, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, Nigeria, Area Councils in the FCT, Abuja, Nigeria and public analyst on contemporary issues on Agripreneurship, Agricultural Finance and Development in Nigeria and oversea.
He has published widely on Agripreneurship, Entrepreneurship, Agricultural Value Chain, Honeybee Entomology, Insect Taxonomy, Storage and Field Entomology and Environmental Impact Assessment focusing on impact of Climate Change on agricultural production and food safety in reputable national and international journals and author of three academic textbooks.
Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Agriculture,
University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria.
Email: akeem.oyerinde@uniabuja.edu.ng;
- oyerindehyphae2002@gmail.com;
- oyerindehyphae2002@yahoo.com
Phone No: 07055481935, 08162180718
