Dr. Edna Augustine Akpan

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Dr. Edna Augustine Akpan Holds a PGDE, B. Agric., M.Sc. and Ph.D Crop Science from Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria. Formerly International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) - Cassava Enterprise Development Programme (CEDP) Akwa Ibom State Manager, later CEDP South-South Coordinator.
She is the South-South coordinator as well as Cross River State Commercialisation of Biofortified Crops (CBC) Programme Coordinator in Nigeria. She also monitors HarvestPlus projects in Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) and is a major Player in promoting Biofortified Crops value chain and mainstreaming into Government.