Ezinne E. Okorie is a highly driven and result-oriented agronomist/ agripreneur with a keen interest in sustainable food production in sub-Saharan Africa.
She possesses the demonstrated capability to leverage best practices in the improvement of agricultural productivity and food production, and also the capability to implement and manage agricultural development and capacity building.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Agronomy Officer (Research and Development) at Savannah Sugar Company – Dangote group (currently here)
- Soil management and fertilizer recommendation for the sugarcane estate.
- Evaluation and screening of sugarcane varieties to study suitability for large scale commercial planting.
- Trials and demonstrations for inputs for the optimization of estate operation.
- Planning and execution of seed nursery program with suitable varietal combination in order to achieve adequate percentage variety per area of the commercial estate
- Monitoring the implementation new technologies and corrective intervention in sugarcane production activities for the ultimate increase in the estate’s productivity.
Independent research (Jan, 2015 – present)
With research interest in
- Soil and Nutrient Management
- Under-utilized African crops for food security
Agronomist at Agro News and Investments Nigeria Ltd. (2018)
- Planning and implementation of the company’s Farmers Empower Initiative for bambara nut and sesame farmers.
National Service at Department of Soil Science and Land Resource Management, University of Nigeria Nsukka (2016-2017)
- Research support
Intern at National Root Crops Research Institute (NRCRI) Umudike (2013)
- Soil handling and analysis
- Research support
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Soil and Nutrient Management
- Marginal environments
- Underutilised crop species of Africa
- Capacity Building
EDUCATION
- M. Tech Soil Science: Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria (2019)
- B. Tech. Agric. (Hons) Soil Science with first class: Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria (2015).
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
- Member, Soil Science Society of Nigeria
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
[Ongoing] Identification of Under-utilized crops with the potential to contribute to climate change adaptation and food security in Sub-saharan Africa
[Ongoing] Trials to develop the agronomic strategy for maximum sugarcane productivity in Savannah Sugar Company Ltd, Numan Nigeria.
[With the publisher] An investigation on the anaerobic detoxification of soybean mill wastewater and its suitability for fertigation.
[Published] A. Ibrahim, E. E. Okorie, M. L. Bubarai (2018). The potential of engineered pyrogenic carbon in revitalizing fertility of Sub-Saharan African soils: A Review IJANS vol 7-5 pg 109-122
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[Published] E. E. Okorie, S. E. Obalum, L. Singh (2017). The potential of fermented cottonseed oil-mill effluent as inexpensive biofertilizers and its agronomic evaluation on medium-textured tropical soil Int J Recycl Org Waste Agricult DOI 10.1007/s40093-017-0158-6
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[Published] S. A. Gisilanbe, H. J. Philip, R. I. Solomon and E. E. Okorie (2017) Variation in Soil Physical and chemical properties as affected by three slope positions and their management implications in Ganye, North-Eastern Nigeria. AJSSPN, 2(3): 1-13
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