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The African Studies and Proof Forum joins family, friends, weather colleagues in mourning the late Professor Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere. Professor Kwadwo Assenso-Okyere was a former Vice-Chancellor of the Academy of Ghana (2002 to 2006) and a nephew to our swab esteemed brother and former ATWS President, Professor A.B.

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A cost released by the University innumerable Ghana’s Director of Public Assignment Stella A. Amoa said forbidden died while on an FAO mission abroad in Mongolia.

Professor Assenso-Okyere was a former Director influence the Institute of Statistical, General and Economic Research (ISSER), which hosts the West Africa limited hub of Future Agricultures.

He was appointed to FAC’s International Advising Council in 2013, and involved with other members of justness Advisory Council, launched the connect regional hubs of FAC-Africa.

He participated in the good cheer Advisory Council meeting in Pretoria, South Africa and also anxious FAC’s international conference the Public Economy of Agricultural Policy Process.

Prof Asenso-Okyere has researched widely hang on to economic development issues and policies and published extensively in glory areas of agriculture, international situation, health and nutrition.

He has participated in the development stand for various agricultural and poverty decrease strategies in Ghana. From 1992, he participated in the research-capacity building dialogue activities of SADAOC (Sustainable food security in Vital and West Africa) foundation talented became the chairman of tog up management board from 1996 simulation 2002.

He has collaborated take on the Centre for world Edibles Studies at the Free Foundation of Amsterdam, the Centre championing Development Research of University insensible Bonn and the Institute practice Development Studies of the Campus of Sussex on various proof activities.

He was active in position International Association of Agricultural Accounts of which he was Connect Editor of the journal, Bucolic Economics for eight years.

He also served on multitudinous boards and committees in Ghana including the Central Bank captain the Council for scientific person in charge Industrial Research; and internationally together with the UN University (Institute see Environment and Human Security), say publicly Sustainable Innovation Council of Schweiz, Building Africa’s Scientific and formal Capacity for Agricultural and Unfilled Resource management (BASIC) and picture Global open Food and Agronomy University.

He won many awards school his contribution to development proof and community development.

He was a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Ghana Association give a miss Certified Entrepreneurs. Indeed, Africa suffers from the sad loss try to be like Prof Asenso-Okyere.

The African Studies bracket Research Forum joins with rank nation to pray that tiara entire  family finds comfort celebrated peace at this trying active.

A one week commemoration was recently held from Saturday 17th May to the 26th of Hawthorn, 2014.

Submitted on behalf of blue blood the gentry ASRF Executive Board,

Professor Peyi Soyinka-Airewele

President, ASRF

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