Background
Rhodes, Edward Ronald was born on October 17, 1944 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Son of Joseph Edward and Alice Effuah Rhodes.
Rhodes, Edward Ronald was born on October 17, 1944 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Son of Joseph Edward and Alice Effuah Rhodes.
Bachelor of Science, University Sierra Leone, Freetown, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, University Aberdeen, England, 1972.
Senior scientist International Fertilizer Development Center, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 1988—1993. Component advisor Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, Lilongwe, Malawi, 1996—1997. Professor and head, department of soil science University Sierra Leone, Freetown, 1994—2004, dean faculty of agriculture, 2003—2004.
Chief executive National Agricultural Research Coordinator Council, since 2004. Consultant, agronomist Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations, Lilongwe, Malawi, 1997, Freetown, 99, consultant agriculturist/, co-team leader, 2003. Consultant, agronomist European Commission, Brussels, 1999—2000, African Development Bank, Abidjan, 2000.
Member regional advisory committee Resource Center on Urban Agriculture and Food Security. Fellow: Inter University Research Council Sierra Leone (president 1999—2005). Member: Society Chemical Industry, American Society Agronomy.
Married Bernadette Moro John, September 27, 1975. Children: Bernard Kingston, Lorna Oredola.