Background
Okogbenin, Emmanuel was born on December 23, 1961 in Lagos, Nigeria. Son of Anthony Iyili and Martha Okogbenin.
Okogbenin, Emmanuel was born on December 23, 1961 in Lagos, Nigeria. Son of Anthony Iyili and Martha Okogbenin.
Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Breeding and Molecular Genetics, University Ibadan, Nigeria. Doctor of Philosophy, CIAT, Colombia, 2004.
Researcher International Institute Tripical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1990—1998. Visiting researcher International Center Tropical Agriculture, Cali, Colombia, 1998—2002. Consultant breeder, agronomist Nigeria Starch Mills, Ihiala, Anambra, 2003—2004.
Breeder CIAT, Colombia, 2005—2009. Molecular breeder NRCRI, Nigeria, since 2005. Product delivery coordinator CaSSAV9 Generation Challenge Programme, 2009.
Member Opus dei, Ibadan, 1994—2009. Member of International Society Root & Tuber Crops.
Married Paulina Ifeanyichukwu Ofili. Children: Anthony Chukwudi, Paul Eromosele.