Background
Chianu, Jonas Nwankwo Son of Chianumba Ugwu and Mgbafor Chianu.
researcher agricultural products executive
Chianu, Jonas Nwankwo Son of Chianumba Ugwu and Mgbafor Chianu.
Bachelor of Science, University Nigeria, Nsukka, 1984. Master of Science in Agricultural Economics, University Ibadan, Nigeria, 1991. Doctor of Philosophy, University Ibadan, Nigeria, 2000.
Master of Science in Agricultural Development, Wye College, University London, Kent, 1994.
Instructor Various Secondary Schools, Igbekebo, Nigeria, 1985—1987, Obollo Etiti, Nigeria. Research assistant International Institute Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1987—1992, research associate, 1992—2001, deputy project coordinator & consultant agricultural economist, 2001, consultant agricultural economist, 2003—2004. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science postdoctoral fellow, Division Natural Resource Economics International Rural Development, Graduate School Agriculture, Kyoto University, 2001—2003.
Senior research fellow-socioeconomics Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute International Center Tropical Agriculture, Nairobi, Kenya, 2005—2007, senior scientist-agricultural economist, since 2007, acting director, 2006, 2008, acting afnet coordinator, since 2008.
Member of African Crop Science Society ACSS, Farm Management Association Nigeria, Nigerian Association Agricultural Economists, West African Association Agricultural Economists, African Association Agricultural Economists, International Association Agricultural Economists.
Married Justina Nwanganga Philip-Oriaku, November 12, 1994. Children: Joy Chizoba, Jonas Chukwuemeka Junior, Shalom Kenechi, Francis Chigozirije.