User:Toyin kolawole

Toyin Kolawole earned a Doctorate in Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology from the Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly University of Ife), Ile-Ife, Nigeria, and an MA degree in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex, Brighton, England. He is presently Senior Lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University where he teaches, conducts rural development research and engages in community service. He was Federal Government of Nigeria scholar from 1994 -1995. A laureate of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Oluwatoyin has received a number of international academic awards including the Reading/Literacy Research Fellowship and the Elva Knight Research Grant. He has published extensively in academic journals in Africa, Asia, America and Europe. Dr. Kolawole is a member of many international research networks including the International Rural Network (IRN), International Reading Assocaition (IRA), Rural Sociological Society (RSS), Missouri, Columbia, etc. Having extensive experience at the interface of science, policy and agriculture in Africa, his major research interests are in rural capacity development, local knowledge and sustainable agriculture. Toyin Kolawole has consulted for NGOs and other reputable organisations including the Salzburg Global Seminar (SGS) based in Austria.