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SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

DATE                                                 SCHOLARSHIP/AWARD

 

OCT. 1997-NOV. 1999                      University of Ghana Postgraduate

                                                             Scholarship  

 

 

SEPT. 2000                                        USAID Travel Award to attend the World Cowpea Research Conference III., Ibadan, Nigeria,  Sept., 4-7,2000.

 

JULY 2002                                         German Development Co-operations (GTZ) Travel Award to attend the First Pan-African Conference (ITANA 2002) on IT in The Advancement Of Nutrition In Africa. Nairobi, Kenya. July 21-24, 2002.

 

OCT. 2002                                         UN/FAO Scholarship to attend the Third ECSAFOODS Course (Food Comp 2002, Pretoria). Pretoria, South Africa, October 14 - Nov 1, 2002.

 

MAY 2003                                          International Foundation for Science (IFS) Travel Award to attend the International Working Meeting of Foods In Africa (Food Africa 2003) on Improving Food Systems in sub-Saharan Africa: Responding to a changing Environment. Yaounde International Conference Centre, Yaounde, Cameroon, May 5 9, 2003.

 

MAY 2003                                          Technical Centre for Agriculture (CTA) Travel Award to attend the Third Taro Symposium on Research and Developments on Taro and other Related Crops, Tanoa International Conference Centre, Nadi, Fiji Islands, May 21- 23, 2003.

 

JUNE 2003                                          UNESCO Travel Award to attend the UNESCO Pre-Conference on Ways of Promoting A Culture of Peace,  Pallervo Institute, Revontulentie 9, Espoo-Tapiola, Helsinki, Finland, June 12-14, 2003.

 

JUNE 2003                                          UNESCO Travel Award to attend the UNESCO Conference on Teaching and Learning for Intercultural Education (UNESCO             2003), University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland, June 15 - 18, 2003.

 

JULY 2003                                          International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST) Young Food Scientist Award and Scholarship to the 12th World Food Congress, Chicago, U.S.A. July 12-15, 2003.

 

JULY 2003                                          Outstanding Student Honour Award by the Michigan State University and an invitation to become a lifetime member of the Outstanding Students Honour Society, USA.

 

SEPT. 2003                                         Travel Award to attend the 24th African Health Sciences Congress on Challenges and Strategies in Combating Health Problems in Africa, Towards Development Efforts, African Union Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, September 28 October 2, 2003.

 

MARCH 2004                                     Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) Fellowship to attend the Global Nutrition Programme at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.

 

OCTOBER 2004                                 Netherlands Fellowship to attend a Training Programme on Food Industry and Agri-Business at the Wageningen International Agricultural Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

 

 

 

NOVEMBER 2004                             Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) Fellowship to attend the Global Nutrition Follow-up Programme at the University of Peridiniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

 

DECEMBER 2004                              Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship to attend the First International Working Meeting of the Society of African Journal Editors, Lenana Mount Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya, December 11 – 15, 2004.

 

 

MARCH 2005                                     Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) Fellowship to attend the Global Nutrition Final Evaluation Seminar at the Eastern Residence Hotel, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

 

 

July 2005                                           Child Nutrition Foundation’s Fellowship to attend the Global Child Nutrition Forum and the Annual National Congress of the School Nutrition Association, Baltimore Convention Centre, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, July 12 – 20, 2005.

 

 

SEPTEMBER 2005                             Technical Centre for Agriculture (CTA) Travel Award to attend the Second Pan-African Conference (ITANA 2005) on IT in the Advancement of Nutrition in Africa, Cape Town, South Africa,  September 18-21, 2005.

 

 

NOVEMBER 2005                             ENERGIA Foundation Fellowship to attend the First TIE-ENERGIA Training Workshop on Mainstreaming Gender in Energy Project Planning. Lenana Mount Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya, November 20 – 28, 2005.

 

 

 

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