| Expert Name | Dr. Iro Nkama |
| Title | Senior Lecturer & Head of Dept. |
| Division | Dept. of Food Science & Technology |
| Institution | University of Maiduguri |
| City | Maiduguri |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Telephone | 234 70 233 050 ext. 3020 |
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| Work Experience | - Product development in the improvement of traditional Nigerian foods such as masa, ndaleyi, gari, fura da nono, sinasin, danwake etc., production and evaluation of weaning foods;
- Evaluation of end use quality of wheat and millet grown in Nigeria;
- Malting properties of some local cereals and legumes, village level dehulling and milling.
- Involved in food and process development and consultancy programmes for small scale enterprises and government organisations, UNN INRA programme on natural resources in Africa.
- I have also been involved in studies on moulds and mycotoxin contamination of stored foods.
- Currently, involved in ROCAFREMI (WCAMRNW) West and Central African Millet Research Network on Food Technology of Millet
- I participated in AA-UNU training programme on the production of high protein energy foods for the vulnerable groups in Africa in Accra, Ghana.
- I am a recipient of UNU Fellowship for advanced Studies in Food and Nutrition, in Central Food Technol |
| Qualifications | B.Sc., Food Science and Technology, University of Nigeria, 1981
Ph.D., Food Science, University of Leeds, UK, 1986 |
| Number of Publications | 0 |
| Awards | - Awarded Best Student of the Year Prize in Department of FST UNN, 1981
- Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarship Award, 1983-1986
- United Nations University (UNU) Fellow, 1993 |
| Other Activities | - Member of Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology
- Institute of Food Science ad Technology, UK
- Consultant to Raw Material Research and Development Council, (RMRDC) |
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| Discipline | Other |
| Last updated | 10/05/2007 10:17:00 |
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