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Babagana Ahmadu

Babagana Ahmadu

Dr. Babagana Ahmadu is FAO Representative in South Africa as of 1st January 2023. Prior to this post, he served as FAO Representative in three countries in Africa, Namibia, the Republic of Gambia, and Sudan. He previously worked as a Livestock Development Officer in the Livestock Credit Unit of the Nigerian Agricultural Cooperative and Rural Development Bank in Kaduna, Nigeria.

Babagana also worked as an Assistant Lecturer at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Maiduguri in Nigeria, and was appointed to the post of Lecturer at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Maiduguri. He was the pioneer Director for Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union Commission (AUC –DREA) and was instrumental in developing policies and strategic frameworks on leading global issues in many countries across Africa. As the first substantive Director for the AUC – DREA, Babagana provided the overall leadership, as well as managed all Heads of Divisions/Specialized Technical Offices under the department in different parts of Africa.

He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Veterinary Medicine (Livestock Development) from the University of Zambia, a Master of Science in Tropical Animal Production and Health from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria.

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    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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    Representative in South Africa

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