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Brief Biography (English)
Dr. Ahmed was born in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria. He is trained as Crop Protectionist. Dr.Ahmed studied Plant Pathology at both Masters and Doctorate levels. Furthermore, he specialized in the epidemiology of fungal diseases (field and storage) affecting tropical crops. He has many years of teaching experience in plant pathology and research experience particularly in seed mycopathology and post-harvest management of agricultural produce. He is currently working on the use of natural products in the control of seed-borne fungal pathogens as a replacement for the conventional synthetic fungicides.