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Plant Breeding, Plant Genomics, Crop Development, Forestry.
Nigeria

Biography

Olawale is a dynamic personality with a knack for uniqueness. He loves meeting people and sharing ideas. He believes there are endless possibilities to how we can make our world better and see disruptive reality as a solution to the complex challenges we are currently faced with. He is currently researching on improving wheat nutrition and end-use qualities through the introduction of genes from ancient and alien germplasms using conventional and modern methods. His life long goal is to keep contributing to the world's food security improvement. He believes it takes concerted and collective efforts which have never been more urgent than now in the face of myriad of challenges currently facing agriculture and food industries globally. You are welcome to contribute to his quest!

Activities

Employment (1)

Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria: Ibadan, Oyo, NG

2018-02-06 to present | Research Fellow II/ Lecturer II (Forest Based Rural Resources Center)
Employment
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Olalekan O. J.

Education and qualifications (3)

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: Alnarp, skåne, SE

2022-10-10 to 2026-10-31 | PhD (Plant Breeding Department)
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Olalekan O. J.

Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta: Abeokuta, Ogun, NG

2012 to 2015 | Masters of Agriculture (Plant Breeding and Seed Technology Department)
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Olalekan O. J.

Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta: Abeokuta, Ogun, NG

2006 to 2011 | Bachelor of Agriculture (Plant Breeding and Seed Technology Department)
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Professional activities (2)

Genetics Society of Nigeria: Abuja, Abuja, NG

2013 to present | Graduate member
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Nigerian Institute of Management: Lagos, Lagos, NG

2011 to present | Graduate member
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Works (4)

Alien introgression to wheat for food security: functional and nutritional quality for novel products under climate change

Frontiers in Nutrition
2024-06-12 | Other
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Contributors: Johansson; Eva; Lan; Yuzhou; Olalekan; Olawale; Kuktaite; Ramune; Chawade; Aakash; Rahmatov; Mahbubjon
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF INDIGENOUS CHICKENS TO ‎HOUSEHOLDS IN BORGU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF NIGER STATE, ‎NIGERIA

Egyptian Journal of Animal Production
2021-10-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2735-3028
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Olalekan O. J.

Assessment of Agricultural Land Use Systems for Soil Fertility Maintenance

BADEGGI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENT
2021-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2695-2114
Part of ISSN: 2695-2122
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Olalekan O. J.

Exploring Ancient and Alien Cereal Germplasms to Advance Sustainable Wheat Breeding for Enhanced Functional, Nutritional, and Sensory Quality

Introductory paper at the Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Crop Production Science
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences