Léopold K. Fakambi
Léopold K. Fakambi | |
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| Born | Léopold Kocou Fakambi 21 October 1942 |
| Died | 24 August 2021 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | Beninese |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer Agronomist |
Léopold Kocou Fakambi (21 October 1942 – 24 August 2021) was a Beninese agronomist, engineer, nutritionist, and academic.[1]
Biography
[edit]Fakambi was born in Lomé on 21 October 1942. He spent secondary school at the Lycée Béhanzin in Porto-Novo from 1955 to 1962 and subsequently his classes préparatoires scientifiques in Besançon. Later, he studied at the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly in Paris. He entered the Institut national agronomique in 1964 and defended his doctoral thesis at the Sorbonne in 1970.[2]
Fakambi became a professor of plant physiology at the University of Benin before serving as founding dean of the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences at the University of Abomey-Calavi. For many years, he served on the Council of Administration at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan. He also worked as a visiting professor at Senghor University in Alexandria. He co-founded the Formation Internationale en Nutrition et Sciences Alimentaires and served as Director from 1992 to 2000. He was also a founding member of the Conseil national de l’Alimentation et de la Nutrition in Benin.
Léopold K. Fakambi died on 24 August 2021 at the age of 78.[3]
Distinctions
[edit]- Knight of the National Order of Benin[citation needed]
- Knight of the Ordre des Palmes académiques[citation needed]
Publications
[edit]- Interaction du calcium et des lipides alimentaires : Mise en évidence de l'excrétion fécale de savons de calcium chez le rat (1971)
- Factors affecting the nutritional status of mothers : the food and nutrition program of the Ouando Horticulture and Nutrition Center in the People's Republic of Benin (1990)
- Évaluation de la nutrition pour USAID-Bénin : 3-14 mars 1997 (1997)
- Alimentation et épanouissement physique et intellectuel de l’enfant
References
[edit]- ^ Ayosso, Akpédjé (24 August 2021). "Le doyen de la FSA Léopold Fakambi n'est plus". 24 Heures au Bénin (in French). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Interaction du calcium et des lipides alimentaires : Mise en évidence de l'excrétion fécale de savons de calcium chez le rat". SUDOC (in French). 1970.
- ^ "Carnet Noir : Leopold K. Fakambi, 1er Doyen De La FSA, Vient De Nous Quitter". Les 4 Vérités (in French). 24 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.