ICERIA 2019: Meet Roger Joshua Tanko

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1. Working Experience with dates:

Dr. R. J. Tanko started his working carreer as Animal Husbandry Officer, Kaduna State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural resources in 1982 where he worked at the Mutton Improvement Centre Katsina and the Sheep Improvement Center Kukar Aljana, in Dutsin before joining the National Animal Production Research Institute in the year 1983 as a Graduate Assistant on rangeland management and forage agronomy in the Feed and Nutrition Research Programme (formerly Department of Forage Agronomy) and have remained there to date carrying out research in rangeland management, forage agronomy, crop-livestock integration and evaluation of feed resources in the livestock sector. He has been involved in both International national research projects with organizations like the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Australia, National Livestock Projects Department. In addition  to carrying out research in the area of range improvement/management and forage agronomy,  he is also engaged in teaching and supervision of students at HND, Undergraduate and Post Graduate levels  in the Samaru College  of Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Mando Kaduna and the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture ABU, Zaria.

Positions held with dates

2002. Ag. Programme Leader, Livestock Systems Research Programme 1^st March 1996 -26^th

      July, 2002.

2003. Head, Publications and Information Unit 6^th December 2004 – 13^th April, 2017.

• Ag. Managing Editor, Journal of Animal Production Research, 2006 to date.

1. Assistant Director, Extension and Linkages 13^th April 2017 –to date

Professional Service/Honours Societies

1. Registered Animal Scientist (RAS) with NIAS
2. Member, Nigerian Society for Animal Production (NSAP)

• Member, Nigerian Association for Animal Scientists and Technologists

1. Member, Small Ruminant Research Network
2. Member, National Animal traction Network
3. Member, Animal Science Association of Nigeria

• Member, Society for Grassland Research and Development in Nigeria

2. Research/ Extension Experience with Dates:
3. Member of Research Team: Achieving development impact and environmental enhancement through adoption of Balanced Nutrient Management Systems (BNMS) by farmers in West Africa. A collaborative project between International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, (IITA), Ibadan, The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (K.U. Leuven, Belgium and several West African National Agricultural Research Systems (2004-2006).
4. Member of Research team: Development of sustainable crop-livestock production and natural resource management systems: Partnerships to enhance the livelihoods of crop-livestock farmers in West Africa. A collaborative research project between the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) (2000-2005).

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• Member of Research Team: Introduction of forage into the farming systems for improved livestock production in the Savanna areas of Northern Nigeria. A collaborative research project between National Livestock Projects Division (NLPD), The National Animal Production Research Institute, (NAPRI), The Institute for Agricultural Research, (IAR), National Agricultural Extension and Liaison Services, (NAERL), Agricultural Development Projects, (ADPs) and States Pilot Livestock Development Projects (1994 – 2000)

1. Member of Research Team: Intensification of Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems in the Dry Savannas of West Africa. A sub- regional research project led by International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) / International Livestock Research Institute ILRI, Ibadan covering Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Mali (2003-2006).
2. Member of Research Team: Developing Sustainable Crop-Livestock Farming Systems in the Lowland Moist Savanna: Crop-Livestock Reciprocal Benefits: Crop Residues as mulch or feed/manure. A collaborative Research project between the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and The National Animal Production Research Institute, (NAPRI), (1996-1997).
3. Member of Research Team: On-farm Adaptive Research on Integration of Legumes into the Maize Based Farming Systems for sustainable Crop and Livestock production. Collaborative Research between The Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) and The National Animal Production Research Institute, (NAPRI), 1993-1996

• Team member: Survey of Rangeland Resources and Management of Karshi, Bwari, Rubochi and Gwagwalada Grazing Reserves of the FCT 1993.
• Team Leader: Documentation of the state of Grazing Reserves in Northern Nigeria, 2007.

1. State Coordinator of Monthly Technical Review Meetings, Kebbi State with effect from July 2017

International Workshops/Conferences Attended with Dates

1983. Nigeria-Australia Seminar on Collaborative Agricultural Research held in the National Animal Production Research Institute, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 14^th -15^th November, 1983.
1984. Working visit to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Australia on Forage Legume Systems (Dec. 1988- July 1989).

• International Workshop on Pasture Development and Utilization in Nigeria Organized by the National Livestock Projects Division (NLPD) and the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) at Kongo Conference Hotel Zaria, 11^th– 19^th Feb. 1991.

1992. Regional Workshop on the use of Stylosanthes in West Africa, Kaduna 26^th – 31^st October, 1992. Organized by International Livestock Center for Africa (ILCA), Kaduna
1993. International Workshop on Measuring Benefits of Legumes in Crops/Livestock Systems, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, (IITA), Ibadan. 27^th May-4^th June, 1996. Organized by the International Livestock Research Institute, Ibadan.
1994. Eco-regional Research Methodology Workshop, IITA Mbalmayo, Cameroon 12^th-18^th May 1997. Organized by the IITA, Ibadan.

• International Workshop on Research Extension Farmer Inputs Linkages Systems (REF1LS), ARMTI, Ilorin 19^th –30^th May, 1997.
• International Seminar on Pasture and Forage Seed Production International Livestock Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 27^th – 31^st October, 1997.

2006. International Conference on The Future of Transhumance Pastoralism in West and Central Africa: Strategies, dynamics, conflicts and interventions held in Abuja, Nigeria, November21-25 2006.
      

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