AKINTOLA SHEHU LATUNJI

Fisheries

Dean's Office, Faculty of Science, Lagos State University

Monday 12-2pm, Wednesday 12-2pm; Friday 2-4pm

1. Project Co-Applicant: Solving the Sustainability Challenges at the Food-Climate-Biodiversity Nexus (Solving FCB) https://solvingfcb.org/ Funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)($2.5M) University of British Columbia, Canada, Lagos State University, Nigeria et al (2022) ---- 2022
2. Project Co-Applicant: Lagos State Science Research & Innovation Council (LASRIC) 2020 award.Project: Integrated aquaculture-vegetable crop and Decision Support System: Increasing Food Security and sustainable livelihood (N3 million) [Lagos State Science Research & Innovation Council (LASRIC) 2020 Grant Award.] ---- 2020
3. Project Leader: Lagos State Science Research & Innovation Council (LASRIC) 2020 Grant Award. Project: Mass production and commercialization of Improved brood-stock of Clarias gariepinus and Heterobranchus longifilis developed from indigenous strains (N3 million) [Lagos State Science Research & Innovation Council ---- 2020
4. Project Leader: Demand for Seafood Safety and Sustainable Certification Standards in SubSaharan Africa: the case of Nigeria (Second Phase) Funded by International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) ($26,700) [Fisheries Department, Lagos State University and WorldFish ---- 2020
5. Project Co-Leader: Adoption of Hybrid Solar- Biomass Fish Dryer for Improved Fish Processing and Sustainable Livelihoods In Nigeria Funded by Gendered Design in STEAM, Canada (CAN $ 35000) [Gendered Design in STEAM in LMICs and Lagos State University ---- 2020
6. Project leader: Support for the Value Chain Analysis and Action Plan Development for the Farmed Catfish Value Chain in Nigeria Funded by the European Union ($95000) [Food and Agricultural Organisation and Lagos State University] ---- 2020
7. Project Co-Applicant: Vulnerability to Viability (V2V): Global Partnership for Building Strong Small-Scale Fisheries Communities Project Funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)($2.5M) [University of Waterloo, Canada and Lagos State University, Lagos NIgeria ---- 2020
8. Project Co-Applicant: Vulnerability to Viability (V2V): Global Partnership for Building Strong Small-Scale Fisheries Communities Project Funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)($2.5M) ---- 2020
9. Project Leader: Demand for Food Safety and Sustainable Certification Standards in SubSaharan Africa: the case of Nigeria Funded by International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) ($26,120) [International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) and Lagos State University] ---- 2019
10. Project leader: Illuminating Hidden Harvests: Case study on small-scale fisheries in Nigeria Project Funded by Food and Agricultural Organisation ($19,976) [Food and Agricultural Organization and Lagos State University] ---- 2019
11. Travel Grant Award by Too Big To Ignore, to attend and participate at the 3rd The 3rd World Small-scale Fisheries Congress, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 22-26 October, 2018 ---- 2018
12. Project Leader: Scenario of Wood-fuel Energy in Fish Preservation by Artisanal Fishers in Lagos State, Nigeria: Nexus Approach Towards Energy-climate Smart Fish Preservation Institution Based Research, Funded by Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFUND) (N1,989,000) [Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFUND) ---- 2016
13. Travel Grant by Too Big To Ignore, to attend Symposium on Small-Scale Fisheries in the Asia Pacific Regions 7-9 August 2016 near Bangkok ---- 2016
14. Travael Grant Awarded by Too Big To Ignore to attend and present paper at the 11th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum, August 3-7, in Bangkok, Thailand ---- 2016
15. TETFUND Conference Travel Grant, to Attend and Present Paper at the 7th World Fisheries Congress in Busau, South Koria ---- 2016
16. Fellowship Awarded by AgriFoSe to attend Introduction Course in Meta-Analysis and Science, Kenya, Nov 28 – Dec 4, 2016 ---- 2016
17. AUSTRALIA AWARDS – SHORT COURSE 2016Ocean Governance and Sustainable Fisheries holding at the Rhodes University Grahamstown, South Africa and the Australia National University, Canberra, Australia September 4 to November 2016 ---- 2016
18. Basque Centre for Climate Change Fellowship and Travel Grant to participate in the INTERNATIONAL SPRING UNIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM MODELING workshop, Bilbao Spain ---- 2013
19. The Fisheries Society of the British Isles (FSBI) Grant. Utilised to Attend and Present Paper at the 6th World Fisheries Congress in Scotland, Uk ---- 2012
20. Travel Grant by Seafood Choice, to participate in the 10th International Seafood Summit, HongKong ---- 2012

#	Certificate	School	Year
1	PhD	Lagos State University	2007
2	M.Sc	Lagos State University	2003
3	MBA Marketing	Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho	2000
4	B. Agric Tech	Federal University of Technology, Akure	1995

Dr Akintola Shehu Latunji is a Professor of Fisheries at the Department of Fisheries, Lagos State University and a former of Head of Department, Fisheries Department. He is the Dean of Science and holds the position of Coordinator, Science Programme at the Centre as well as the Chairman, Nomadic Education Research Group. He is a recipient of the Australia Award and a Consultant to international bodies such as the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), WorldFish, and Fisheries Committee for West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC). He has received travel and research grants. He has served on editorial boards and guesses editor academic journals.