What is Léopold K. Fakambi?
[[File:Léopold K Fakambi compressed.jpg|right|200px]] '''Léopold Kocou Fakambi''' (21 October 1942 – 24 August 2021) was a Beninese [[Agronomy|agronomist]], engineer, nutritionist, and academic. He was born in [[Lomé]], [[French Togoland|Togoland]], [[French West Africa]]. Fakambi became a professor of plant physiology at the [[University of Benin (Nigeria)|University of Benin]]. He later was founding dean of the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences at the [[University of Abomey-Calavi]]. He worked as a visiting professor at [[Senghor University]] in [[Alexandria]]. He co-founded the ''Formation Internationale en Nutrition et Sciences Alimentaires'' and was Director from 1992 to 2000. He was also a founding member of the Conseil national de l’Alimentation et de la Nutrition in Benin. Fakambi died on 24 August 2021 at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ayosso|first=Akpédjé|date=24 August 2021|title=Le doyen de la FSA Léopold Fakambi n’est plus|trans-title= |url=https://www.24haubenin.info/?Le-doyen-de-la-FSA-Leopold-Fakambi-n-est-plus|language=French|work=24 Heures au Bénin|location= |access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref> ==Related pages== *[[List of scientists from Africa]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fakambi, L. K.}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Beninese people]] [[Category:African scientists]] [[Category:Agricultural engineers]] [[Category:Academics]] {{bio-stub}}