Hail from Karnataka State in India, had completed B.Sc in Agriculture and M.Sc in Agricultural Economics at UAS, Bangalore , Ph.D in Agricultural Economics from IARI, New Delhi, Joined ARS in 1975 and served in ICAR as scientist/Senior Scientist and Principle Scientist at IIHR, Banglaore, CAZRI, Jodhpur and IARI, New Delhi, Professor at IARI, New Delhi, ADG(ICAR HQ), Director, NCAP and National Director, NAIP, a World Bank supported project with total service of 33 years in ICAR retired in 2009 and presently serving as Consultant.

Dr Stella O Odebode is an Associate Professor of Agricultural Extension & Rural Development ,Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural development ,University of Ibadan ,Ibadan.Nigeria. Her research focusses on Gender and Generation Issues in Agricultural Extension & Rural Development. She is the current Principal Investigator of the Gender Mainstreaming Office,University of Ibadan. Dr Stella O Odebode has over eighty publications in reputable journals,over fifteen chapters in books and two texbooks on sweetpotato processing and utilisation.