Francis Sulemanu Idachaba, NNOM, OFR (4 December 1943 – 15 August 2014)[1] was a Nigerian professor of Agricultural Economics, chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian National Merit Award and vice chancellor of Kogi State University.
[3] Francis Sulemanu Idachaba was born on 4 December 1943, at Idah, a city in Kogi State, north-central Nigeria.
As a scholar, Professor Idachaba ranked among Nigeria's most eminent men of letters.
After obtaining his doctoral degree in Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University in 1972, he commenced a most exciting and productive career as a lecturer, researcher and consultant in universities and research centres in Nigeria, the United States, Canada, the Hague, the Netherlands and several African countries.
His output as an intellectual included six published books and over 72 academic papers on diverse issues of agricultural development.