BUAN

Dixon Olutade Torimiro, PhD

Professor: Agricultural Extension & Rural Sociology

Faculty of Agri-Business, Education and Extension
Department of Agricultural Education, Extension and Rural Development

Private Bag 0027 Gaborone
3650300
dtorimiro@buan.ac.bw

I hold MSc and PhD degrees in Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria, and a Bachelor of Agriculture degree in Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology from Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University), Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria. I have over 30 years of distinguished experience in teaching, research, extension/outreach, and community service, complemented by extensive international academic exposure. I have served in diverse capacities as a visiting scholar, visiting fellow, visiting scientist, external examiner, professorial assessor, and sabbatical staff across Nigeria, Botswana, South Africa, Eswatini, Ghana, Senegal, Belgium, Germany, Canada, and the United States of America.

I am currently a full Professor and former Head of the Department of Agricultural Education, Extension and Rural Development at the Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN), a position I held for three (3) years. Prior to this, I served as Assistant Lecturer and Lecturer at Ogun State University for four (4) years, and subsequently joined Obafemi Awolowo University, where I rose through the academic ranks to full Professor in 2009. During my tenure at OAU, I served as Acting Head of the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development for two (2) years, and as Pre-Degree Programme Coordinator and Management Committee Member of the Centre for Distance Learning for three (3) years. I also previously served as a full Professor of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology at the University of Botswana (Botswana College of Agriculture), now BUAN, between 2013 and 2015.

My international and professional engagements include serving as a Laureate of the Child and Youth Studies Institute of CODESRIA, Senegal, and a member of its Multinational Working Group. I was an ECOWAS–AAU Academic Staff Exchange Fellow at North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, South Africa, and an International Extension Scholar-in-Residence at The Ohio State University, USA. I have served as an Independent Expert Evaluator for the Association of African Universities (AAU) and on European Commission panels reviewing Horizon 2020 and Erasmus-Youth research proposals. I am a former Member of the Board of Trustees of Crawford University, Nigeria, and a member of Botswana’s National Steering Committee on the Review of the Draft Rural Development Policy (2023–2024).

I currently provide strategic leadership in implementing the four (4) pillars of the BUAN Extension Strategy Framework, including the BUAN Adopted Village Extension (BAVE) initiative and the Agricultural Media Resources and Extension Laboratory (AMREL) with BUAN Radio, efforts that culminated in the publication of Botswana’s first agricultural extension book. I also co-initiated the International Research and Development Network of Children and Youth in Agriculture Programme (CYIAP-Network) in 1999 and currently serve as Chair of its Board of Trustees, supporting youth-focused research, advocacy, and sustainable agricultural development globally.

AEB331/EXRD 302	Youth & Gender Issues in Agricultural Development
AEB 417/EXRD 303	Agricultural Extension
AEB 327/EXRD 300	Agricultural Extension Programme Planning & Evaluation
AEB 232	Extension Administration & Supervision
AEE 604	Seminar Series in Agricultural Education

Funded Research Grants/Contracts

1. Euro 884,676.00 European Union Erasmus+ Capacity Building for Higher Education (CBHE) Grant Agreement No.101178037 for Upscaling Graduates’ Employability Tracking through the implementation of special Dual Career paths in Botswana and Eswatini (UPSCALE Project) (Co-Investigator/Dissemination Manager) 2024-2027.

2. BWP 150,000 Technology Development and Transfer Committee (RTDTC) Call Centre No. 2807 for ‘Modelling Adopted Village for Technologies Transfer and Integrated Sustainable Development in Botswana: The Case of Oliphants Drift in Kgatleng District’ (BAVE-Project) (Principal Investigator) 2025-2026

3. UK £128,122.00 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Grant No. ES/P006701/1 for the Sustainable Futures Network: Mitigating the Implementation Gap in Environmental Initiatives through Community Engagement and Public Pedagogies in Botswana, Uganda, Malawi and Nigeria (CSPE) in partnership with University of Glasgow, UK (Co-Investigator/lead coordinator of knowledge exchange) 2017-2018.

4. CA $4.7 million International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Grant No. 107983 (Scaling up) to five universities (OAU, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria; Universitie de Parakou, Benin Republic; University of Manitoba, Canada; University of Saskerchewan, Canada) - Micro-dosing indigenous vegetable production for poverty alleviation in West Africa (Micro-Veg) (Associate Scientist/Leading Agricultural Extension-Team member), 2015 to 2018.

5. CA $2.9 million International Development Research Centre (IDRC)Grant No. 106511 to four universities (OAU, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria; University of Manitoba, Canada; Cape Breton University, Canada)- Sustainable production and utilization of underutilized Nigerian Vegetables to enhance rural food security (NICANVEG)(Associate Scientist/Leading Agricultural Extension-Team member), 2011 to 2014.

6. UK £99,150.00 Association of African Universities (AAU) Grant No MRCI-SUPL01 to two universities (Crawford University, Igbesa, Nigeria and Botswana College of Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana) Modeling Rural School Based Young Animators for an Enhanced and Sustainable Usage of ICTs in Farming Communities of Nigeria and Botswana. (Principal Researcher/Project Leader), 2010.

7. UK £99,300.00 Association of African Universities (AAU) Grant No. MRCI-SUPL04 to two universities (Crawford University, Igbesa, Nigeria and Botswana College of Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana) - On-Farm Popularization of Sunflower Intercropping with Arable Crops Production for Poverty Alleviation among the Smallholder Farmers in Nigeria and Botswana (Leading Extension Scientist-Team member), 2010.

8. N399, 300.00 Obafemi Awolowo University Research Grant: Establishment of On-Station Agro-Forestry Technologies in the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching and Research Farm, Ile-Ife, Nigeria (Principal Researcher), 2007.

9. Obafemi Awolowo University Research Grant on Survey of Moringa oleifera as feedstuff for West African Dwarf Goat (Team Member), 2005.

10. US $5,000.00 Council for Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) Multinational Working Group on Citizenship and Identity in Contemporary Africa Research Grant: Ethno-Cultural Relations and Nomadic Youth Identity Transformation among the Fulani Settlers in Osun State, Nigeria (Principal Researcher), 2005.

11. CODESRIA’s Child and Youth Studies Institute Research Grant to conduct a Study on Children Exploitation in the Labour Process in Ile-Ife, Nigeria (Principal Researcher), 2004.

S/No.		Year	Title	Amount/Funder/Code	Status
	Torimiro, D. O. (PI)	2025-2026	Modelling Adopted Village for Technologies Transfer and Integrated Sustainable Development in Botswana: The Case of Oliphants Drift in Kgatleng District’ (BAVE-Project).	BWP 150,000 Research & Technology Development & Transfer Committee (RTDTC) Call Centre No. 2807	On-going
	Torimiro, D. O. (Co-PI)	2024-2027	Upscaling Graduates’ Employability Tracking through the implementation of special Dual Career paths in Botswana and Eswatini (UPSCALE Project) (Co-Investigator/Dissemination Manager).	Euro 884,676.00 European Union Erasmus+ Capacity Building for Higher Education (CBHE) Grant Agreement No.101178037	On-going