Membership Status:
Full Member
Home Country:
Nigeria
Institution:
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Current Address:
Food technology and Nutrition Unit,
Research for Development, Building 400,
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
P.M.B 5320,
Ibadan,
Nigeria
Phone:
(+234)2412626 Ext 2669
E-mail:
vajieroh@cgiar.org or vajieroh@hotmail.com
Education
Ph.D. Student – Public Health and Community Nutrition
Research Interests
Community development approaches to solving nutrition problems and Sustainable livelihoods.
Maternal health/nutrition and early childhood care.
Food security assessment and food consumption studies.
Experience
Research Associate –Nutrition, USAID/USDA/UNICEF/HKI Nigeria Food Consumption and Nutrition Survey and Micronutrient Enhancement of Maize Project, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan; May 2001- date
Principal Investigator, Contextual Analysis of Household Practices, Capacities and Behaviors Affecting Food Utilization and Nutrition in Rural and Urban Nigeria-April 2003-date
Member, Technical Team, Workshop on the Adaptation of the Food Intake Analysis System for use in Nigeria, Coordinated by IITA, 2002.
Research and Program Officer, Food Basket Foundation International(FBFI), Ibadan, Nigeria, 1995-2001.
Lead Facilitator, Zonal Re-orientation Workshops for CBOs on Linkages between Poverty Reduction and Nutrition Improvement in Nigeria, organized by FBFI and Sponsored by the Netherlands Trust Funds through the World Bank, Washington, February - April, 2001
Membership
Nutrition Society for Nigeria.
Selected Publications
V.I. Ajieroh and R.A Sanusi The Effect of Maternal Schooling on Childcare and Nutrition in an Urban Community in Nigeria.. Being an Abstract Published in the Book of Abstracts of the 34 th Annual Conference of the Nutrition Society of Nigeria held at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike College of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, November 26-29, 2003 .