Alpha Yaya Kamara Ph.D

Alpha Yaya Kamara, a Sierra Leonean national, is a Systems Agronomist and a Principal Scientist working at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria. He heads the IITA station in Kano, Nigeria. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in General Agriculture from the Njala University College, University of Sierra Leone in 1986, Master of Science degree in Agronomy from the Christian Albrecht’s University of Kiel, Germany in 1993 and Doctorate degree in Agronomy and Natural Resource Management from the University of Kassel, Germany in 1998.

• Aliyu, Kamaluddin T., Abdulrahman Lado, Mohammad A. Hussaini, Alpha Y. Kamara, Anas Sulaiman Musa, Mansur U. Dawaki, Mohammed S. Suleiman, Tasiu T. Bello, Aminu A. Fagge, Halima M. Isa, Hassan Ibrahim (2023). Spatial modelling indicates Striga seedbank density dependence on rainfall and soil traits in the savannas of northern Nigeria. Weed Research. 2023;1–14.
• Kamara, Alpha Y., Jenneh F. Bebeley, Kamaluddin T. Aliyu, Abdullahi I. Tofa, Lucky Omoigui, Reuben Solomon, Folorunsho M. Akinseye (2023). Simulating potential yield of rainfed soybean in northeast Nigeria. European Journal of Agronomy 142 (2023) 126683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2022.126683
• Adnan Aminu Adnan, Jan Diels, Jibrin Mohammed Jibrin, Alpha Yaya Kamara, Peter Craufurd, Abdulwahab Salisu Shaibu, and Ismail Ibrahim Garba (2022). Optimum Stand Density of Tropical Maize Varieties: An On-farm Evaluation of Grain Yield Responses in the Nigerian Savanna. Frontiers in Agronomy 4:773012. doi: 10.3389/fagro.2022.773012
• Bello Muhammad Shehu, Ismail Ibrahim Garba, Jibrin Mohammed Jibrin, Alpha Yaya Kamara, Adam Muhammad Adam, Peter Craufurd, Kamaluddin Tijjani Aliyu, Jairos Rurinda, Roel Merckx (2022). Compositional nutrient diagnosis and associated yield predictions in maize: A case study in the northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 2022;1–19.