Felix Nweke served as the President General of Ukpo Dunukofia town union
from 2006 to 2008. He has been a professor of Agricultural Economics at
the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; senior economist at the
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan; visiting
professor at Michigan State University, East Lansing among other
positions. In 2012, he received a lifetime achievement award for
leadership in root crops research. His previous books include The
Cassava Transformation: Africa’s Best Kept Secret (2002) and Yam in West
Africa: Food, Money and More (2016).