David Kpakpoe Acquaye

**David Kpakpoe Acquaye,** masanin ilimi ne kuma masanin aikin gona ɗan ƙasar Ghana. Ya kasance farfesa a fannin kimiyyar ƙasa da kimiyyar amfanin gona, kuma shugaban farko na sashen kimiyyar ƙasa na jami'ar Ghana.   

Ya kasance memba na Ƙungiyar Kimiyyar Ƙasa ta Ghana, Ƙungiyar Kimiyyar Ƙasa ta Amirka, Ƙungiyar Kimiyyar Ƙasa ta Duniya, Ƙungiyar Aikin Noma ta Amirka, da kuma fellow na Kwalejin Kimiyya da Kimiyya na Ghana. Ya taɓa zama shugaban kungiyar faculty of agriculture a Afirka.  

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Acquaye a ranar 17 ga watan Satumba 1928.  Ya yi karatunsa na farko a Makarantar Royal ta Accra daga shekarun 1936 zuwa 1943. A shekara ta 1944, ya sami admission don karatu a Accra Academy, inda ya kammala karatu a shekarar 1948. Ya ci gaba a Jami'ar Jihar Michigan a Gabashin Lansing, Michigan, Amurka a shekarar 1952. A nan ya sami digirinsa na farko a shekarar 1956. A shekara ta 1957, ya zarce zuwa Ƙasar Ingila don yin karatu a Jami'ar Aberdeen, Scotland, inda ya sami digiri na uku a shekara ta 1960.

## Sana'a
Bayan karatunsa a ƙasashen waje, Acquaye ya shiga Cibiyar Nazarin Cocoa ta Yammacin Afirka a Tafo,  a matsayin Jami'in Kimiyya a fannin Chemistry na ƙasa.  A can, ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'in bincike har zuwa shekara ta 1965 lokacin da ya zama babban jami'in bincike. Bayan shekara guda, ya sami aiki a Jami'ar Ghana, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin babban malami. In 1969, he was made the acting head of the Crop Science Department, and the dean of the Faculty of Agriculture in 1972. He was elevated to the status of an associate professor in 1974,    A shekarar 1969, an naɗa shi shugaban riko na Sashen Kimiyyar amfanin gona, kuma shugaban tsangayar aikin gona a shekarar 1972.     An ɗaukaka shi zuwa matsayin mataimakin farfesa a shekara ta 1974,  daga baya kuma Farfesa a shekarar 1976.    

Acquaye ya zama memba na International Soil Science Society a shekarar 1958, kuma ya zama mataimakin shugaban al'umma daga shekarun 1963 zuwa 1964.  Ya kasance shugaban kungiyar Kimiyyar Ƙasa ta Ghana daga shekarun 1966 zuwa 1971 kuma editan kimiya na Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science. A journal he had edited since 1971. He was made a member of the American Society of Agronomy in 1973, and elected fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1979.       Mujallar da ya gyara tun a shekara ta 1971. An mai da shi memba na Ƙungiyar Aikin Noma ta Amirka a shekara ta 1973, kuma an zaɓe shi memba na Kwalejin Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Ghana a shekara ta 1979. A journal he had edited since 1971. He was made a member of the American Society of Agronomy in 1973, and elected fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1979.    

A cikin shekarar 1982, Acquaye ya zama shugaban farko na sashen kimiyyar ƙasa wanda aka sassaƙa daga Sashen Kimiyyar amfanin gona na Jami'ar Ghana.  A shekarar 1986, ya zama shugaban tsangayar aikin gona a jami'a karo na biyu kafin miƙa mulki a shekarar 1990.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Acquaye ya auri Eugenia Na-Oyo Quartey-Papafio a shekara ta 1961. Tare, suna da 'ya'ya maza biyar.   Abubuwan da Acquaye ke so sun haɗa da ƙwallon ƙafa, wasan tennis, da karatu.

## Manazarta
David Kpakpoe Acquaye