Léopold K. Fakambi

Léopold Kocou Fakambi (21 October 1942 – 24 August 2021) was a Beninese agronomist, engineer, nutritionist, and academic. He was born in Lomé, Togoland, French West Africa. 
Fakambi became a professor of plant physiology at the University of Benin. He later was founding dean of the Faculty of Agronomic Sciences at the University of Abomey-Calavi. He worked as a visiting professor at Senghor University in Alexandria. 
He co-founded the "Formation Internationale en Nutrition et Sciences Alimentaires" and was Director from 1992 to 2000. He was also a founding member of the Conseil national de l’Alimentation et de la Nutrition in Benin.
Fakambi died on 24 August 2021 at the age of 78.