Edwin Jackson Anafi Asomaning

Edwin Jackson Anafi Asomaning (21 September 1930 – 13 May 2001) was a Ghanaian plant pathologist who was Director of the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana from 1965 to 1980. He was elected a fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1970.

Early life and education Edwin Asomaning was born on 21 September 1930 at Sra in Somanya to Charles Kwadwo Asomaning and Matilda Owiredua. His father when he was eleven years of age became Nana Frempong Manso II, Omanhene (Paramount Chief) of the Akim Kotoku Traditional Area in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

Asomaning had his elementary school education at the Presbyterian junior schools in Sra and Akyem Awisa, and in 1942 continued to the Oda Government School where he sat the Middle School Leaving Examination. Asomaning attended the Accra Academy from 1946 to 1950. he was granted a scholarship to attend Iowa State University in Ames, where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in biology in 1956. He enrolled at Yale University and studied for a master's and a doctoral degree in plant physiology. In 1965, Asomaning was appointed the institute's director. In 1970, he was elected a fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.

In 1980, Asomaning was offered an appointment at Cocoa House in Accra as a Special Advisor to the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), a position he held for a year before resigning.