University of Ghana Nutrition Research and Training Center

Lilian Kabukuor Manor

Lilian Kabukuor Manor


Lilian Kabukuor Manor is a third-year PhD candidate at the University of Ghana, in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science. Her doctoral research focuses on food security among female smallholder farmers in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of Ghana. Lilian has previously worked in diverse roles, in the areas of health, nutrition, research, and administration. She is currently a Scientific Officer at the Ghana Standards Authority in the Codex Alimentarius Contact Point Office. She is the current secretary to the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) in Ghana. She is also a member of a UNICEF Ad hoc committee of Expert Group consultation on the development of draft norms on commercial complementary foods for their use in West Africa. Lilian has a BSc. in Nutrition and Food Science from the University of Ghana, an MBA from the Paris Graduate School of Management, and a Master of Applied Health Research from the University of New Brunswick, Canada. She is expected to graduate in August 2025 with a PhD in Nutrition. After graduation, she plans on starting a new chapter of her career in agripreneurship. She is keen to continue working with women in agriculture to help them build capacity.